Osaka Jirobei - Osaka Jirobei

… Osaka was not doing as well as Kyoto and Edo during the Kan'ei period, but in 1648 (Keian 1), Ito Dewa-jo, along with Jirobei and others, performed Shinranki and was banned by the Hongan-ji Temple (Awazu Family Documents), so he had already received the Dewa-jo title (Chonin Juryoki, 1658) and had his own puppet troupe. Among the tayu who were active in this troupe were Osaka Jirobei and Okamoto Fumiya (Fumiya-bushi). Fumiya's narration pieces included Forty-eight Vows and Zenkoji, and were known as Naki-bushi. …

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…　大坂では京，江戸に比して寛永ころは低調であったが，1648年(慶安1)に伊藤出羽掾は二郎兵衛ほかとともに《親鸞記》を上演して本願寺より禁止されている(《粟津家文書》)から，このときすでに出羽掾を受領しており(《町人受領記》は1658年)，操り座をもっていた。この座で活躍した太夫に大坂二郎兵衛，岡本文弥(文弥節)がある。文弥の語り物に《四十八願記》《善光寺》などがあり，泣き節と呼ばれた。…

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