Jinku (Jinku) - Jinku

Japanese: 甚句(甚九) - じんく

Types of Japanese folk songs. Many folk songs have jinku as their titles, such as Yoneyama Jinku, Ryotsu Jinku, and Kisarazu Jinku. Jinku is a jinku, which means that it is a song that originated in each region, and there is also a shinku, which means that it is a song offered to the gods. There is also a Nagasaki Ebiya Jinku in the Hyogo Kudoki, which was popular during the Edo period. The song, "Nagasaki Ebiya Jinku," begins with "This time, Nagasaki Ebiya Jinku, I've been selling small items since my parents' generation..." and is about a Nagasaki merchant named Ebiya Jinkuro. It became popular and became the Ebiya Bushi or Jinkuro Bushi, which spread to various regions and became established as jinku or jinku.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

日本の民謡の種類。民謡の中には《米山甚句》《両津甚句》《木更津甚句》など，甚句を曲名にするものが数多くある。甚句は〈地ン句〉であり，〈地の句〉すなわち土地土地に発生した歌であるという説や，神に供える歌という意味の〈神供〉説もある。また江戸時代に流行した《兵庫口説（くどき）》の中に《長崎えびや甚九》があり，〈こんど長崎海老屋の甚九　親の代から小間物売りで……〉と，長崎の商人海老屋甚九郎を歌った歌が流行して，《海老屋節》や《甚九郎節》になり，それが各地に広まって甚句あるいは甚九として定着したとする説もある。

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