Cage-escape

Japanese: 籠抜 - かごぬけ

This is an acrobatics trick in which one passes through a basket woven from bamboo. According to the Wakan Sansai Zue, Kodaka Izumi and Karasaki Ryunosuke came from Nagasaki during the Enpo era (1673-81) and started it in Osaka. A bamboo basket with a diameter of 40-45cm and a length of 2-2.5m is placed on a platform about 2m above the ground, and the performer passes through it in an instant. There was also a trick in which a candle or a blade is placed inside the basket and the performer passes through it. It seems to have been introduced from China and was popular throughout the Edo period. [Oda Koji]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

竹で編んだ籠の中をくぐりぬける曲芸。延宝年間(1673‐81)長崎から小鷹和泉，唐崎竜之助が出て大坂で始めたと《和漢三才図会》に見える。口径40～45cm，長さ2～2.5mの竹籠を，地上2mくらいの台の上に置いて，その中を瞬時にしてくぐりぬける。籠の中にろうそくや刃物を立て，その中を通るという芸もあった。中国渡来のものらしく江戸時代を通じて流行した。【織田紘二】

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