Thin - Slender

Japanese: 細り - ほそり

A popular song from the early modern period. Among popular songs accompanied by shamisen, the most classics for which the lyrics can be identified are "Nosai-bushi," "Katabachi," and this "Hosori." It became popular around the Kan'ei period (1624-44). It is said that the name was given because the song is characterized by a "thin voice," or that it originated from a pilgrimage song to the Western Provinces. It is characterized by the use of the interjection "nou sate." A representative song is one with the lyrics, "Hosori no yare dasho wa Yamato no Tsubosaka kono bushi wo naoshi nya nou sate...," which survive as a Yamanashi Prefecture folk song, "Doshi Hosori."

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

近世初期流行歌謡。三味線伴奏の流行歌曲中，その詞章を明らかにしうる最古典としては，〈弄斎節〉〈片撥（かたばち）〉などと，この〈ほそり〉とがある。寛永(1624‐44)ころから流行。〈声の細り〉が特色であるため，この名がつけられたとも，西国巡礼歌から出たものともいわれる。〈ノウサテ〉という間投辞がある点が特色。〈ほそりのヤレ出所は大和の壺坂この節を直すにゃノウサテ……〉という詞章のものなどが代表的なものとされるが，この詞章は，山梨県民謡《道志ほそり》として遺存する。

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