Gennosuke Uemura - Uemura Gennosuke

...It is said that this was done to take advantage of the puppet theatres that mainly toured around the country, and to find out about the situation in other domains. As a result, around the time of the Kyoho and Genbun eras (1716-41), the puppet theatres reached their peak, with over 40 puppet theatres, centered around Uemura Gennojo (Hyuga no Jō), a descendant of the Hikita family that is said to have founded the Awaji puppet theatre, and the number of puppeteers (called actors) reached 930 (for plays such as "Awajigusa"). However, the style of three-person puppeteer style of Gidayū, which had developed in the geographically nearby Osaka, was introduced, and the plays were all performed in Osaka. ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Kamimura Gennosuke" are listed below.

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…これは諸国の巡業をもっぱらとする人形座を利用して，他藩の情勢を探らせるためのものだったともいわれる。その結果，享保･元文(1716‐41)ごろには最盛期を迎え，淡路の人形座を開いたといわれる引田家の子孫である上村源之丞(日向掾)を中心に人形座は40余を数え，人形遣い(役者と呼ぶ)は930人に達したという(《淡路草》など)。しかし，地理的に近い大坂で発達した義太夫系の三人遣いの様式が導入され，演目も大坂で上演されたものばかりとなった。…

※「上村源之丞」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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