宮古島の歌 上

A collection of songs from Miyako compiled by Tajima Risaburō. It’s split into two books. There are 22 songs in the first book, and 125 in the second, a total of 147, and a one incantation recorded. Also, in the second book there are 11 songs from Yaeyama included. From Tajima’s descriptions, it’s thought that this is a research notebook of his, when he stayed on Miyako from the end of January 1987 for 30 days.As well as the fact that it’s precious for having many songs recorded in a short period of time, because of the detailed annotations written on it, it’s very valuable. It’s also valuable as it’s the first contribution to show the characteristics of the Miyako dialect, such as 「わ゛」「り゜」「ぎ゜」.Other than Tajima’s compilation, there are copies of old chronicles and various other materials. Iha Fuyu, Yanigida Kunio and Nikolai A. Nevskii refer to this book, and it has had great effects on the research of songs of Miyako.There are various explanations for the existance and organisation of “Songs of Miyako Island”, see “Tajima Risaburō [Miyakojima no uta] no kenkyū” ([Ryukyu Ajia shakai bunka kenkyū] No. 8 2005 nen ryukyu ajia shakai bunka kenkyukai Moromi Nana) or “Miyako shojima ni okeru girei kayō no shūshū・kenkyū to dētābēsuka” (kiban kenkyu (B) kenkyu seika hōkokusho 2004~2007 nendo daihyōsha Tamagusuku Masami).