"Ghost Story Breast Enoki" - Kaidanchibusa no Enoki

...When he died, his request to be cremated was followed, and fireworks set off on his coffin frightened the mourners, which is said to be the origin of ghost stories. At the end of the Edo period, San'yutei Encho also wrote and performed ghost stories such as "Shinkei-ruigafuchi," "Kaidan Botan-doro," "Misao no Matsukage at Kagamiike (Ejimaya Incident)," and "Kaidan Nyubo Enoki," which gained popularity. In modern times, Shunkintei Ryuo (?-1894) and Hayashiya Shozo V are well-known, but more recently Ichiryusai Teizan VII and Hayashiya Hikoroku (Hayashiya Shozo VIII) have often performed them and attracted attention. ...

*Some of the terminology used in "Kaidan Nyubo Enoki" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…彼が没したとき，火葬にしてくれという遺言どおりにすると，棺桶に仕掛けてあった花火が来葬者をおびやかしたという逸話も怪談噺の元祖らしい。幕末，三遊亭円朝も怪談噺に，《真景累ケ淵》《怪談牡丹灯籠》《鏡ケ池操松影（みさおのまつかげ）(江島屋騒動)》《怪談乳房榎》などを自作自演して人気を博した。近代にはいっては，春錦亭柳桜（しゆんきんていりゆうおう）(？‐1894)，5代目林家正蔵が著名だが，最近では，7代目一竜斎貞山や林家彦六(8代目林家正蔵)が，しばしば口演して注目をあつめた。…

※「《怪談乳房榎》」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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