Matsuura Choja - Matsuura Choja

Japanese: 松浦長者 - まつらちょうじゃ

The title of a sekkyobushi piece. Published in 1661 (Kanbun 1). The narrator is unknown. It is composed of six acts in the form of joruri, but retains the feel of old sekkyo in the material and concept. Princess Sayo, who sold herself to pray for the soul of her deceased father, travels to his residence accompanied by the narrator of the lord of Adachi County in Mutsu Province. The princess climbs onto a shelf set up in the middle of a pond as a sacrifice to a giant snake, and by the power of her recitation of the Lotus Sutra, she makes the snake repent, and then returns to the capital, prospering as a wealthy Matsuura man. This is an original story that later appears as Benzaiten on Chikubushima Island. [Iwasaki Takeo]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

説経節の曲名。1661年(寛文1)刊。太夫は未詳。浄瑠璃の形式で六段に構成しているが，素材や構想に古い説経の面影を残す。亡父供養のため身を売ったさよ姫は，陸奥国安達郡の地頭こんかの太夫に伴われて在所へ下る。大蛇の生贄（いけにえ）として池中に構えられた贄棚に上った姫は，法華経読誦（どくじゆ）の功力によって大蛇を改悛させ，都にもどって松浦長者として栄えた。後に竹生島の弁財天として現れる本地物である。【岩崎武夫】

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