Kikuoka Kengyo

Japanese: 菊岡検校 - きくおかけんぎょう

Year of death: 12 November 1847 (19 December 1847)
Year of birth: 1792
A Kyoto jiuta and sokyoku performer in the late Edo period. His name was So Meiichi. He became a kengyo in Bunka 3 (1806). He composed many jiuta sangenkyoku pieces for Kyoto-style tegotomono. His works include "Iso Chidori," "Ima Komachi," "Ume no Yado," "Kazamakura," "Katsuo," "Sasa no Tsuyu (Sake)," "Sono no Aki," "Chikubushima," "Cha Ondo," "Nagato no Haru," "Fune no Yume," "Mama no Kawa," "Miyamajishi," and "Yugao." Of these, "Mama no Kawa" was transferred to the koto by Matsuno Kengyo, and the others by Yaezaki Kengyo, and they are often performed as ensembles even today. There is an anecdote that Kikuoka and Yaezaki, who were not on good terms at first, came to recognize each other's skills through the ensemble "Tamagawa," and became known as a great duo for Kyoto-style tegotomono.

(Nogawa Mihoko)

Source: Asahi Japanese Historical Biography: Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. About Asahi Japanese Historical Biography

Japanese:

没年：弘化4.11.12(1847.12.19)
生年：寛政4(1792)
江戸後期の京都の地歌箏曲家。名は楚明一。文化3(1806)年,検校になる。京風手事物の地歌三弦曲を多く作曲した。作品に「磯千鳥」「今小町」「梅の宿」「楫枕」「桂男」「笹の露(酒)」「園の秋」「竹生島」「茶音頭」「長等の春」「舟の夢」「ままの川」「御山獅子」「夕顔」など。このうち「ままの川」は松野検校,その他は八重崎検校によって箏の手に移され,合奏曲として今日でもよく演奏される。当初は不仲であった菊岡と八重崎が,「玉川」の合奏を通じて互いの技量を認め合い,京風手事物の名コンビとして知られることになったという逸話が伝えられている。

(野川美穂子)

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