Kasugai Okame - Kasugai Okame

...The storyteller Hattori Shin (1880-1974, whose name was also given to him by Hasegawa Shin), who was an ardent admirer of Hasegawa Shin, took over the story and made it into a kodan (traditional Japanese story), making it his specialty. It was also adapted into a rokyoku (traditional Japanese story), and was performed by Kasugai Okame (retired in 1957), who was known as a genius young rokyoku performer, because the subject matter, which is typical of the Matatabimono (traveling story), was suitable for these arts. [Yano Seiichi]...

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…長谷川伸に心酔していた講釈師服部伸(1880‐1974。この名も長谷川から1字もらったもの)がゆずりうけて講談化し，十八番としたほか，浪曲化もされて天才少女浪曲家といわれた春日井おかめ(1957引退)が演じたりしたのも，股旅ものの典型である題材が，これらの芸にふさわしかったからである。【矢野 誠一】。…

※「春日井おかめ」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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