Osatsuma

Japanese: 大薩摩 - おおざつま

(1) A type of shamisen music. It is a school of Edo Joruri, characterized by dynamic melodies. The founder of the school was Osatsuma Shuzendayu I, who worked at Kabuki and played the accompaniment for rough plays, around the beginning of the Kyoho era. In January 1729, Osatsuma Shuzendayu I performed "Yanonegoro" for Ichikawa Danjuro II, and his popularity increased greatly. However, the school gradually declined, and after Shuzendayu III's death, there was no successor. In 1826, Osatsuma was absorbed into Nagauta. Since then, Osatsuma became a side job for Nagauta performers, and Nagauta came to be influenced by Osatsuma. The representative pieces are "Yanone," "Narukami," and "Fudo." Kineya Kangoro III organized the Osatsuma melodies into 48 ways, which he named "Osatsuma 48 Techniques." (2) Kabuki performance term: In the era of Kabuki theater, before the opening of the Danmari performance, a Nagauta singer and a shamisen player would stand outside the light yellow curtain and perform a dynamic performance. However, this performance has no relation to the original Osatsuma-bushi, since the melody is made using Osatsuma-no-te.

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Japanese:

(1) 三味線音楽の一種　大薩摩節のこと。江戸浄瑠璃の一派で，豪快な曲節を特色とする。享保初年頃，歌舞伎に出勤，荒事の伴奏音楽を演奏していた1世大薩摩主膳太夫が流祖。特に享保 14 (1729) 年1月，2世市川団十郎のために『鏃 (やのね) 五郎』をつとめ，人気大いに上ったが，次第に衰退に向い，3世主膳太夫没後は後継者なく，文政9 (1826) 年，長唄に吸収され，以後，大薩摩は長唄人の兼業となり，長唄も大薩摩の影響を受けることになった。『矢の根』『鳴神』『不動』が代表曲。3世杵屋勘五郎は大薩摩の旋律を 48通りに整理，「大薩摩四十八手」と名づけた。 (2) 歌舞伎演出用語　歌舞伎劇の時代，だんまりの開幕前に，浅黄幕の幕外で，長唄の唄い手と三味線弾きが立ったまま，豪快に演奏すること。しかしこれは，その旋律に大薩摩の手を使うということで，本来の大薩摩節とは無関係。

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