Shiokumi

Kabuki dance. Nagauta. Lyrics by Sakurada Jisuke III, music by Kineya Shojiro III, choreography by Fujima Kanjuro I. This is one of the seven transformation dances "Seven Flowers in a Row" that was first performed by Bando Mitsugoro III at the Ichimuraza Theater in Edo in March 1811 (Bunka 8). Based on the Noh play "Matsukaze", it depicts the female diver Matsukaze wearing the eboshi hat and hunting costume that was a keepsake of her lover Ariwara no Yukihira, as she remembers Yukihira. The play ends with a dance that imitates Noh, including a dance of drawing tide, a story describing Suma Bay, a tirade to Yukihira, and a flashy parasol prop using a three-covered umbrella. The first performance featured a dialogue with Tokiwazu, but now it is performed only in Nagauta. Usually, the performer appears as a young woman in a red kimono with a bunkin shimada and a gold eboshi hat, but she may also dance in the guise of a female diver. Following the example of the Mitsugoro revival, there are also performances in which the female diver is transformed into a fox and appears from a turtle on the runway.

[Toshiaki Matsui]

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歌舞伎(かぶき)舞踊。長唄(ながうた)。3世桜田治助作詞、3世杵屋(きねや)正次郎作曲、初世藤間勘十郎振付け。1811年（文化8）3月、江戸・市村座で3世坂東(ばんどう)三津五郎が初演した七変化舞踊『七枚続花の姿絵(しちまいつづきはなのすがたえ)』の一つ。能『松風(まつかぜ)』に取材し、海女(あま)松風が恋人在原行平(ありわらのゆきひら)の形見の烏帽子狩衣(えぼしかりぎぬ)を身に着け、行平をしのぶ姿を描いたもの。汐(しお)を汲(く)む振(ふり)、須磨(すま)の浦を描写する物語、行平へのクドキ、三蓋傘(さんがいがさ)の小道具を使ったはでな傘尽くしなどを経て、能を模した舞がかりで終わる。初演は常磐津(ときわず)との掛合いであったが、現在は長唄のみ。普通、赤の着付に文金島田・金烏帽子という娘姿だが、海女の姿で踊ることもある。また、三津五郎再演の例に従い、海女を狐(きつね)の化身として、花道のすっぽんから登場する演出もある。

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