Yamanakabushi

This folk song has been sung in the Yamanaka Onsen region of Ishikawa Prefecture. It was originally a "jinku" (a chant for Bon Odori) song sung in the farming villages around Yamanaka Onsen. It started out as a Hayama song with the last 7-5 syllable repeated, but before long it became a drinking song and entered the entertainment world, where the repetition of the last 7-5 syllables disappeared and it changed into a Hayama riot song. However, a geisha who performed in the rooms of Yamanaka Onsen by the name of Yonehachi is said to have used Gidayu as a basis to change this Hayama song into the laid-back melody we hear today. In recent years, a Hayama riot song called "Teppo Shishi" has also been sung. As a folk song from hot spring areas, it is well known along with Gunma Prefecture's "Kusasubushi."

[Akira Saito]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

石川県の山中温泉地方で歌われてきた民謡。もとは山中温泉周辺の農村で歌われていた盆踊りの「甚句(じんく)」であった。七七七五の下の句の七五をそのまま繰り返す早間(はやま)の唄(うた)であったのが、いつのまにか酒盛り唄となって花柳界に入り、下の句の繰り返しがなくなって、早間の騒ぎ唄に変化した。ところが、米八と名のって山中温泉のお座敷へ出た芸者が、義太夫(ぎだゆう)を下地にして、この早間の唄を今日のようなのんびりした節回しに変えたという。近年『鉄砲猪(しし)』とよばれる早間の騒ぎ唄も歌われている。温泉地の民謡としては、群馬県の『草津節』とともによく知られている。

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