笔者在本稿中,考查了日语中「旅艺人」(江湖艺人)一词的含义。简要追溯了日本“江湖艺人”的历史。并以小说《伊豆的舞女》和山口百惠版电影《伊豆的舞女》为研究对象,考查了《伊豆的舞女》中“江湖艺人”的生活。在日本,“江湖艺人”的历史久远,可以追溯到奈良时代。原来跳舞传教兼卖艺,后来,以卖艺为生,地位低下。《伊豆的舞女》中的江湖艺人身世悲哀,受到社会的歧 In this manuscript, I examined the meaning of the term “traveler artist” (arena artist) in Japanese. Briefly traced the history of Japan’s “rivers and lakes artists.” And the novel “dancer of Izu” and Yamaguchi Pooh version of the movie “dancer of Izu” as the research object, examines the “dancers of Izu” in the “rivers and lakes artists” life. In Japan, the “lakes and artists” have a long history dating back to the Nara period. The original dance preacher and libation, and later, to art for a living, low status. “Izu’s Dancing Girl” in the lakes artists sad, subject to social disagreement