義ぎ太夫だゆう

noun

gidayū; gidayū narrative music

Abbreviation of 義太夫節. A style of narrative chanting accompanied by shamisen, used in bunraku puppet theater. The term can refer to the musical genre itself or to a performer of this style.

See also: 義太夫節

• 彼かれは義ぎ太夫だゆうを習ならっている。

  He is learning gidayū.

• 文ぶん楽らくでは義ぎ太夫だゆうが物もの語がたりを語かたる。

  In bunraku, the gidayū chanter narrates the story.