Kirikyougen

Japanese: 切狂言 - きりきょうげん

〘noun〙① A kyogen that is performed at the end of a day's kabuki performances. It originated in Kamigata during the Genroku period and was a short piece that was added to the main kyogen. Later in Edo it came to refer to a gesture added to the end of the second kyogen. Kiri (cut) . Ogiri (important) . *Hyōbanki/Yakusha Hyōban Sōran (1674) Ebisu-ya Zasōron "In the cut kyogen of the first thick or little finger, the peppers do not turn red and the mountain monkeys do not grow red either." ② The end of something. The end. *Hiyūjun (1786) 6 "Kirikyōgen (cut kyogen) is a word that comes from Jōruri and is used at the end of something."

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 歌舞伎の一日の上演狂言のうち、最終に演じる狂言。元祿期の上方から起こり、本狂言にそえた短時間のもの。のちに江戸では二番目狂言の終わりにつけた所作事をいう。切(きり)。大切(おおぎり)。※評判記・役者評判蚰蜒（1674）ゑびすや座惣論「初太か小指のきり狂言にとうがらしの赤へたもなく山さるののふなしもまれにして」② 物事の終わり。おしまい。※譬喩尽（1786）六「切狂言(キリキャウゲン)じゃ浄瑠璃より出たる語にして物の終に用る詞」

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