Ezo Joruri - Ezo Joruri

Japanese: 蝦夷浄瑠璃 - えぞじょうるり
Ezo Joruri - Ezo Joruri

...The story is a mystical one that skillfully combines certain known vocabulary. In the Edo period, it was called "Ezo Joruri" and was told over many nights, but this lengthy "human yukar" has undergone many transformations, and there are now only a few people who still preserve the original form.
[What is being said]
In Karafuto, upaskuma refers to a tale, but in Hokkaido it refers to words or tales that explain knowledge about the origins or origins of things, such as those based on the teachings of ancestors or the legends surrounding place names, and is distinguished from other "things that are told."

From [Yukara]

...Some researchers call it heroic poetry because it always wins. In the Edo period, it was called Ezo Joruri. Since its research and introduction by Kyosuke Kindaichi, the word yukar has come to refer to this "human yukar," but in the Ainu language it is generally called sakorpe, yayerap, haw, etc.

*Some of the terminology used in reference to "Ezo Joruri" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…一定の既知の語彙を巧みに組み合わせ,物語を神秘的にする。江戸時代には〈蝦夷浄瑠璃〉などと呼ばれ,幾晩にもわたって語られたが,この長大な〈人間のユーカラ〉も変容を重ね,従来の形を保持している伝承者は数えるほどになってしまった。
[語られるもの]
 ウパシクマupaskumaは,樺太では説話のことをさすというが,北海道では先祖の遺訓をもとにしたものや,地名にまつわる伝承など,事物の由来や起源に関する知識を説明した言葉や説話をいい,他の〈語られるもの〉と区別している。…

【ユーカラ】より

…つねに勝利を得るので英雄詞曲と呼ぶ研究者もいる。江戸時代には蝦夷浄瑠璃(えぞじようるり)などと称された。金田一京助によって研究,紹介されて以来,ユーカラといえばこの〈人間のユーカラ〉を指すようになったが,アイヌ語では一般にサコロベ(サコルペ)sakorpe,ヤイエラプyayerap,ハウhawなどとも呼ばれている。…

※「蝦夷浄瑠璃」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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