"Okoma Saizo" - Okoma Saizo

...The title of a Shinnai-bushi piece. A part of the danmono Koimusume Mukashi Hachijo (commonly known as Okoma Saiza), which was made into a Shinnai piece by taking a part of a Gidayu-bushi piece. The Gidayu-bushi piece Koimusume Mukashi Hachijo of the same name became a popular piece, so during the Tenpo-Kaei period (1830-54) under the second Tsuruga Tsuruyoshi, this piece was adapted from its fourth act Shirokiya.

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…新内節の曲名。義太夫節の一部をとって新内化した段物《恋娘昔八丈（こいむすめむかしはちじよう）》(通称《お駒才三（おこまさいざ）》)の一部。同名の義太夫節《恋娘昔八丈》が流行曲となったので，天保～嘉永(1830‐54)のころ，2世鶴賀鶴吉の時代に，その四段目《城木屋》から脚色された。…

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