Ishii Style

Japanese: 石井流 - いしいりゅう

The name of a style of Noh otsuzumi performers. The founder of the school was Ishii Shozaemon Shigenaga, a disciple of Higuchi Kyuzaemon, a master who received a stipend of 700 koku from Hideyoshi. For generations, the school lived in Kyoto and served the Kaga and Owari domains. Ishii Issai the 10th (1827-1899.1.21.), along with Shimizu Zenchi of the Takayasu school and Tsumura Mataki of the Kadono school, was known as one of the three great masters of otsuzumi. After Issai's death, the head family line was discontinued. Currently, Taniguchi Masayoshi serves as the acting head family and continues to work in Kyoto and Nagoya. It has the largest and most complex number of te-gumi of any current school, and has partially preserved ancient forms not found in other schools.

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Japanese:

能楽大鼓方の流儀名。流祖は，秀吉から 700石の知行を受けた名手樋口久左衛門の門人，石井庄左衛門滋長。代々京都に居住し，加賀藩と尾張藩に仕えた。 10世石井一斎 (文政 10〈1827〉～1899.1.21.) は高安流の清水然知，葛野流の津村又喜とともに大鼓の三名人と称された。一斎没後宗家は断絶。現在は，谷口正喜が宗家代理をつとめ，京都と名古屋とで活動を続ける。手組の数が現行流儀のなかで最も多く複雑で，他流にない古態を部分的に伝承している。

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