Kiyomoto Umekichi

Japanese: 清元梅吉 - きよもとうめきち

A Kiyomoto shamisen player. From the third generation onwards, he has been the head of the Kiyomoto school.

First World

(1841-1907) His real name was Fujima Tojiro. He became a disciple of Kiyomoto Umejiro in Ginza and took the name Umeyoshi. He later changed his name to Kiyomoto Jubei, handed over the second generation to his disciple Umesaburo, and retired from the entertainment world. Incidentally, his son Fujiyoshi became a shamisen player in Kiyomoto and later took the name Taibei, and his grandson Kichitaro became the Nagauta performer Kineya Eiji.

[Kiyohiro Hayashi and Yukinori Moriya]

II

(1854-1911) His real name was Matsubara Kiyoshichi. He became a disciple of the first Matsubara at the age of 10, taking the name Umesaburo, and later succeeded to the name of the second. He was also an accomplished performer and composer, and served as the supporting shamisen for the 4th and 5th Kiyomoto Enjudayu, leaving behind such masterpieces as "Karigane," "Michitose," and "Sumida River."

[Kiyohiro Hayashi and Yukinori Moriya]

III

(1889-1966) His real name was Matsubara Seiichi. He was born as the son of the second Enjudayu, who married Haru, the eldest daughter of the fourth Enjudayu. In 1911 (Meiji 44), he took on the name of the third Enjudayu and played the standing shamisen for the fifth Enjudayu, but in 1922 (Taisho 11) he left the school and founded the Kiyomoto school, becoming the head of the school and playing the shamisen alongside Kikudayu and his son-in-law Umejudayu. In 1950 (Showa 25), he became a member of the Japan Art Academy, and in 1980 he succeeded the second Jubei, and the following year he was designated a holder of an Important Intangible Cultural Property, and in 1987 he was named a Person of Cultural Merit.

[Kiyohiro Hayashi and Yukinori Moriya]

IV

(1932-) His real name was Matsubara Seinosuke. He was the grandson of the third generation. He took the stage name of the fourth generation in 1955 (Showa 30). He advocated a new genre called sofuraku, and his successor was Kiyomoto Shiyo. He became independent as the head of the Kiyomoto school from the third generation, but participated in the founding of the Kiyomoto Association, which seemed to have led to a great merger, but after that he again walked his own path. He is also known as the Ume school, and also the Akasaka school, named after the place where the third generation lived.

[Kiyohiro Hayashi and Yukinori Moriya]

"Kiyomoto Jubei" by Machida Kasei and Ueda Ryunosuke (1967, Japanese Music and Dance Publishing Department)

[Reference] | Kiyomoto Enjudayu | Kiyomoto Bushi | Sumida River

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

清元節三味線方。3世以後は清元流家元名。

初世

（1841―1907）本名藤間藤次郎。銀座の清元梅次郎に入門、梅吉を名のる。のちに清元寿兵衛と改名、2世を門弟の梅三郎に譲り、芸界から引退した。ちなみに実子の藤吉は清元の三味線方となり、後年太兵衛を名のり、孫の吉太郎が長唄(ながうた)の杵屋(きねや)栄二となった。

［林喜代弘・守谷幸則］

2世

（1854―1911）本名松原清吉。10歳のとき初世に入門、梅三郎を名のり、のちに2世を襲名した。演奏作曲にも優れ、4世、5世清元延寿太夫(えんじゅだゆう)の相三味線を勤め、『雁金(かりがね)』『三千歳(みちとせ)』『隅田川(すみだがわ)』などの代表作を残した。

［林喜代弘・守谷幸則］

3世

（1889―1966）本名松原清一。2世が4世延寿太夫の長女はるをめとり、その実子として生まれた。1911年（明治44）3世を襲名し、5世延寿太夫の立(たて)三味線を勤めていたが、22年（大正11）決別して清元流を創設、家元となって喜久太夫、女婿梅寿太夫の相三味線として活躍した。50年（昭和25）芸術院会員となり、55年に2世寿兵衛を継承、翌年重要無形文化財保持者に認定され、62年文化功労者となった。

［林喜代弘・守谷幸則］

4世

（1932―　）本名松原清之介。3世の孫。1955年（昭和30）4世を襲名した。奏風楽という新ジャンルを提唱、この後継には清元紫葉がいる。3世より清元流家元として独立したが、清元協会創立に参加、大合同なったと思われたが、その後はまた独自の道を歩むことになった。別称梅派、また3世の住居であった地名をとって赤坂派ともいう。

［林喜代弘・守谷幸則］

『町田佳聲・植田隆之助著『清元寿兵衛』（1967・邦楽と舞踊出版部）』

[参照項目] | 清元延寿太夫 | 清元節 | 隅田川

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