Taro Kinojo

Japanese: 紀上太郎 - きのじょうたろう

Year of death: April 23, 1799 (May 27, 1799)
Year of birth: Enkyo 4.1.8 (1747.2.17)
He was a wealthy merchant in the mid-Edo period, the fourth head of the Mitsui family of the Minami clan in Kyoto, and is famous as a patron of puppet theater. He is a Joruri writer and a Kyoka writer. His real name was Mitsui Takanari. Kijo Taro was his Joruri writer name. His other name Mitsutama is evocative of his family business and activities in the three capitals (Kyoto, Osaka, and Edo). His Kyoka name was Senkatei Yukosai Kakuri. As a Joruri writer, he wrote a total of five pieces, including collaborations, four in Edo during the An'ei period and one in Osaka in 1799. His works "Itozakura Honmachi Iku" and "Go Taiheiki Shiroishi Banashi" were particularly well received, and were also adapted for Kabuki. For the latter, he made an effort to research the dialect by listening to the dialect of people from Shiroishi (Miyagi Prefecture) and sending one of his collaborators, Karasutei Enma, to the area. At the age of 20, he became a disciple of Kurikatei Kibata, a senior disciple of Taiya Teiryu, and was familiar with Kyoka poetry throughout his life. His compilations, such as Kyoka Teiryu-den and the travelogue Kitakuni Jinoki, are included in the Kuri Complete Works. <References> Edo Sakusa Jorurishu (Edo Bunko Collection, Volume 15)

(Toshihiko Hozuki)

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

Japanese:

没年：寛政11.4.23(1799.5.27)
生年：延享4.1.8(1747.2.17)
江戸中期の豪商,京の三井家南家4代目当主で,人形浄瑠璃の後援者として名高い。浄瑠璃作者,狂歌作者。本名三井高業。紀上太郎は浄瑠璃作者名。別号の三津環は,三箇都(京,大坂,江戸)におよぶ家業と活躍を想起させる。狂歌名仙果亭由甲斎嘉栗。浄瑠璃作者としては合作も含めて安永期に江戸で4編,寛政11(1799)年に大坂で1編,計5編を書いたが,特に「糸桜本町育」「碁太平記白石噺」が好評で,歌舞伎にもうつされた。後者では白石(宮城県)出身者の方言を聞き,合作者のひとり烏亭焉馬を現地に派遣するなど,方言調査に努めた。20歳のころから鯛屋貞柳の高弟栗柯亭木端に入門,終生狂歌に親しむ。『狂歌貞柳伝』,紀行文『北国路之記』などの編著が『嘉栗全集』に収められる。<参考文献>『江戸作者浄瑠璃集』(叢書江戸文庫15巻)

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