Okamoto Minetayu

Japanese: 岡本美根太夫 - おかもと みねだゆう
Okamoto Minetayu
1800-1882 A Joruri narrator from the late Edo to Meiji period.
Born in 1799. The originator of Genji-bushi. He first learned Shinnai-bushi from Okamoto Miyakodayu, and later added Edo Sekkei-bushi, a ritual song, to it, which gained a good reputation. In 1872, his disciple Misamatsu named it Sekkei-Genji-bushi, and it was further shortened to Genji-bushi. He passed away in 1882. He was 83 years old. He was from Edo.

Source: Kodansha Digital Japanese Name Dictionary +Plus Information | Legend

Japanese:
1800-1882 江戸後期-明治時代の浄瑠璃(じょうるり)太夫。
寛政12年生まれ。源氏節の祖。はじめ岡本宮古太夫に新内節をまなび,のちそれに祭文(さいもん)江戸説経節をくわえて好評をえた。明治5年弟子の美佐松が説経源氏節と名づけ,さらに略して源氏節といわれた。明治15年死去。83歳。江戸出身。

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