Shigayama style

A school of Japanese dance. It is the oldest school, founded by Shigayama Mansaku (?-1729), the first choreographer in Edo. Mansaku started out as a drummer in the Kita school, but became a musician at the Nakamura-za theater, and because he excelled in dancing, he switched to choreography and took the name Nakamura Denjiro I. However, there are other theories, and his career is unclear. The second head of the school (?-1781) was Mansaku's son, and the third head (?-1783) was the second head's son, both of whom took the name Nakamura Denjiro. The eldest daughter of the third head became the 9th head of the school, Shigayama Sei (?-1802), and the school was passed on to women. The name Sei has been passed down from generation to generation, up to the current 15th head of the school, 7th head Sei (1914- ). The heyday of the Shigayama school was when the famous actor Nakamura Nakazo I (1736-90), a relative of Shigayama, was active, and he left a legacy of the "Shigayama Nakazo style" in works such as "Tongue-dipping Sanbaso," "Nakazo Madness," and "Seki no Tobira." He also briefly succeeded Shigayama VIII and opened a training studio as a dance teacher. Nakazo III (1809-86), who lived from the end of the Edo period to the Meiji period, also had a deep connection with the school, and passed on the style of Shigayama. Characterized by its old-fashioned dance and techniques, Shiga Aoi, who represented Seii, held 10 "Shigayama School Classical Studies Groups" starting in 1980, and such works as "Shigayama Sanbaso," "Nakazo's Fuji Musume," and "Musume Dojoji" attracted attention. In recent years, there has been little activity as a school.

[Kisaragi Aoko]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

日本舞踊の一流派。江戸における振付師の祖、志賀山万作（？―1729）を流祖とする最古の流派である。万作は喜多流の鼓打ちから中村座の囃子(はやし)方になったが、舞に優れていたため振付師に転じ、初世中村伝次郎を名のったという。しかし異説もあり、経歴ははっきりしない。2世家元（？―1781）は万作の子、3世（？―1783）は2世の子で、ともに中村伝次郎名。3世の長女が9世家元初世志賀山せい（？―1802）となってのち、流儀は女性の手に移った。代々せいの名を継ぎ、現15世家元7世勢以（1914―　）に至っている。最盛期は、志賀山の縁者である名優初世中村仲蔵(なかぞう)（1736―90）が活躍した時代で、『舌出し三番叟(さんばそう)』『仲蔵狂乱』『関の扉(せきのと)』などに「志賀山の仲蔵ぶり」を残している。また彼は一時志賀山8世を継ぎ舞踊師匠として稽古(けいこ)場を開いていた。幕末から明治にかけての3世仲蔵（1809―86）も縁故が深く、志賀山の風を伝えた。古風な振(ふり)、技法が特色で、勢以代理の志賀山葵(あおい)が1980年（昭和55）から10回にわたり「志賀山流古典研究会」を続け、『志賀山三番叟』『仲蔵の藤娘(ふじむすめ)』『娘道成寺(むすめどうじょうじ)』などが注目された。近年、流派としての活動は少ない。

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