堀川(下)

Japan / Gidayū narrative

Horikawa, part 2 of 2

The Horikawa scene from Chikagoro kawara no tatehiki, in which a monkey trainer's household faces a pair of doomed lovers. Toyotake Roshō (1874–1930) was the most celebrated woman gidayū chanter of her time; recorded January 1923.

Performer
Toyotake Roshō
Instruments
Voice 聲, Shamisen 三味線
Era
Taishō
Recorded
1923
Length
3:22
Licence
Public domain · National Diet Library, Historical Recordings Collection (国立国会図書館デジタルコレクション「歴史的音源」)Nipponophone 15003, issued April 1923 (recorded January 1923); public domain in the US (published 1925 or earlier). Marked public domain and internet-public by the National Diet Library.
Source
National Diet Library (Rekion)

In the collection

  1. 壺坂寺(一)Tsubosakadera (1/4) — Tsubosaka Temple, part 1 of 4Takemoto Ōsumidayū III (voice), Toyozawa Danpei and Toyozawa Sennosuke (shamisen) · Voice, Shamisen · 19152:57
  2. 壺坂寺(二)Tsubosakadera (2/4) — Tsubosaka Temple, part 2 of 4Takemoto Ōsumidayū III (voice), Toyozawa Danpei and Toyozawa Sennosuke (shamisen) · Voice, Shamisen · 19153:48
  3. 壺坂寺(三)Tsubosakadera (3/4) — Tsubosaka Temple, part 3 of 4Takemoto Ōsumidayū III (voice), Toyozawa Danpei and Toyozawa Sennosuke (shamisen) · Voice, Shamisen · 19153:26
  4. 壺坂寺(四)Tsubosakadera (4/4) — Tsubosaka Temple, part 4 of 4Takemoto Ōsumidayū III (voice), Toyozawa Danpei and Toyozawa Sennosuke (shamisen) · Voice, Shamisen · 19153:07
  5. 堀川(上)Horikawa (1/2) — Horikawa, part 1 of 2Toyotake Roshō · Voice, Shamisen · 19233:08