Interdisciplinary research on melody formation in nagauta

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 17K02293
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Aesthetics and studies on art
• Research Institution: Japan Women's University
• Principal Investigator: HAIKAWA Mika 日本女子大学, 文学部, 研究員 (10787344)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 高桑 いづみ 日本女子大学, 文学部, 研究員 (60249919) ; 坂本 清恵 日本女子大学, 文学部, 教授 (50169588) ; 星野 厚子 東京大学, 文書館, 学術専門職員 (90727182)
• Project Period (FY): 2017-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 長唄 / 能楽 / 旋律 / アクセント / 音声 / 伝承 / 一節切 / 歌舞伎

Outline of Final Research Achievements

With regard to the tradition of Nagauta, it has become clear that there is no major difference between the melody of that time and the current tradition by deciphering the score of Hitoyogiri that was completed in the Bunsei period, which contains the score of nagauta.
It is presumed that the melody of Kurui Aikata, one of the Nagauta songs, incorporates a different part of the Noh accompaniment Shishi from the part that has been said in the past. Nagauta, which incorporates Noh nori chanting, showed concrete examples of the old Kinko-style rhythm of the time. It also became clear that Nagauta did not incorporate the medieval pronunciation of Noh.　Regarding the reflection of the accent, it was shown that the shamisen melody of Nagauta, which was influenced by Kamigata, reflects the Keihan-style accent, but the melody of the song gradually changed to the Tokyo accent over time.

Free Research Field

音楽学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

長唄は曲の成立時の音楽を知る手がかりが極めて少ない。江戸期の長唄には具体的な音高を示す楽譜がなく、伝承に関しては懐疑的な見解も見られるが、一節切という異なる種目の楽譜を解読することによって、長唄の伝承の確かさを確認することができた。また、音声学の研究者、音楽学のうち能楽の研究者、長唄の研究者、長唄の演奏家という異なる分野や立場の人間が協力することによって、旋律形成の状況が明らかになることを本研究で示すことができた。