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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.
義太夫を習っている。
I am studying gidayū chanting.
文楽では義太夫が物語を語る。
In bunraku, the gidayū narrator tells the story.
祖父は若い頃から義太夫の語り手として活動してきた。
My grandfather has worked as a gidayū chanter since he was young.
Short for 義太夫節, named after the 17th-century chanter 竹本義太夫. Functions both as the vocal narration of 文楽 (bunraku puppet theater) and as an independent classical art form.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 義太夫を語る: to perform gidayū
- 義太夫節: the full name of the genre
- 女義太夫: female gidayū performance
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 長唄: nagauta — shamisen song style for kabuki
- 浄瑠璃: jōruri — the broader genre of narrative chanting that gidayū belongs to