Higurashi Kodayu - Higurashi Kodayu

Japanese: 日暮小太夫 - ひぐらし こだゆう
Higurashi Kodayu - Higurashi Kodayu
?-? A Joruri narrator and impresario in the early Edo period.
He performed in Kyoto's Shijo-Kawara and in Nagoya during the Kanbun-Enpo era (1661-81). The surviving original copy is "Yuri Wakadaijin" published in 1662. Several generations of people have inherited this name. He was originally good at singing Buddhist chants. His age is unknown.

Source: Kodansha Digital Japanese Name Dictionary +Plus Information | Legend

Japanese:
?－?　江戸時代前期の説経浄瑠璃太夫(じょうるりたゆう),興行師。
寛文-延宝(1661-81)のころ京都四条河原や名古屋で興行した。現存の正本(しょうほん)に寛文2年(1662)刊の「ゆり若大臣」がある。何代かの人がこの名を襲名。もとは歌念仏を得意としたらしい。代数不詳。

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