Eikanbushi - Eikanbushi

A type of joruri. It is a leading school founded by Toraya Eikan, a traditional Edo joruri puppeteer. Eikan was a tayu (courtesy performer) active from the end of the Kanbun era (1661-1673) to the beginning of the Genroku era (1688-1704), and in 1680 (Enpo 8) he performed "Bontenkoku" and "Demon King Extermination" for the shogun. He performed puppet shows in Sakai-cho, Edo, and is said to have had a dynamic style similar to Kinpira. "Matsu no Ha" published in Kyoto in 1703 (Genroku 16) contains three pieces, "Kokiden," "Tanzen Seigen," and "Kankatsu Ikkyu," while "Ochiyoushu" published the following year contains "Uwanariuchi," both of which are Eikan-bushi pieces, so it can be said that they were well received in the Kansai region as well. Today, only "Kankatsu Ikkyu" has been passed down as a jiuta (traditional folk song), but it is a piece with very few ups and downs.

[Yoshihiro Kurata]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

浄瑠璃(じょうるり)の一種。江戸の古浄瑠璃の虎屋(とらや)永閑が創始した一流。永閑は寛文(かんぶん)（1661～73）末から元禄(げんろく)（1688～1704）初期にかけて活躍した太夫(たゆう)で、1680年（延宝8）には『梵天国(ぼんてんこく)』『魔王退治』を将軍の上覧に供している。江戸・堺(さかい)町で操(あやつり)芝居を興行し、金平(きんぴら)風の豪快な芸風であったという。1703年（元禄16）に京都で出版された『松の葉』は『弘徽殿(こうきでん)』『丹前清玄(たんぜんせいげん)』『寛闊一休(かんかついっきゅう)』の3曲を、また翌年刊行の『落葉集』は『上鳴打(うわなりうち)』を、それぞれ永閑節として収めているから、関西でも歓迎されたとみてよい。現代では『寛闊一休』のみが地唄(じうた)に伝えられているが、いたって起伏の少ない曲節である。

［倉田喜弘］

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