Song of the Buddha - Utanenbutsu

Japanese: 歌念仏 - うたねんぶつ

〘Noun〙 A type of popular song, one of the Kadozuke arts. It originated from the singing of nembutsu with a melody, and songs and phrases taken from sekkyo-bushi and joruri were sung to the accompaniment of a gong . It was popular from the Genroku to Kyoho eras ( 1688-1736 ). Utanebutsu. *Hyōban-ki, Shikido Daikyō (1678), 8: "When a monk performs a sermon and tells the story of a low-ranking monk, it is called Utanenbutsu ."

Uta-nebutsu [Singing Buddhist Prayer]

〘Noun〙 = Utanenbutsu (Song Nembutsu) ※Haiku, solo recitation, one thousand verses a day (1675), memorial verse: "We have been singing nembutsu until Shiki (Sekisai) Especially from now on, widow crows (Ryoken)"

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Japanese:

〘名〙俗曲の一種で門付(かどづけ)芸の一つ。念仏に節を付けて歌ったことから起こったもので、説経節や浄瑠璃などからとった歌や文句を伏鉦(ふせがね)に合わせて歌った。元祿～享保年間（一六八八‐一七三六）に盛行。うたねぶつ。※評判記・色道大鏡（1678）八「沙門の説経をやつして、下僧のかたるを哥念仏(ウタネンブツ)といへり」