"Eejanaikabushi" - Eejanaikabushi

...A folk song from Kushimoto Town, Nishimuro County, Wakayama Prefecture. It is said to have been passed down by performers at the end of the Edo period, and originally called "Eejanaika Bushi," it became a parlor song accompanied by the shamisen. Even today, the kotoba is sometimes sung as "Eejanaika" instead of "Arayoishoyoisho."

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "Eejanaika Bushi" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…和歌山県西牟婁（にしむろ）郡串本町の民謡。幕末ごろ門付（かどづけ）芸人などが伝えたともいわれ，《エエジャナイカ節》とよばれていたのが，三味線に合わせた座敷歌になった。今もはやしことばを〈アラヨイショヨーイショ〉でなく，〈エエジャナイカ〉とうたう場合がある。…

※「《エエジャナイカ節》」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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