Oyama Jiro Saburo - Oyama Jiro Saburo

Japanese: 小山次郎三郎 - おやまじろうさぶろう

…(1) A female doll in Bunraku puppet theater. There are various theories about its origin, but the most likely is that it comes from the “Koyama doll” of Koyama Jirozaburo, a female puppeteer who was active around the Shoo era (1652-55). (2) Another name for a prostitute. …

From [Goban Ningyo]

...It appears that in the Genroku period (1688-1704) Joruri piece Yoshitsune Tsui Zenjomai by Uji Kaga no Jō, tezuma puppets were used on a go board, but the origins of this are unclear. In the same Genroku period in Edo, Koyama Jirozaburo was skilled at go board puppets, and according to the Matsudaira Yamatonokami Diary, he performed go board puppets and called them joruri go board puppets. This was incorporated into Kabuki, where child actors performed dances on the go board, and it also became a parlor art. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Oyama Jirozaburo" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…(1)人形浄瑠璃で女役の人形のこと。語源はいろいろ説があるが，承応(1652‐55)ごろ活躍した女役の人形遣い小山次郎三郎の〈小山人形〉から出たとするのが有力。(2)遊女の別称。…

【碁盤人形】より

…宇治加賀掾の元禄(1688‐1704)ころの浄瑠璃《義経追善女舞》に，手妻（てづま）人形を碁盤の上で遣ったことがみえるが，そのはじまりは不明。江戸でも同じ元禄期に小山次郎三郎が碁盤人形を得意とし，碁盤操り，浄瑠璃碁盤人形と称して上演したことが，《松平大和守日記》にみえる。これが歌舞伎にも入り，子ども役者が碁盤の上で踊りをみせ，また座敷芸ともなった。…

※「小山次郎三郎」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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