義太夫(ぎだゆう)

ぎだゆう
noun
gidayū; narrative chanting for bunraku puppet theater
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1. gidayū; narrative chanting for bunraku puppet theater
A style of dramatic narrative chanting accompanied by shamisen, developed in the late 17th century by Takemoto Gidayū. It is the vocal element of bunraku puppet theater and is also performed independently as a concert form.
義太夫(ぎだゆう)を習(なら)っている。
I am studying gidayū chanting.
文楽(ぶんらく)では義太夫(ぎだゆう)が物語(ものがたり)を語(かた)る。
In bunraku, the gidayū narrator tells the story.
祖父(そふ)は若(わか)い頃(ころ)から義太夫(ぎだゆう)の語(かた)り手(て)として活動(かつどう)してきた。
My grandfather has worked as a gidayū chanter since he was young.

Short for 義太夫節(ぎだゆうぶし), named after the 17th-century chanter 竹本義太夫(たけもとぎだゆう). Functions both as the vocal narration of 文楽(ぶんらく) (bunraku puppet theater) and as an independent classical art form.

Common collocations

  • 義太夫(ぎだゆう)を語(かた)る: to perform gidayū
  • 義太夫(ぎだゆう)節(ぶし): the full name of the genre
  • 女(おんな)義太夫(ぎだゆう): female gidayū performance

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Compare: 長唄(ながうた) (nagauta)
Compare: 浄瑠璃(じょうるり) (jōruri)
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