Tomoyakko

Kabuki dance. Nagauta. Lyrics by Segawa Joko II. Music by Kineya Saburosuke (10th Rokuzaemon). Choreography by Ichiyama Nasoro and Fujima Daisuke. A passage from the seven transformation dance "Nijirigaki Nanatsuiroha" performed by Nakamura Shikan (4th Utaemon) at the Nakamuraza in Edo in March 1828 (Bunsei 11). A representative work of Nagauta "Yakkomono", it is also called "Shikan Yakko" in commemoration of its first performer. The play depicts a samurai who is accompanying his master to the red-light district, but gets separated from his master and runs off with a lantern in hand. He imitates his master, dancing the Tanzen Roppo style and tapping his feet to the beat. The performance is filled with the glamorous atmosphere of the red-light district, and the highlight is the various tapping of the feet. In recent years, this was a specialty of Bando Mitsugoro VII.

[Toshiaki Matsui]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

歌舞伎(かぶき)舞踊。長唄(ながうた)。2世瀬川如皐(じょこう)作詞。杵屋三郎助(きねやさぶろうすけ)（10世六左衛門）作曲。市山七十郎(なそろう)・藤間大助振付け。1828年（文政11）3月江戸・中村座で、中村芝翫(しかん)（4世歌右衛門(うたえもん)）が踊った七変化(へんげ)舞踊『拙筆力七以呂波(にじりがきななついろは)』の一節。長唄の「奴(やっこ)物」の代表作で、初演者を記念して「芝翫奴(しかんやっこ)」ともいう。武士の供をして廓(くるわ)へ通う奴が、主人にはぐれ、提灯(ちょうちん)片手に走り出たという趣向で、主人のまねをして丹前六方をしたり、足拍子を踏んで踊りぬく。華やかな廓情緒にあふれ、足拍子をいろいろに踏むところが見せ場。近年では7世坂東三津五郎の得意芸だった。

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