Sekkyobushi - A sermon

Japanese: 説経節 - せっきょうぶし

A type of storytelling art form performed from the end of the Middle Ages to the early modern period. Also known as sekkyo or utasekkyo. Buddhist sermons were popularized and then narrated in a musical style with a melody. It originated from the street performances in the Middle Ages where performers spoke from a bamboo stick, and from the performances performed at the door of a house, and in the Edo period, performances using shamisen accompaniment and marionettes also appeared. Before the Genroku period, it was more popular than Joruri, and some performers even performed puppet plays. Representative works such as "Karukaya" and "Sansho Dayu" are called the "Five Sekkyo."
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Japanese:

中世末から近世にかけて行われた語り物芸能の一つ。説経，歌説経とも。仏教の説経が平俗化し，節をつけて音楽的に語られるようになったもの。中世に簓(ささら)をすって語った大道芸，また門付芸を原型とし，江戸時代には三味線伴奏や操り人形を使うものも現れた。元禄以前には浄瑠璃よりも盛んで，操り芝居を興行するものもあった。《苅萱(かるかや)》《山荘太夫(さんしょうだゆう)》などその代表作を〈五説経〉という。
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