Kanze Sakondayu's Quiet Life - Kanze Sakondayu's Quiet Life

...It is said that the reason was a reaction against Ieyasu's favoritism towards other actors such as Umewaka (Todai-ki, etc.), but this is not certain. In February 1612, he was allowed to return (Kyowa 2nd Year Kanze Dayu Yuisho), and called himself Kanze Sakon Dayu Kokan, but the patronage of the past did not return, and he remained in a de facto suffrage state, with his eldest son Shigenari taking over most of the duties of the dayu. In April 1620 (Genwa 6), his senior disciple Ishida Shozaemon Tomoyuki began publication of the so-called Genwa Uzukihon Hyakuban, but Kokan personally proofread and supervised the original text, and it was published around 1623 as the first Kanze school utahon with the official involvement of a dayu...

*Some of the terminology used in "Kanze Sakondayu Kukan" is listed below.

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…家康の梅若など他の役者寵愛に対する反発が原因と伝える(《当代記》など)が，さだかでない。1612年2月には帰参を許され(《享和二年観世大夫由緒書》)，観世左近大夫暮閑と称したが往年の愛顧は再び戻らず，事実上の塞状態が続き，大夫の職責は嫡子重成の多く代行するところとなった。1620年(元和6)4月，高弟石田少左衛門友雪により通称〈元和卯月本百番〉の刊行が着手されたが，暮閑はその底本をみずから校閲･監修し，23年ころ，大夫の正式に関与した最初の観世流謡本として刊行された。…

※「観世左近大夫暮閑」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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