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350 years of birth - Kikaku Takarai and Chushingura

1. December 17, 2011 08:30

The next day after watching "Genroku era Chushingura", I decided to watch "Matsuura Taiko" at Heisei Nakamuraza. A popular performance with many performances alongside "Yotsuya Kaidan" in "Gishigaiden". Matsuura's lord, who lives in the residence next to Kira Uenosuke, the head of the headquarters, was coming to Oishi built-in assistant who did not enter, but he said, "retainer is a Yamaga-style Jin Taiko!" When it is performed at Nakamuraza in Asakusa, the headquarters is close, so I'm glad that you can feel like a "local thing".


"Haiku" plays a major role in this play. At the beginning of Ryogokubashi, where snow falls, Kikaku Takarai, a teacher of haikai, accidentally encounters Gengo Otaka, a Nanji Akaho, who is selling bamboo grass. The corner, who was sorry for the pitiful appearance, gave a worshiper from Hou Matsuura, and turned his phrase, "The flow of the year, the flow of water, and the body of people," Gengo said, "The treasure ship I will wait tomorrow." Returns the phrase ". Hou Matsuura immediately understands the meaning, and at that time he hears the sound of the Jin Taiko.


It is said to have been made during the rain begging at Sankai Shrine, which is also described in the "Edo Famous Zoukai", such as "If you are a god of visiting the sunset or rice fields" and "There is no day when one bell can not be sold in Edo spring" Kikaku Takarai, who is famous as one of the Juetsu Shomon, was born in the first year of Kanbun (1661), the eldest son of the Edo clan in the Edo. At first, he gave himself the last name of his mother's surname, Enomoto, and later called Takarai. In the first year of the Enpo era (1673), he became a master of Basho and edited a collection of phrases such as "Country Hakuai", "Kaguri", and "Kareohana". After Basho's death, he promoted the flashy fashionable haikai and was called "Edoza". The residence at the corner is located near Yakushido (Chisen-in) in Minami Kayabacho, where he died (1707).


The phrase "Ume incense and next door is Ogiu Souemon" is also written in the "Edo Famous Zoukai" and says "... I will help you get close to your home." It is said that Ogiu Souemon advised Yoshiyasu Yanagisawa when deciding on the story of the Akaho incident known as Sorai Ogyu.


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At the entrance of Mizuho Bank at Kayabacho Station on the Hibiya Line, there is a stone monument of "the ruins of the corner residence". The tomb is said to be at Chokeiji Temple in Morishita, Koto-ku. Since it was 350 years of birth, I wonder if there were any events? When I searched for it, it seems that there was a recruitment of commemorative Haiku last year.


As an aside, Shigenobu Matsuura (Matsura Shigenobu, this is called Matsura), which is regarded as a model of "Matsuura Taiko" (Matsuura no Taiko), is the fourth feudal lord of 63,000 stones of the Hizen Hirato Domain. As you can see in the play, you have a deep exchange with Soko Yamaga, and a cultural person who started the tea ceremony Iwami-style one-stop religion. By the way, Seizan Matsura (1760-1841), who wrote 278 volumes of "Koshi Night Story" (written anecdotes of Daimyo Hagimoto and customs of Ichii) after retirement, was the ninth generation feudal lord. A rare sword master for a daimyo and became famous as Nomura's reputation, "Winning is mysterious. Lost ... "is the word in Shizuyama's "kendan".