Katabachi - Katabachi

Japanese: 片撥 - かたばち

[1] 〘 noun 〙① One of a pair of drumsticks. Also, the act of striking with it. In Noh, a special way of striking the drum is to strike the drum with only the drumstick in the right hand. ※Haiku, Gyokukaishu (1656), appendix, “A single handful of clouds in a shower, the more the drummer strikes the drum with the drumstick, the more the divine thunders (Tei-toku).” ※Ukiyo-zoshi, Danshoku -Daikan (1687), vol. 2, “This spring Tayu is performing a dance, Seigoro is using his tsuzumi, Mataemon is using his katabachi , which is the greatest of all.”② The name of a shamisen playing technique. A technique in which the drum is played with only one side of the drumstick, without scooping. It is used in contrast to morobachi , which are played and then immediately scooped, such as teren and toron. Katabachibushi . ③ One of the popular songs from the early Edo period. It was popular in pleasure quarters from the Kanei period ( 1624-1644 ). *From the Kana Zoushi Nurebotoke (1671): "Katabachi Moroki wa dew, who said, I will not even put my body on the grass, Yoshino" [2] The title of a shamisen group song. A song that incorporates (1)② and is remade in the style of a group song. Hadekatabachi (broken hand drumstick) .

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Japanese:

[1] 〘名〙① 太鼓などの一対の撥のうちの一方。また、それで打つこと。能楽で太鼓の特殊な打ち方として、右手の撥だけで太鼓を打つこと。※俳諧・玉海集（1656）付句下「一にぎりある夕立の雲かたはちで太皷うつほど神鳴て〈貞徳〉」※浮世草子・男色大鑑（1687）二「今春太夫が舞に、清五良が鞁(つづみ)、又右衛門がかた撥(バチ)、いづれか天下芸」② 三味線の奏法の名称。撥の片面だけで弾くもので、すくうことをしない方法。テレン、トロンなどと、弾いてすぐすくう諸撥(もろばち)に対していう。片撥節(かたばちぶし)。③ 江戸初期の流行歌(はやりうた)の一つ。寛永（一六二四‐四四）の頃から遊里で流行した。※仮名草子・ぬれぼとけ（1671）中「かたばちもろきは露と誰がいひそめた我身も草におかぬばかりよよし野」[2] 三味線組歌の曲名。(一)②を取り入れて、組歌風に作り直した曲。破手片撥(はでかたばち)。

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