"Gion Yawa" - Gion Yawa

Japanese: 《祇園夜話》 - ぎおんやわ
"Gion Yawa" - Gion Yawa

...In the Meiji period, Gion was divided into Kobu and Otsubu, and Gion Kobu, excluding an area called Sezeura, is considered the most prestigious entertainment district in Japan, and its training event, the Miyako Odori, is a sight to behold in spring in Kyoto. The term maiko is often mistakenly thought of as something that only exists in Gion, but we cannot forget the role that Yoshii Isamu's collection of poems, Sake Hogai, Nagata Mikihiko's novel Gion Yawa, and the popular song Gion Kouta played in forming this yearning-like sense. Gion Belief [Editorial Department]. ...

*Some of the terminology used in "Gion Yawa" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…明治になって祇園は甲部と乙部に分かれ,膳所裏(せぜうら)と呼ぶ一区域を除いた祇園甲部は,日本で最も格式の高い花街とされ,その温習会である〈都をどり〉は陽春の京都の景物となっている。舞妓という呼称も祇園だけのものと錯覚されるほどであるが,そうした憧憬のごとき感覚の形成にとって,吉井勇の歌集《酒ほがひ》や長田幹彦の小説《祇園夜話》や歌謡曲《祇園小唄》の果たした役割も忘れることができない。祇園信仰【編集部】。…

※「《祇園夜話》」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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