poetry appeared. First a new lyrical form called imayō (今様, modern style, a form of ryūkōka) emerged. Imayō consists of four lines in 8–5 (or 7–5) syllables...

12th-century Japanese female puppeteer, prostitute, and imayō-style singer. She taught imayō to Otomae, who in turn taught Emperor Goshirakawa. May J...

and they instead became known for their imayō songs. In combination with receiving gifts for sexual favors, imayō became the source of wealth for asobi...

repertoire of the Chinese court. During the Heian period, a gagaku form known as imayō (今様, literally modern style) became popular. In this form, poems would be...

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realized until several decades later. In 1752, Jōkanbō Kōa (静観房好阿) wrote Imayō Heta Dangi (当世下手談義, "A Clumsy Sermon in the Modern Manner"), which is identified...

white suikan robe they wore, or alternatively the hyōshi (拍子) rhythm of the imayō (今様, lit. 'trendy') songs that they sang and danced to, which were also...

reading of hayariuta, used for commercial music of Edo Period. Therefore, imayō, which was promoted by Emperor Go-Shirakawa in the Heian period, was a kind...

published in Tenna 3 (1683), was the most famous rikka manual. The Rikka Imayō Sugata (立華時勢粧) came out Jōkyō 5 (1688). In the Ken'ei era, rikka was simple...

medieval Japanese literature and the Ryōjin Hishō, a collection of medieval imayō songs. This elevated writing style and the homosexual motif suggest the...

Abundance in the Naniwashinchi brothel district of Osaka. Chūbei's name imayō-ningyō ("modern dolls") indicated that he considered this form of doll to...

Shrine (御香宮神社), in Kyoto. The music used in this song was from Chikuzen Imayō (Japanese: 筑前今様), a vocal genre sung by the bushi of Fukuoka Domain during...

inscription dated between 1151 and 1153. The temple is mentioned in an imayō included in Cloistered Emperor Goshirakawa's "Ryōjinhishō" anthology at...

excessively patronizing literature and religion, being an avid collector of imayo poetry since his youth, with these poems often being focused on Buddhist...

Elere Comp. / Elere Comp.; In Front Of Aiyinrinsin Comp. / Aiyirinsin, Imayo Comp.; St. George's Pry. Sch. / Ologunsunja; St. George's Pry. Sch. / Orode;...

young woman, 1890 The Seven Gods of Luck in Silkworm Breeding, 1875 1863 Imayo Nazorae Genji no. 30 (Contemporary Allusion to the Tale of Genji) 1864 Schools...

always wore women’s clothes or strange attire. Ryōjin Hishō includes an imayō [ja], which sings about the large number of otokomiko in eastern Japan....

poems to be read aloud. Thus it is more comparable with mainland Japanese imayō, kinsei kouta and dodoitsu than with waka. The composers of ryūka were not...

singer. She was a virtuoso performer of the popular songs of that period – imayō (今様) – and was the foremost authority on the form, which had been passed...

fact a collaboration of spirits Bonten had gathered and given form to. Imayō (今様) Voiced by: Rei Igarashi A kitsune who resents humans for the death...

Munich Germany 2015 "for humans" JIRO MIURA GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan. 2016–17 "IMAYŌ: JAPAN'S NEW TRADITIONISTS" The Art Gallery at the University of Hawai'i...

digested by the uneducated masses. In addition to the continued production of imayō [ja], sōka (早歌) were created in large numbers, and their lyrics survive...

Hishō (梁塵秘抄, Songs to Make the Dust Dance on the Beams) is an anthology of imayō 今様 songs. Originally it consisted of two collections joined by Cloistered...

Nihon sha, 1970. Come Up. Tokyo: Shashinhyōronsha, 1971. Onna to otoko: Imayō shunga (女と男：今様春画). Gendai Shashinka Shirīzu. Tokyo: Ado angen, 1972. With...

agency) A partial list of single-panel series in ōban tate-e format includes: Imayō bijin kurabe (今様美人竸) «1877» [27] Comparing Modern Women Senchi hakkei (戰地八景)...

?〜真の力に目覚めて始まる100回目の人生〜, 99-Kai danzaisareta rūpu reijōdesuga imayo wa "chōzetsu aisare mōdo"desutte!?~ Shin no chikara ni mezamete hajimaru...

Michi (The Road|天辺への道|) – SATB, a cappella, Japanese Saijyo Sakezukuri-uta Imayo (|西条酒造り歌今様|) – SATB, a cappella or Piano, Japanese O Christmas Tree – TTBB...