Yamamura Style

Japanese: 山村流 - やまむらりゅう

A school of Japanese dance and Kamigata-mai. The founder of the school was Yamamura Tomogoro I (1781-1844). He was the son of Kamigata kabuki actor Fujikawa Iwamatsu, and became a disciple of Yamamura Tomoemon I, taking on his master's original name Tomogoro. However, when his master passed away in June 1812 (Bunka 1), he quit acting and became a choreographer. He became the exclusive choreographer for Nakamura Utaemon III, and was considered the best choreographer in Kamigata during the Tenpo era (1830-1844), and took the names Yamamura Maisensai and Maisensai Goto. In addition to kabuki dance such as "Mitsumenwankyu," he established the foundations of the Yamamura school as the master of jikamai. The second was the adopted son of the first, Tomosaburo (16-95), who took the stage name Tomogoro after the death of the first and became head of the Yamamura school. He worked as a choreographer at theaters, while also perfecting and perfecting the Yamamura school's dance, perfecting the style we know today. The first's adopted daughter Ren was the first head of the mountain village "Kyuzanmura" in Kuroemoncho and worked as a choreographer at theaters in Kyoto and Osaka, but she died in 1881 and has no successor to the head of the school. The first's adopted daughter Toku became the first head of the mountain village "Shimayamamura" in Shimauchi, and her grandson Wakako perfected today's jikamai dance as a female-oriented zashiki-mai dance, and in March 1942 was recommended to succeed the third head of the school, taking the stage name Yamamura Maisensai Goto II. At that time, her grandson Yamamurakiku took the stage name Wakako II, but in April 1948 she succeeded the fourth head of the school and changed her stage name to Waka. After the death of the 4th head, his grandson Takeshi Yamamura succeeded him as the 6th head in 1992, and the 5th head title was posthumously bestowed upon his mother, the late Ito Yamamura.

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Japanese:

日本舞踊，上方舞の一流派。流祖は1世山村友五郎 (1781～1844) 。上方の歌舞伎役者藤川岩松の子で，1世山村友右衛門の門弟となり，師の初名友五郎を襲名したが，文化1 (04) 年6月師が没したので俳優をやめ振付師となった。3世中村歌右衛門の専属的振付師となり，天保年間 (30～44) には上方一の振付師とされ，山村舞扇斎，舞扇斎吾斗と称した。『三つ面椀久』などの歌舞伎舞踊のほか，地歌舞の大成者として山村流の基礎を確立。2世は1世の養子友三郎 (16～95) で，1世の没後2世友五郎を襲名して宗家格になり，劇場の振付師として活躍する一方，山村流の舞を整理完成し，今日の山村流を大成した。1世の養女れんは，九郎右衛門町の山村「九山村」の1世家元を称し，京坂の劇場の振付師としても活躍したが，1881年に没し家元の後継者がない。1世の養女登久は，島の内の山村「島山村」の1世家元となり，その孫若子は今日の女性本位の座敷舞としての地歌舞を完成し，1942年3月推されて3世宗家を継ぎ，2世山村舞扇斎吾斗を襲名。このとき，その孫山村菊が2世若子を襲名したが，48年4月4世宗家を継ぎ，若と改称。4世没後，92年孫の山村武が6世宗家を襲名，5世宗家はその母故山村糸に追贈された。

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