Wankyumono - Wankyumono

Japanese: 椀久物 - わんきゅうもの

It is a branch of Kabuki dance and Japanese music. It is based on a true story about a wealthy Osaka merchant, Wanya Kyuemon (whose character name was Kyubei), who fell in love with a prostitute from Shinmachi, Matsuyama Tayu, and was imprisoned in a tatami room after spending his money lavishly. He then went mad, escaped from the prison, and wandered the town. In Joruri, there is the Gidayu "Wanya Kusue Matsuyama" written by Kikai On and the "Wanya Kusue no Matsuyama" (3 volumes, upper, middle, and lower) composed by the first Miyako Tayu Ichichu, but the relationship between the two is unclear. In addition to the second volume of the Itchubushi, "Wankyu Kyoran Doyuki," which has been passed down to the present day, other representative works today include "Mitsumen Wankyu" (commonly known as "Utaemon Wankyu") performed by Nakamura Utaemon III and IV, "Wankyuiro Shinsouri" composed by Tokiwazu Mojibei III and told as so-joruri, and "Genwankyu" composed by Kiyomoto Enjutayu V. In dance, in addition to the most popular Nagauta piece "Futari Wankyu," "Hitori Wankyu" ("Shiki no Wankyu") danced by Nakamura Tomijuro I has been passed down by the Fujima school and is also performed as "Wankyu" in the Inoue school.

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Japanese:

歌舞伎舞踊および日本音楽の一系統。大阪の豪商椀屋久右衛門 (役名は久兵衛) が新町の遊女松山太夫に入れ込んで，豪遊のはてに座敷牢に幽閉され，発狂して牢を抜け出し町をさまよい歩いたという実話を取り入れたもの。浄瑠璃では，紀海音作の義太夫『椀久末松山』と1世都太夫一中作曲『椀久末の松山』 (上中下の3巻) があるが，前後関係は明らかではない。一中節の下巻「椀久狂乱道行」が現在に伝わるほか，今日の代表的なものには，常磐津では，3世および4世中村歌右衛門が上演した『三面 (みつめん) 椀久』 (俗称『歌右衛門椀久』) や，素浄瑠璃として語られる3世常磐津文字兵衛作曲の『椀久色神送』，清元では，5世清元延寿太夫作曲の『幻椀久』がある。舞踊では，最も人気の高い長唄『二人椀久』のほか，1世中村富十郎が踊った『一人椀久』 (『四季の椀久』) を藤間流が伝え，また井上流でも『椀久』として上演される。

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