Amakawabushi

Japanese: 天川節 - あまかわぶし

It is the title of a piece of classical music created during the Ryukyu Kingdom period, or one of the seven classical female dances. In classical music, two Ryuka poems are sung to the accompaniment of the shamisen: "The mandarin ducks playing in the pond of Amakawa, the promise of their love, I do not know where else they have come from" and "The pond of Amakawa, the depths of which are a thousand fathoms, I hope you will love me even more deeply." The meaning of the poem is "Like the mandarin ducks playing in the pond of Amakawa, no one knows yet that we made a promise in love. I have heard that the pond of Amakawa is a thousand fathoms deep, but please love me even deeper than that."

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

琉球王府時代にできた古典音楽の曲名，または古典女七踊の一つ。古典音楽では〈天川の池に遊ぶ鴛鴦（おしどり）の　思羽（おもいば）の契り与所（よそ）は知らぬ〉〈天川の池や千尋（せんひろ）も立ちゆん　此（う）れよかも深く思て給（たぼ）れ〉という2首の琉歌を三味線にのせてうたう。歌意は〈天川の池に遊ぶ鴛鴦のように，愛し合って2人が契りを交わしたことをまだだれも知らない。天川の池の深さは千尋もあると聞いているが，それよりも深く私を愛して下さい〉という内容である。

出典　株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典第２版について　情報

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