Utazawa Sasamaru - Utazawa Sasamaru

Japanese: 歌沢笹丸 - うたざわささまる

Born in 1797. Edo
[Died] September 4, 1857. Founder of Edo Utazawa. Real name Sasamoto Hikotaro. Eldest son of Sasamoto Tadayoshi, a 500 koku vassal. In 1819, he inherited the family headship and was assigned to the Shofushin Goshoin. In 1840, he retired and took the name Sasamaru. He gathered townspeople and craftsmen who were fans of the hauta that was popular in Edo, and called it the Utazawa Ren. He added a dignified itchu-bushi style to hauta, creating a more refined and profound style of performance. In June 1857, he applied to the Saga Imperial Palace (Asakusa Shotencho branch office) and received the title of Utazawa Yamato Daijo Minamoto Tadakane. In July of the same year, he appointed tatami maker Hirata Toruemon (later Utazawa Sagami) as the second head of the school, but after Sasamaru's death, a vassal of the shogun, Shibata Kanekichi (later Kozawa Shibakin), who had a different artistic style, came into conflict with Toruemon, and he received permission from the Saga Imperial Palace to take the name Kozawa Tosatayu Fujiwara Masanao and become the first head of the Shiba school. On the other hand, Toruemon, the founder of the Tora school, appointed Sasamaru as the first head and himself as the second head of the Utazawa school.

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Japanese:

[生]寛政9 (1797). 江戸
[没]安政4 (1857).9.4. 江戸
うた沢の創始者。本名笹本彦太郎。500石の旗本笹本忠良の長男。文政2（1819）年家督を相続し，小普請御書院詰めとなる。天保11（1840）年隠居して笹丸と号し，江戸市中に流行した端唄の同好者である町人や職人を集めて歌沢連と称した。端唄に品格ある一中節を加味して，端唄より上品で重厚な味わいの芸風とした。安政4（1857）年6月嵯峨御所（浅草聖天町出張所）に願い出て，歌沢大和大掾源忠金を受領した。同 4年7月畳屋の平田虎右衛門（のちの歌沢相模）に 2代目家元を継がせたが，笹丸没後，芸風を異にする御家人の柴田金吉（のちの哥沢芝金）が虎右衛門と対立し，嵯峨御所より認可を受け哥沢土佐太夫藤原正直を名のり芝派初代家元となった。対する寅派の開祖虎右衛門は笹丸を 1世，みずからを 2世歌沢の家元とした。

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