Graduate School of Human and Socio-Enviromental Studies Kanazawa University
Abstract
江戸時代に起源をもつ大阪花街は，曾根崎新地（北新地），南地，新町，堀江の四地域を中心とし， それぞれ特色を持つ花街として存在していた。 しかし， それらの沿革や芸能史上の特色を追究した研究は少ない。本稿では， 明治期の史料をもとに各花街の概況を分析した上， 北区大火 (1909) 並びに南区大火(1912)によって， 北新地および南地にどのような変化が生じたか， 新聞記事を用いて跡付けた。 続いて「大阪春の踊」 (1920) の興行成績を分析して北新地・南地の優位性を指摘し， それが明治末年の花街改革の結果であろうと論じた。さらに本稿では， 北新地が伝統芸能を媒介として社会に開かれた空間となったのも 明治末年の花街改革以降であろうと推測した。Osaka Kagai originated in the Edo period. It included four areas: Sonezakishinchi (Kita-no-shinchi), Nanchi, Shinmachi, and Horie. Each area had different characteristics. A few studies have investigated their past and characteristics in the history of entertainment. This study analyzed the general situation of each Kagai, based on historical documents of the Meiji period. Moreover, changes in Kita-no-shinchi and Nanchi caused by the Great Fire of Kita-ku ( 1909) and the Great Fire of Minami-ku ( 1912) were examined using newspaper articles. Subsequently, box-office records of "Osaka Haru-no-Odort\u27 were analyzed, which indicated the superiority of Kita-no-shinchi and Nanchi indicated. It is considered that this superiority resulted from reform of Kagai carried out in the end of the Meiji period. Furthermore, after the Kagai reform at the end of Meiji period, Kita-no-shinchi supposedly became an open space to society, mediated by traditional performing arts
