Takemoto Yamatojo

Japanese: 竹本大和掾 - たけもと・やまとのじょう

Year of death: 8th November 1766 (9th December 1766)
Year of birth: 1702 (Genroku 15)
A Gidayu-bushi tayuu in the mid-Edo period. Son of Takumi Ridayu, a senior disciple of Takemoto Chikugonojo. A pupil of Toyotake Echizen Shojo (the first Wakadayu). In 1723 (Kyoho 8), he began performing at the Toyotake Theater under the name Toyotake Miwadayu, and in 1724 (Kyoho 8), he moved to the Takemoto Theater under the name Takemoto Takumidayu, and in 1741 (Kanpo 1), he returned to the Toyotake Theater and became Toyotake Takumidayu. In 1745 (Enkyo 2), when his teacher Echizen Shojo, who was a central figure at the Toyotake Theater, retired, he received the name Toyotake Ueno Shojo and became a sandanme kirigatari, but retired in 1750. He went to Kyoto and took the name Takemo Miyako Osumi, but the following year, due to the so-called "Chushingura Incident," when this tayu moved from the Takemoto Theater to the Toyotake Theater, he returned to the Takemoto Theater as a monka-kaku successor and took the name Takemoto Osumi no Jyo. In 1751, he received the title of Takemoto Yamato no Jō Fujiwara Munenori. He was a central figure in the Takemoto-za theater during the Horeki period (mid-18th century), but due to issues with his style of performance, he rarely performed the realistic and dramatic third act, which was usually performed by tayu with crests, and instead mainly performed the musical and splendid fourth act and keigi. He also often performed at the Takemoto-za theater in Kyoto under the name Takemoto Yamato. In 1764, he retired and took the name Yurinken. Although he lacked volume, his voice was beautiful, and his pleasant-to-the-ear melodies, which made extensive use of rhythmic grooves that followed the beats, are still passed down today as "Yamato-style."

(Hiroshi Sakurai)

Source: Asahi Japanese Historical Biography: Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. About Asahi Japanese Historical Biography

Japanese:

没年：明和3.11.8(1766.12.9)
生年：元禄15(1702)
江戸中期,義太夫節の太夫。竹本筑後掾の高弟内匠理太夫の子。豊竹越前少掾(初代若太夫)の門人。享保8(1723)年豊竹三輪太夫の名で豊竹座へ出勤,19年には竹本内匠太夫と名乗り竹本座へ,寛保1(1741)年には豊竹座に戻り豊竹内匠太夫となる。延享2(1745)年,豊竹座の中心的存在であった師の越前少掾の引退を機に豊竹上野少掾を受領し,三段目切語りとなるが,延享4年退座。京都へ行き竹茂都大隅と名乗るが,翌年のいわゆる「忠臣蔵騒動」により此太夫が竹本座から豊竹座に移籍した後任の紋下格として再び竹本座へ転じ,竹本大隅掾を名乗る。宝暦1(1751)年竹本大和掾藤原宗貫を受領。宝暦期(18世紀中ごろ)の竹本座の中心的存在であったが,芸風上の問題から,通常紋下の太夫の語る写実的で劇的な三段目切を語ることは少なく,主に音楽的で華麗な四段目や景事を語っていた。また,京都の竹本座にも竹本大和の名でしばしば出勤した。明和1(1764)年隠居し,有隣軒と号した。声量には乏しかったが声柄が美しく,間拍子に乗るリズミカルなノリ地を多用した耳に心地よい旋律は現在も「大和風」として伝承されている。

(桜井弘)

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