義太夫節
Gidayū narrative
The narrative chanting of the bunraku puppet theatre, founded by Takemoto Gidayū in Osaka in 1684. One chanter voices every character and the narration, accompanied by a heavy-necked futozao shamisen. Women chanters (onna-gidayū) drew huge audiences around 1900.
- 壺坂寺（一）Tsubosakadera (1/4) — Tsubosaka Temple, part 1 of 42:57
- 壺坂寺（二）Tsubosakadera (2/4) — Tsubosaka Temple, part 2 of 43:48
- 壺坂寺（三）Tsubosakadera (3/4) — Tsubosaka Temple, part 3 of 43:26
- 壺坂寺（四）Tsubosakadera (4/4) — Tsubosaka Temple, part 4 of 43:07
- 堀川（上）Horikawa (1/2) — Horikawa, part 1 of 23:08
- 堀川（下）Horikawa (2/2) — Horikawa, part 2 of 23:22