Shamisen group song - Shamisen group song

Japanese: 三味線組歌 - しゃみせんくみうた

〘Noun〙 A type of shamisen song. It is called kumiuta because it combines lyrics from popular songs and folk songs into one song. It is the oldest type of artistic shamisen music in mainland Japan. It is said to have been started by Ishimura Kengyo around the time of Bunroku ( 1592-96 ), and was passed down by Torasawa, Yamai, Yanagawa Kengyo, and others. There are Honte-gumi and Ha-te-gumi, and Ha-te-gumi breaks the Honte-gumi hand (shamisen) style and uses complex and unusual hands. Later, the training was divided into four stages: Omote, Ura, Naka, and Oku, and they are called Omote-gumi and Ura-gumi, but since each school gave permission and a license, they are also called Omote-goshi and Oku-goshi. The lyrics and melody of songs with the same name vary depending on the school. After the Yanagawa school, which was centered in Kyoto, the Nogawa school was born in Osaka, and both schools remained, but now only the Nogawa school has passed down the complete songs. Samisen kumiuta.

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Japanese:

〘名〙三味線歌曲の一種。流行歌や民謡の歌詞を組み合わせて一曲にしたので、組歌という。日本本土の芸術的三味線音楽の最古の種類。文祿（一五九二‐九六）のころ、石村検校が始めたといい、虎沢・山井・柳川検校らによって受けつがれた。本手組と破手組とがあり、破手組は本手組の手（三味線）の型を破ったもので、複雑で変わった手が使われている。のちには教習の階梯上、表・裏・中・奥に四分類し、表組・裏組などというが、それぞれ許し免状を与えたので、表許し、奥許しなどともいう。流派によって同名の曲も歌詞や曲調に違いがある。京都を中心とした柳川流のあと、大坂に野川流が生まれ、両流が残ったが、現在は野川流だけが全曲を伝えている。さみせんくみうた。

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