Shigetayu-bushi

A school of Kamigata Joruri. The name of Miyakoji Shigetayu, a disciple of Miyakoji Bungonojo, appears in the review "Fude no Kaomise Oumu no Suzuri" published in 1733 (Kyoho 18), and since he was famous around the time of his master Bungonojo's death (1740), he changed his surname to Toyomi and formed an independent school during the Kanpo era (1741-1744). He also performed in Kabuki plays, but is thought to have been popular as zashiki joruri, mainly in the pleasure quarters of Shimanouchi, Osaka. No successor was produced, and Shigetayu's style died out after its heyday, but the blind man Tsuruyama Koto enjoyed telling his stories, and during the Horeki era (1751-64) he went down to Edo and lived in Yoshiwara, where he popularized Kamigata songs. The "Izumikyokushu," published in 1762, includes two pieces that Koto composed himself, "Autumn Grasses of Imose" and "Wet Fan." In Osaka in particular, Shigetayu's joruri pieces were popular among blind musicians, including Utaki Kengyo, and later new compositions were written by jiuta performers.

Even today, these songs have been absorbed and passed down in jiuta as Shigetafu monogatari.

[Kiyohiro Hayashi]

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上方浄瑠璃(かみがたじょうるり)の一流派。宮古路豊後掾(みやこじぶんごのじょう)の門弟宮古路繁太夫の名は1733年（享保18）刊の『筆顔見世鸚鵡硯(ふでのかおみせおうむのすずり)』という評判記にみえ、師豊後掾の没年（1740）の前後には名声をうたわれていたことから、寛保(かんぽう)年間（1741～44）に姓を豊美と改め分派独立したらしい。歌舞伎(かぶき)芝居にも出演したが、大坂・島之内(しまのうち)の遊里を中心に座敷浄瑠璃として流行したと思われる。後継者は育たず、繁太夫の流儀は一代を盛時として絶えたが、盲人の鶴山勾当(つるやまこうとう)は好んでこれを語り、宝暦(ほうれき)年間（1751～64）に江戸へ下って吉原に住み、上方歌を広めた。宝暦12年（1762）上梓(じょうし)の奥付のある『泉曲集』には、勾当自身の作曲になる『妹背(いもせ)の秋草』『濡扇(ぬれおうぎ)』が載せられている。とりわけ大坂では、歌木検校(けんぎょう)をはじめ盲人音楽家の間で繁太夫の浄瑠璃物が好んで取り上げられ、後には地歌(じうた)の演奏家たちによって新たな作曲も手がけられた。

　今日も地歌のなかに繁太夫物として吸収摂取され伝承されている。

［林喜代弘］

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