Three major poems of the four seasons - A look at the seasons

Japanese: 四季詠寄三大字 - しきのながめよせてみつだい

Kabuki dance. Nagauta, Tomimoto, Tokiwazu, Takemoto. First performed at Edo Nakamuraza in March 1813 (Bunka 10). First performed by Bando Mitsugoro III. Lyrics by Segawa Jyoko II, choreography by Ichiyama Shichijuro. Twelve transformations for 12 months, including the courtesan, the monk, Narihira, the Isami merchant, Kiyomasa's tiger hunt, the Chinese in the kitchen, the country goze, the Kashima dance, the thrush harvester, the hired slave, the heron girl, and Kintaro. Of these, the Matsuuouri, about an Isami merchant selling the first bonito of the season, and the Kashima dance, which is a dance adaptation of a message about Kashima (a combination of Nagauta composed by Kineya Katsugoro I and Tomimoto composed by Tobaya Satonaga I).

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

歌舞伎舞踊。長唄，富本，常磐津，竹本。1813年(文化10)3月，江戸中村座初演。3世坂東三津五郎初演。2世瀬川如皐作詞，市山七十郎振付。12ヵ月の十二変化物で，傾城，坊主，業平，いさみ商人，清正虎狩，台所唐人，田舎ごぜ，鹿島踊，木賊苅（とくさかり），雇奴（やといやつこ），鷺娘，金太郎と続く。うち初鰹を売るいさみ商人の《松魚売》，鹿島の事触れを舞踊化した《鹿島踊》(初世杵屋勝五郎作曲の長唄と初世鳥羽屋里長作曲の富本の掛合)が残る。

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