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Tsukishima WDL11830, Images from the World Digital Library, Images from the National Diet Library, Books in the National Diet Library, Books, Tsukishima
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Tsukishima WDL11830, Tsukishima is a Kōwaka-mai (dance drama) ballad that dates from the Muromachi period (1336−1573). It is also called Hyōgo or Hyōgo tsukishima. The literal meaning of “tsukishima” is "making an island," and the ballad is based on an episode in which Taira no Kiyomori (1118−81), a general and noble, built a new port in Fukuhara, Hyōgo. The story starts with Kiyomori's decision to build the port. To ensure the success of the construction, 30 people are captured in order to be made human sacrifices to the gods. Matsuō, a handsome young page who has gained the favor of Kiyomori, sees the grief of the captives and their families and offers himself as a sacrifice in place of the intended victims. He is thrown into the sea to drown with 10,000 copies of the Lotus Sutra, causing people to call the port "kyō-no-shima," the island of sutra. There is a record that Tsukishima was performed in 1545. Some manuscripts older than this one exist, but this is the first printed edition (wooden-type print) of Tsukishima and the only known copy of this edition. The illustrations, some of which are missing, are hand colored. The year of publication is not clear, but it must be earlier than 1632, when a wood-block edition was published.
Dance; Japanese drama; Japanese literature
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月島WDL11830、世界デジタルライブラリー画像、国立国会図書館画像、国立国会図書館蔵書、月島書店
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月島WDL11830、月島は、室町時代の幸若舞。兵庫県、兵庫県月島とも呼ばれる。「月島」の文字通りの意味は「島を作る」であり、兵法家の平清盛が兵法家で公卿であった兵法家が兵庫福原に新港を建設したという逸話をもとにした歌謡である。物語は清盛の入港地建設の決意から始まる。無事に工事が成就するため、神に人身御供として30人が捕らえられる。清盛の寵愛を得た美少年・松王は、捕虜とその家族の悲しみを見て、犠牲者の代わりに生として差し出す。海に投げ込まれて法華経1万部を飲み込み、経の島「経の島」と呼ばせた。月島は天文14年に行われた記録がある。古い写本も存在するが、これが月島初版で、知られている唯一の写本である。絵が欠けているものもあれば手彩色になっているものもある。刊行年は明らかではないが、版本が刊行された寛永9年より早い。舞踊
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