"Ehen Taikouki" - Ehen Taikouki

...The term "acharaka play," which refers to a script written overnight, was born from this. The catchphrase at the time was "acharaka nonsense," and the best-selling novel by Remarque, "All Quiet on the Western Front," was parodied as "All Quiet on the Eastern Front," and the kabuki play "Ehon Taikoki" was performed as "Ehen Taikoki" (the reason kabuki parodies are prominent in the scripts of the time is because they were part of the general public's education, and therefore they became less popular after the war). Behind this trend was the recession and the trend toward militarism, but in any case, it was from these that many vaudevillians were born and comedy writers were nurtured. ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "Ehen Taikoki" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…一夜づけの脚本による，いわゆる〈アチャラカ芝居〉なる言葉はここから生まれた。当時のキャッチフレーズは〈アチャラカ･ナンセンス〉で，レマルクのベストセラー小説《西部戦線異状なし》をもじって《東部戦線異状なし》，歌舞伎の《絵本太功記》は《エヘン太閤記》といった風に茶化して上演した(当時の台本に，歌舞伎のパロディが目だつのは，それが人々の一般教養だったからで，だから，戦後には通用しにくくなる)。こうした傾向の背後には，不景気と，軍国主義へなだれこんでゆく時代の流れがあったのだが，ともあれ，こうした中から，多くのボードビリアンが生まれ，喜劇作家が育った。…

※「《エヘン太閤記》」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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