Ukiyobushi - Ukiyobushi

Japanese: 浮世節 - うきよぶし
Ukiyobushi - Ukiyobushi

A type of folk song. It was sometimes used in the Edo period as an alternative name for popular songs, but in recent years it refers to the music of Tachibana Yakinosuke (1868-1935). Tachibana returned to Tokyo from Kansai in 1886 (Meiji 19), when he could not appear on stage without a license, and was performing songs from Tokyo, Kyoto, and Osaka under a license for rakugo as a "three-city music storyteller." At the instruction of a police officer in attendance, he applied to the Metropolitan Police Department for a license for "Ukiyo-bushi." This application was rejected, but in 1912 the Governor of Tokyo approved him as the head of the school, and "Ukiyo-bushi" became the officially recognized name. After that, he criticized society by writing parodies of various popular songs, including "Dodoitsu" and "Totchiriton." In the 1950s, Nishikawa Tatsu (1895-1959) also used this name.

[Yoshihiro Kurata]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

俗曲の一種。流行唄(はやりうた)の異称として江戸時代に用いられた例もあるが、近年では立花家橘之助(たちばなやきつのすけ)(1868―1935)の音曲をさす。鑑札をもたなければ舞台へ出られなかった1886年(明治19)に関西から帰京した橘之助は、「三都音曲語り分け」として東京、京都、大阪の歌を「落語」の鑑札で演じていたところ、臨席した警官の指示で、警視庁へ「浮世節」の鑑札下付を願い出た。このときは却下されたが、1912年東京府知事に家元を認可され、ここに「浮世節」は公認の名称となった。その後は「どどいつ」「とっちりとん」をはじめ、各種流行唄の替え歌によって世相をうがった。1950年代に西川たつ(1895―1959)がこの名称を用いたこともある。

[倉田喜弘]

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