Minister of Lily and Young - Minister of Lily and Young

Japanese: 百合若大臣 - ゆりわかだいじん

[1][1] The name of a legendary hero. Based on the legend, it is adapted as the protagonist of the Kōwakamai dance and the sekkyōbushi "Yuriwakadaijin." [2] The title of the Kōwakamai dance. It was created in the late Muromachi period. It is a heroic tale with Yuriwakadaijin as the protagonist. During the reign of Emperor Saga, Yuriwakadaijin (the son of Hase Kannon in Yamato Province), the son of the Minister of the Left Kinmitsu, marches out to battle the Mongol invasion as a general. After a great victory in a naval battle, Yuriwakadaijin falls asleep while resting on an isolated island in the Genkai on his way back, and is left behind by the evil scheme of his retainers, the Beppu brothers. Later, Yuriwakadaijin returns home in a fisherman's boat that was washed ashore on the island, punishes the Beppu brothers who ruled Kyushu, and then goes to Kyoto to become the Shogun of Japan. Later, it was also told as a sekkyo-bushi (a type of Japanese folk song), and influenced joruri plays such as "Yuriwakadaijin no mori no kagami" (The Mirror of the Lily Minister in the Fields) by Chikamatsu Monzaemon. It is also called "Daijin." [2] (From the story in (1)) The act of falling asleep without knowing what was going on before or after. Also, the person who falls asleep. *Haiku poem, Saikaku Oyasuzu (1681), No. 7: "The moon is beautiful day and night, and the dew makes the swaying daijin."

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Japanese:

[1][一] 伝説上の英雄の名。伝説をもとに幸若舞や説経節の「百合若大臣」の主人公として脚色される。[二] 幸若舞の曲名。室町時代末期成立。百合若大臣を主人公とする英雄物語。嵯峨の帝の時代、左大臣きんみつの子の百合若大臣（大和国長谷観音の申し子）が蒙古襲来に大将として出陣する。海戦で大勝した百合若大臣が帰途玄海の孤島で一休みするうちに眠りこみ、家来の別府兄弟の悪計で置き去りにされる。のち、その島に漂着した釣り人の舟で帰国した百合若大臣は、九州を支配していた別府兄弟を成敗し、さらに上洛して日本国の将軍になる。のち、説経節としても語られ、また、近松門左衛門作「百合若大臣野守鏡(ゆりわかだいじんのもりのかがみ)」などの浄瑠璃にも影響を与えた。「大臣」ともいう。[2] ((一)の話から) 前後も知らず眠りこむこと。また、その人。※俳諧・西鶴大矢数（1681）第七「月は夜昼は何また遊山好(すき) 露に乱れてゆりわか大臣」

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