Gion Bayashi

Japanese: 祇園囃子 - ぎおんばやし
Gion Bayashi

This is the festival music of the Gion Festival in Kyoto. It is played on the floats during the parade on July 17th. The floats seen today can be traced back to the revival of the floats in 1500 (Meiō 9), but the history of the music is unknown. The music that is passed down today is characterized by the sound of gongs, as expressed by the popular name "konchikichin," and is composed of a dozen gongs, several shime-daiko drums, and a dozen flutes (ryuteki or noh flutes). Each of the ten floats has about 30 unique songs. Broadly speaking, there are dedication music, transitional music (until Shijo Kawaramachi, slow tempo), and return music (after Shijo Kawaramachi, fast tempo). In addition, there are some regional festival music pieces that bear the name Gion bayashi, and there is also geza music.

[Masahiro Nishikado]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

京都の祇園祭の祭囃子。7月17日の山鉾(やまぼこ)の巡行に際して鉾の上で演奏される。今日みるような山鉾については、1500年(明応9)の山鉾再興まではさかのぼることができるが、囃子の歴史は不詳である。今日に伝わる囃子は「コンチキチン」の俗称で表されるように、鉦(かね)の響きに特徴があり、鉦が十数丁と、締(しめ)太鼓数個、笛(竜笛(りゅうてき)または能管(のうかん))十数本で編成されている。10基ある鉾ごとに独自の曲を30曲程度ずつ所有する。大別すると、奉納囃子、渡り囃子(四条河原町まで、緩テンポ)、戻り囃子(四条河原町以後、急テンポ)となる。なお、地方の祭囃子にも祇園囃子の名を冠したものがあり、また下座(げざ)音楽にもある。

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