Obagasake - Obagasake

The title of a Kyogen piece. A female Kyogen. The aunt who runs a sake shop is stingy and won't let her nephew (shite) drink, no matter what excuse he comes up with. The nephew gives up and starts to go home, but then he turns around and threatens him, telling him to be careful because there are rumors of terrifying demons in the area. Then he puts on a demon mask (a Buaku mask) and pretends to be a sake buyer, asking for guidance. When the aunt opens the door, she chases him, first ordering him to serve sake to her from now on, telling him not to look, then opens the lid of the sake jar, lifts the chin of the mask, and starts drinking. Eventually, she moves the mask to the side of her face, and finally puts it on her knees. While drinking while stomping her foot and threatening her, she becomes drunk and falls asleep, and her true identity is revealed and she is cornered. The film cleverly depicts the nephew's growing drunkenness through his increasingly bold appearance.

[Kobayashi, Responsible]

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狂言の曲名。女狂言。酒屋を営む伯母は吝嗇(りんしょく)で、甥(おい)（シテ）がどう口実を設けても飲ませてくれない。甥はあきらめて帰りかけるが立ち戻り、この辺には恐ろしい鬼が出るとのうわさだから用心するようにと脅しておき、さて今度は鬼の面（武悪(ぶあく)の面）をつけて酒買いを装って案内を請う。伯母が戸をあけると追い回し、まず今後甥に酒をふるまえと命じたうえ、見るなといいおいて酒壺(さかつぼ)の蓋(ふた)をあけ、面の頤(あご)をあげあげ飲み始める。やがて面を顔の横に回し、ついには膝頭(ひざがしら)へかけ、足を踏み鳴らして脅しながら飲んでいるうちに酔って寝込んでしまい、正体を見表されて追い込まれる。甥の酔っていく過程を、しだいに大胆になる面の扱いに示して巧妙である。

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