gidayū

…of the narrative styles is gidayū, named after Takemoto Gidayū (1651–1714), who worked with Chikamatsu Monzaemon in the founding of the most popular puppet-theatre tradition (known as Bunraku) of Ōsaka. The gidayū samisen and its plectrum are the largest of the samisen family. The singer-narrator is required to speak all…