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Rakugo. Two go opponents insult each other and end up breaking up on a quarrel. One day, when it continues to rain, one of them misses his opponent and, not having an umbrella, goes out wearing a hat. The opponent also wants to call in, but is embarrassed and sees him pass by. Eventually, someone calls out from inside, and he goes in and gets absorbed in playing go. While raindrops fall on the go board, he says, "No matter how much I wipe them, they keep dripping...Hey, that's no good, don't take off your hat." The original story of this story is "Kono go wa te mise kyou" (No show of hands allowed in this go game) from Tsuyu no Gorobei's Tsuyu ga Hanashi (Tsuyu ga Hanashi) (1691), and it was of the Kamigata (Kamigata) type, but in Tokyo, the rendition by Yanagiya Kosan III is outstanding, and there is also a version by San'yutei Koencho II. It is a unique storytelling technique in which the speaker engages with the listener while showing eye movements, etc.

[Kazuo Sekiyama]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

落語。碁敵(ごがたき)同士が、ののしり合って、けんか別れになる。雨が降り続くある日、相手が懐かしくて、唐傘(からかさ)がないので被(かぶ)り笠をかぶって出かける。相手のほうも呼び入れたいが、てれくさくて行き過ぎるのを見送る。やがて中から声をかけたのがきっかけとなり、上がり込んで夢中で碁を打つうちに碁盤に雨の滴が落ちるので、「いくら拭(ふ)いても後から垂れて……おい、いけねえなぁ、かぶり笠を取んなよ」。この咄(はなし)の原話は露(つゆ)の五郎兵衛著『露がはなし』（1691）所収の「この碁は手みせ禁」で、上方(かみがた)系のものだったが、東京では3代目柳家小さんの演出が傑出し、また2代目三遊亭小円朝の型もある。目の動きなどを見せながら聴かせる特異な話芸である。

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