Hanayagi school

A school of Japanese dance. Its headmaster's name is Hanayagi Jusuke, and the current head is the fifth generation. The first headmaster was Nishikawa Yoshijiro, a disciple of the 4th head of the Nishikawa school, Senzo, but after his master's death there was internal conflict and he became independent and founded the school under the name Hanayagi Yoshijiro in 1849 (Kaei 2). After going through the name Hanayagi Jusuke, he took the name Hanayagi Jusuke. He was active as a leading theater choreographer from the end of the Edo period to the first half of the Meiji period, but he fell out with the 9th head Ichikawa Danjuro, retired from the world of theater, and passed away in 1903 (Meiji 36). As the first headmaster's biological son Hanayagi Yoshisaburo was young, his adopted son, the first head Hanayagi Tokutaro, took over as head of the school and supported the style. Yoshisaburo took the name Hanayagi Jusuke, the second head of the school, in 1918 (Taisho 7). He established the Hanayagi Dance Research Society with the aim of creating a new era of Japanese dance, while also launching the Nijuyonka-kai, a group for studying classical dance, and made other fulfilling steps. He was appointed as a choreographer for the Kabukiza Theatre, and continued to be active in this field for a while. Tokutaro and the 4th Hanayagi Yoshijiro (later known as Hodo) assisted Jusuke as a branch of the school, while Yoshijiro consolidated his position in the Kansai region. A diverse range of talented people were produced, and the school's disciples spread throughout the country, developing into the largest school in the field. In 1963 (Showa 38), the 2nd head took the name Juo, and his daughter Wakaba succeeded him as the 3rd head of the school, with the 2nd head's brother-in-law Juraku and the 5th head Yoshijiro (who took the name Jusuke, the 4th head of the school in 2007, and the 2nd head Juo, in 2016) assisting him as guardians. After the death of the third in 2007, the fifth head, Yoshijiro, became the fourth head of the school. The schools that branched off from the Hanayagi school include the Wakayagi school, the Gojo school, the Saruwaka school, and the Izumi school.

[Kisaragi Aoko]

"Japanese Dance Series: Hanayagi-ryu" (1965), published and edited by Hogaku to Buyo-sha

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日本舞踊の流派。花柳寿輔(じゅすけ)を家元名とし、現家元は5世。初世は西川流4世扇蔵(せんぞう)門下の西川芳次郎(よしじろう)で、師没後の内紛のため独立し、花柳芳次郎として1849年（嘉永2）に創流した。花柳寿助を経て、花柳寿輔と名を定める。幕末から明治前半期にかけて劇場振付けの第一人者として活躍したが、9世市川団十郎と不和となり、劇界から遠ざかって1903年（明治36）に没した。初世の実子花柳芳三郎(よしさぶろう)が年少のため、養子の初世花柳徳太郎が家元を預かり流儀を支えた。芳三郎は1918年（大正7）2世家元花柳寿輔を襲名。新時代の日本舞踊を目ざして「花柳舞踊研究会」を組織する一方、古典舞踊研究の「二十四日会」を発足させるなど、充実した歩みを進めた。歌舞伎(かぶき)座の振付師に起用され、しばらくこの面の活動も続いた。徳太郎と4世花柳芳次郎（後の芳瞠(ほうどう)）は分家として寿輔を助け、芳次郎は関西を固めた。多彩な人材が輩出し、全国に門弟が広がり、斯界(しかい)最大の流派に発展した。1963年（昭和38）に2世は寿応を名のり、娘わかばが3世家元を継ぎ、2世の義弟寿楽(じゅらく)と5世芳次郎（2007年に4世家元寿輔、2016年に2世寿応を名のる）が後見人として補佐した。2007年（平成19）3世死去後、5世芳次郎が4世家元を継ぐ。花柳流から分かれた流派に、若柳(わかやぎ)流、五條(ごじょう)流、猿若流、泉流などがある。

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『邦楽と舞踊社編・刊『日本舞踊大系　花柳流』（1965）』

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