《Esashi Oiwake》

Japanese: 《江差追分》 - えさしおいわけ

…In a broad sense, it refers to the sake-festival song sung under the name of “Oiwake” all over the country, and in a narrow sense, it refers to “Esashi Oiwake” in Hokkaido. Originally, the place name “Oiwake” was found in various places at the branching points of the highway. …

From Suttsu Town

...The area is windy with wind speeds of 10 meters or more blowing for nearly half the year, and the south-southeast winds that blow from May to August are called the "dashi-kaze of Suttsu." In the "Esashi Oiwake," the song mentions a man who wants to take a woman "at least to Utasutsu Isoya," and Utasutsu and Isoya are place names within the town, but this ban on women was lifted around 1856 (Ansei 3). [Okudaira Tadashi]...

From "Umako Uta (Umako Uta)"

...Today, it is accompanied by the shakuhachi, and has many fans as a beautiful song with a beautiful melody. Hokkaido's "Esashi Oiwake" (Oiwake-bushi) is said to have originated as a horseman's song from the foot of Mt. Asama on the Nakasendo road, also called Oiwake-bushi, which became a shamisen song from Oiwake-juku, and then spread from Echigo to the Sea of Japan and settled in Esashi. The melody of the horseman's song has been incorporated into old joruri, and horseman's songs such as "Hakone Hachiri" and "Ise wa Tsu de motsu" are also found in geza music....

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Esashi Oiwake" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…広義では全国各地で〈追分〉の名で歌われている酒盛歌，狭義に北海道の《江差追分》をさす。元来，〈追分〉の地名は街道の分岐点で各地にある。…

【寿都[町]】より

…年間の半分近くが風速10m以上の風が吹く強風の地で，とくに5月から8月にかけて吹く南南東の風は寿都のだし風と呼ばれている。《江差追分》で，女性を〈せめて歌棄（うたすつ）磯谷（いそや）まで〉連れて行きたいと歌われた歌棄，磯谷は町内の地名であるが，この女人禁制も1856年(安政3)ころに解かれた。【奥平忠志】。…

【馬子歌(馬子唄)】より

…現在は尺八の伴奏がつき，節まわしの美しい歌として愛好者が多い。北海道の《江差追分》(追分節)は，中山道（なかせんどう）浅間山麓の馬子歌が追分節とも呼ばれて追分宿の三味線歌となり，越後から日本海を経て江差の地に定着したといわれる。なお，馬子歌の曲節は古浄瑠璃にとり入れられており，下座音楽にも〈箱根八里〉〈伊勢は津でもつ〉などの馬子歌がある。…

※「《江差追分》」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。

出典｜株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典第２版について | 情報

<<: Shigejiro of Esashi - Shigejiro of Esashi

>>: Esashi