Minezaki Koto

Japanese: 峰崎勾当 - みねざきこうとう

Years of birth: Years of birth and death unknown. A jiuta and sokyoku performer from the mid- to late Edo period. He was active in Osaka from the Tenmei era (1781-89). The name "Minezaki" appears among the skilled singers listed in "Kyojitsuyanagikohogen" (1794). He composed many songs for the jiuta sangen and sangentemono that showcase instrumental techniques, including "Yuki" (Snow), "Kosunoto", "Sodekoro", "Betsusekai" and "Sode no Tsuyu" (Sode dew), and many other famous pieces that are still popular today, including "Zangetsu", "Echigojishi", "Azumajishi" and "Tamatsubaki". He was a pupil of Toyoga Kengyo, known as the "master of long song with a single bullet", and "Sodekoro" was a memorial piece for his teacher. He was one of the editors of the Osaka-style jiuta songbook "Shin Taisei Ito no Shirabe", published in 1801 (Kyowa 1).

(Noriko Onuki)

Source: Asahi Japanese Historical Biography: Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. About Asahi Japanese Historical Biography

Japanese:

生年：生没年不詳
江戸中・後期の地歌箏曲家。天明年間(1781～89)以降,大坂で活躍した。『虚実柳巷方言』(1794)であげるうた上手の法師たちのなかに「みね崎」の名がみえる。地歌三弦による歌物や器楽的技巧を聴かせる三弦手事物を数多く作曲しており,前者に「雪」をはじめ「こすのと」「袖香炉」「別世界」「袖の露」など,後者には「残月」「越後獅子」「吾妻獅子」「玉椿」など,今日でも人気のある名曲が少なくない。「長うた一挺弾の達人」といわれた豊賀検校の弟子で,「袖香炉」は師への追善曲。大阪系地歌歌本で,享和1(1801)年板『新大成糸のしらべ』の校訂者のひとり。

(大貫紀子)

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