Kenjun

Japanese: 賢順 - けんじゅん

Year of death: 13 July 1623 (9 August 1623)
Year of birth: Tenbun 3? (1534)
He is the founder of the Tsukushigoto from the end of the Muromachi period to the early Edo period. There are many different theories, but he is said to have died in 1636 (at the age of 90). He was the son of Miyabe Hyuganokami Takenari of Chikugo (Fukuoka Prefecture). After his father's death, he became a monk at Zendo-ji Temple in Kurume (Fukuoka Prefecture) at the age of 7. He composed "eikyoku" (poems) by organizing the scores of gagaku music and folk songs accompanied by the koto and humming wind instrument melodies handed down at Zendo-ji Temple, and perfected songs accompanied by the koto. It is said that he also used the seven-stringed koto that he learned from Zheng Ka-jo, who came to Japan during the Ming Dynasty, as a reference. He later served Otomo Sorin and returned to secular life. When Sorin converted to Christianity, he fled to Shojo-ji Temple in Minamizato, Hizen (Saga Prefecture), and at the age of 38, he was invited by Ryuzoji Anjun in Taku, Ogi County. After returning to secular life, he took the names Morota Kurodo and Kenjunsai. He is said to have participated in the Battle of Osaka during the Bunroku War. His disciples included Genjo and Hosui. <References> "Report on the Investigation of the Chikushi Koto" (Combined Issue 26-29 of "Eastern Music Research")

(Nogawa Mihoko)

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

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没年：元和9.7.13?(1623.8.9)
生年：天文3?(1534)
室町末期から江戸前期にかけての筑紫箏の始祖。異説が多く,寛永13(1636)年没(享年90歳)とも。筑後(福岡県)の宮部日向守武成の子。父の死後,7歳で久留米(福岡県)の善導寺の僧となる。善導寺に伝わる雅楽や箏伴奏でその管楽器旋律を口ずさむ歌謡の楽譜を整理して「詠曲」などを作曲し,箏伴奏の歌曲を大成した。その際,来日した明の鄭家定から学んだ七弦琴も参考にしたという。その後,大友宗麟に仕えて還俗。宗麟がキリスト教に帰依すると肥前南里(佐賀県)の正定寺に逃れ,38歳で小城郡多久の竜造寺安順に招かれた。還俗後は諸田蔵人,賢順斎と号した。文禄の役,大坂の陣に出陣したともいう。門下に玄恕,法水らがいる。<参考文献>「筑紫箏調査報告」(『東洋音楽研究』26～29合併号)

(野川美穂子)

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