Soshu Ishii - Soshu Ishii

Japanese: 石井宗叔 - いしいそうしゅく

...Originally, it was a series of stories, such as "Shiobara Tasuke Ichidai-ki," "Narihira Bunji Hyouryuukidan," and "Meijin Choji," which had no punch line and were full of substance, vividly depicting life and society. Nowadays, however, ninjō-banashi refers to stories that have a punch line but are full of human emotion, such as "Shibahama," "Kajikazawa," "Fire Son," and "Bunshichi Motoyui." The originator of ninjō-banashi in Edo was Ishii Soshuku II, who was active around the Bunka and Bunsei eras (1804-30), and it was Shiba Shibasō (also known as Shibaya Katsusuke), who started ninjō-banashi in Kamigata around the Kyowa and Bunka eras (1801-18). While Soshuku was a doctor turned rakugo performer, Shibaso was a Joruri and Kabuki playwright, and his long story Abura, based on a Chinese novel, was also dramatized.

From 【Rakugo】

Around the same time, Edo entered the golden age of humorous literature, including joke books, kibyōshi, kyōka, and senryū, and rakugo also saw a revival. Wuting Yanma They included Uteienba (Tatekawa Enma), Sakuragawa Jihinari, and Ishii Soshuku (?-1803). Since Enma held a storytelling event at the Musashi-ya restaurant in Mukojima in 1786 (Tenmei 6), story writing and performance events became popular among Edo literati and connoisseurs.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Ishii Soshuku" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…本来は続物で，《塩原多助一代記》《業平文治漂流奇談（なりひらぷんじひようりゆうきだん）》《名人長二》などのように，落ち(さげ)がなくて，人生や社会を如実にえがく実のある噺をいったが，現在では，《芝浜》《鰍沢（かじかざわ）》《火事息子》《文七元結（ぶんしちもつとい）》などのように，落ちはあっても，人情味のある一席物の噺を人情噺といっている。江戸における続物人情噺の祖は，文化･文政(1804‐30)ごろに活躍した2代石井宗叔（そうしゆく）であり，また上方で人情噺を始めたのは，享和･文化(1801‐18)ごろの司馬芝叟（しばしそう）(芝屋勝助ともいう)だった。医者から落語家に転じた宗叔に対して，芝叟は浄瑠璃作者であり，歌舞伎作者でもあり，中国小説に取材した長噺（ながばなし）《油》は劇化もされた。…

【落語】より

…　おなじ安永･天明ごろ，江戸は洒落本（しやれぼん），黄表紙（きびようし），狂歌，川柳などの笑いの文学全盛期に入り，落語も復興した。顔ぶれは，烏亭焉馬（うていえんば）(立川（たてかわ）焉馬)，桜川慈悲成（じひなり），石井宗叔（そうしゆく）(？‐1803)などだった。焉馬が，1786年(天明6)に向島の料亭武蔵屋で咄の会を開いて以来，江戸の文人や通人の間に咄の自作自演の会が流行した。…

※「石井宗叔」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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