"Happily I am happy" - Ugoshiku zonshi soga

...As the traditional Edo entertainment system that had existed since the Kyoho era began to collapse, he created a rational entertainment system that was not bound by family ties, and established the author's style appropriate to the collaborative system. Only one script remains, "Zonjisogata," but others include Tomimoto's "Shijuuhatsutekoinoshowake." The theatrical technique of turning complex ideas, known as the Sanshofu, into a rational plot was passed down to the fourth generation of his disciple, Tsuruya Nanboku. ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "I am happy to remain so" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…享保以来の江戸の因襲的な興行制度が崩壊していくなかで，門閥にとらわれない合理的な興行制度をつくりだし，合作制度にふさわしい作者の式法を確立。現存台本は《うれしく存曾我（ぞんじそが）》1編だけであるが，ほかに富本の《四十八手恋所訳（しじゆうはつてこいのしよわけ）》などがある。三笑風と呼ばれる複雑な趣向を合理的な筋に仕立て上げる劇術は門下の4世鶴屋南北に伝承された。…

※「《うれしく存曾我》」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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