《Okuru》 - Send

Japanese: 《をくり》 - おくり
《Okuru》 - Send

...The title of a sekkyobushi song. The originals include the Omono Emaki scroll (Okuri), which is said to have taken its lyrics from an old sekkyo, and the Nara picture book (Okuri). The first half of the story is about Oguri, who was exiled from the capital to Hitachi due to his unrestrained behavior, but when he forcibly weds Princess Terute, one of the powerful Yokoyama clan of Sagami, he incurs her wrath and is poisoned to death by Yokoyama.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Okuri" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…説経節の曲名。正本としては,古い説経から詞章を得ているといわれる御物(おもの)絵巻《をくり》と,奈良絵本《おくり》が注目される。奔放な振舞いが災いして都から常陸へ流された小栗が,相模の豪族横山の一人姫照手(てるて)と強引に契るに及んで怨みを買い,横山によって毒殺されるまでを前半とする。…

※「《をくり》」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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