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Takemoto Gidayū (1651–1714)

Edo-period Osaka chanter who founded the Takemoto-za puppet playhouse in 1684 and originated Bunraku's dramatic Gidayū-bushi vocal school.

Edo-period Jōruri tayū chanter performing behind a lacquered kendai lectern with shamisen player

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Edo-period Jōruri tayū chanter performing behind a lacquered kendai lectern with shamisen player
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Born a farmer's son in Tennōji outside Osaka with a cavernous voice capable of projecting across open theatres, Takemoto Gidayū opened the Takemoto-za playhouse in Dōtonbori in 1684 and began his historic collaboration with playwright Chikamatsu Monzaemon. 1

His Gidayū-bushi style demanded that a single kneeling tayū chanter voice every lover, samurai, child, and narrator—shifting seamlessly between spoken kotoba, lyrical jiuri melody, and gut-wrenching emotional cries synced to the heavy-necked futozao shamisen. 1

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Bunraku Ningyō Jōruri Puppet Theatre
Osaka, Japan · Craft
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SourcePublisherLicence
Early Modern Japanese Theatre and Takemoto-zaNational Bunraku Theatre Osaka, 2010—
"Takemoto Gidayū (1651–1714)." Folkroom Archive (Artists), https://folkroom.org/artists/takemoto-gidayu · CC BY-SA 4.0.