The Five Great Powers

Japanese: 五大力 - ごだいりき

[1][一] Abbreviation of "Godai-riki Bosatsu (Five Great Powers Bodhisattvas) (I)". ※Nichiren's writings - Rissho Ankoku Ron (1260) "If only the _five great powers could be _drawn , _two thousand _households would be hung." [2] Jiuta. Two-layered. Lyrics by Sakaiya Shichibei. Music by Shirakawa Kengyo. Written before the reign of Shōtoku and Kyōhō (1711-36 ). The lyrics are in the form of a letter, beginning with "I forget to write even one brushstroke ," and express the gentle heart of a woman who worries about her beloved man while waiting for the day she will meet him. [3] Nagauta. A solo recitation meriyasu, borrowing the latter half of the lyrics of a jiuta piece of the same name, used in the kabuki play "Godai-riki Koi-koku." The melody is sung behind the back of the shamisen when the prostitute Koman writes "Godai-riki" (five great powers) on the back of her shamisen as a sign of her unchanging feelings for her beloved Gengobei. ※Kakuhon・Giba Suigen Maku no Soto (1806) 2 “Meiyasu Go-Dairiki: “Itsumade gusa no itsumomomo. Namae to namae yori go-dairiki mono wa nai ” (I can’t speak of raw drunkenness)” [4] A nickname for the Kabuki play “Go-Dairiki Koi no Fuujime.” [2] [Noun] ① An abbreviation of “Go-Dairiki Bosatsu (Go-Dairiki Bosatsu) (2).” ※Joruri・Sanseiso (1686) 3 “A knot given by a god, written in katakana as Go-Dairiki” ② (derived from ①) A word written on kiseru, hairpins, small knives, the back skin of shamisen, etc. as a talisman or a vow of chastity. ※Kabuki: Godairiki Koihi (1793), Act 2: "The soul of a geisha is the shamisen, the seal of that shamisen is strong, the vow of the heart is the five great powers." ③ Abbreviation of "Godairikisen ( Godairikisen )". ※Ship Law Ojotana Shoho Monsho (around 1724): "The five great powers of Nishinomiya, a new ship made in Hyogo, run into a telepathic ship in the right sea."

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[1][一] 「ごだいりきぼさつ（五大力菩薩）(一)」の略。※日蓮遺文‐立正安国論（1260）「若図_二五大力之形_一而懸_二万戸_一」[二] 地歌。二上り。季丈（さかいや七兵衛）作詞。白川検校作曲。正徳・享保（一七一一‐三六）以前の作。「一筆(ひとふで)書きそむるは」で始まる書簡体の歌詞で、恋する男と逢う日を待ちつつ、男の身を案ずる優しい女心をうたったもの。[三] 長唄。同名の地歌の曲の後半の歌詞を借りて、歌舞伎「五大力恋緘」に用いられた独吟のめりやす。遊女小万が恋する客源五兵衛への心の変わらぬ印にと、三味線の裏皮に「五大力」と書く時に陰でうたわれる。※滑稽本・戯場粋言幕の外（1806）下「メリヤス五大力『いつまでぐさのいつまでも。生酔(なまゑ)と生酔ものいへぬ』」[四] 歌舞伎「五大力恋緘(ごだいりきこいのふうじめ)」の通称。[2] 〘名〙① 「ごだいりきぼさつ（五大力菩薩）(二)」の略。※浄瑠璃・三世相（1686）三「神から渡す一結び、片仮名のより五大力」② (①から転じて) 魔除け、貞操の誓いとして、キセル、かんざし、小刀、三味線の裏皮などに書きつけた語。※歌舞伎・五大力恋緘（1793）二幕「芸子の魂は三味線、その三味線の封目(ふうじめ)堅う、心の誓ひは五大力」③ 「ごだいりきせん（五大力船）」の略。※船法御定並諸方聞書（1724頃）「西宮の五大力、兵庫造り之新造、右之灘にて伝法船へ走当り」

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