"Okura Toraakirabon" - Okura Toraakirabon

Japanese: 《大蔵虎明本》 - おおくらとらあきらぼん

...Currently, there are about 70 kyogen actors of the Okura school registered with the Nohgaku Association. Scripts are kept by successive head families and by each of their disciples, but the oldest is the Okura Toraakira version (1642), which is a valuable resource that gives us a glimpse into medieval kyogen. The Okura Torahiro version (1792) is a script from a fixed period and is closer to the current production. ...

From [Kyogen]

...Also, as lines gradually became more established and awareness of schools grew stronger, scripts began to be written down. The so-called "Okura Toraakira version," copied by Okura Toraakira in 1642 (Kan'ei 19), was the first complete script. Other ancient scripts include the Izumi school's Tenri version "Kyogen Rikugi," thought to date from around the time of the Shoho era (1644-48), and the "Sagiho Kyobon," thought to date from the first year of the Kyoho era....

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "Okura Toraakirahon" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…現在，能楽協会に登録された大蔵流の狂言師は約70名である。台本は代々の宗家，各弟子家のものがあるが，《大蔵虎明本》(1642)が最古本で，中世の狂言をうかがわせる貴重な資料である。《大蔵虎寛本》(1792)は固定期の台本で，現行の演出に近い。…

【狂言】より

…　また，せりふがしだいに定着してきたことや，流派意識が強まったことから，台本の書き留めもなされるようになった。大蔵虎明（おおくらとらあきら）が1642年(寛永19)に書写したいわゆる《大蔵虎明本》は，その最初の完備した台本である。ほかに古台本としては正保ころ(1644‐48)のものと思われる和泉流の天理本《狂言六義（りくぎ）》，享保初年かとされる《鷺保教本》等がある。…

※「《大蔵虎明本》」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。

出典｜株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典第２版について | 情報

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