Ise Ondo

A folk song from Ise City, Mie Prefecture. This is the "Okihiki Kiyariuta" (wood-pulling song) sung when parishioners pull and carry lumber for rebuilding the shrine at the Shikinen Sengu ceremony, which is held once every 20 years at Ise Grand Shrine. Its origins are unclear, but it is thought to have originated from the medieval "Kudoki" (wood-pulling chanting), and was refined in the Edo period into today's 7-7-5-5 rhythm and 26-character format. This "Okihiki Kiyariuta," commonly called "Yatokose" (a chant for musical accompaniment), found its way into the entertainment districts of Furuichi and Kawasaki, bustling towns in front of Ise Grand Shrine, and became a song for drinking parties for visitors to Ise, leading to it spreading throughout Japan as a souvenir from Ise. However, on May 4, 1796 (Kansei 8), a customer at the Abura-ya in Furuichi, a doctor named Magofuku Itsuki, committed a major crime by slaying nine people while drunk. This incident was quickly turned into a play, and Tokusaburo Chikamatsu, a playwright at the corner of Dotonbori in Osaka, made the assailant a priest, changed the number of assassins from nine to ten, and used the "Yatokose" as the background music for the murders. He also gave the play the title "Ise Ondo Koi no Netaba," and since then "Yatokose" has come to be known as "Ise Ondo."

[Tsutomu Takeuchi]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

三重県伊勢市の民謡。伊勢神宮で、20年に一度行われる式年遷宮に、社殿建て替え用の御用材を氏子が曳(ひ)いて運ぶおりの「お木曳き木遣唄(きやりうた)」。源流は不明であるが、中世の「木遣口説(くどき)」あたりを母体にして、江戸時代に今日の七七五五調、26文字形式に整えられたと思われる。この「お木曳き木遣唄」、俗に囃子詞(はやしことば)をとった「ヤートコセー」は、伊勢神宮の門前町としてにぎわった古市(ふるいち)や川崎の花柳界に入り、お伊勢参りの人たちの酒席の唄になったことから、伊勢土産(みやげ)として日本中に広まっていった。ところが1796年（寛政8）5月4日、古市の「油屋」で、客の医師孫福斎宮(まごふくいつき)が酒のうえから9人を斬(き)る大事件を起こした。この事件はすぐ芝居に仕立てられ、大坂道頓堀(どうとんぼり)・角(かど)の芝居の立て作者近松徳三(とくそう)は、加害者を御師(おし)にし、9人斬りを10人斬りにし、殺人のおりの下座(げざ)囃子に「ヤートコセー」を用いた。そして外題も『伊勢音頭恋寝刃(こいのねたば)』としたため、以来「ヤートコセー」は『伊勢音頭』とよばれるようになった。

［竹内　勉］

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