Air seat

... Light theatre, which had been under the pressure of censorship during the war, only made a comeback after the defeat, with only a few troupes such as the Enoken troupe and the Roppa troupe making a comeback. However, due to postwar inflation, even with full houses they continued to operate at a loss, and eventually these troupes were disbanded. In the midst of all this, the Kuukiza troupe's play "The Gate of Flesh," based on a novel by Tamura Taijiro and adapted by Ozaki Masafusa, was a temporary hit, and in 1947 it was performed for four months in Tokyo alone. However, this was more a reflection of the social climate of the time, when strip shows were at their height, than a reflection of the popularity of light theatre itself. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "air seat" is listed below.

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…　戦時中，検閲の圧迫を受け続けた軽演劇は，敗戦後も，わずかにエノケン一座，ロッパ一座などが再起したにすぎず，これも戦後のインフレのため，満員でも赤字という状態が続き，やがてこれらの一座は解散となった。そんな中で，ひととき人気を集めたのは，空気座による，田村泰次郎原作･小崎政房脚色の《肉体の門》で，47年に東京だけで4ヵ月続演した。しかし，これとても軽演劇がうけたというよりは，当時のストリップショー全盛時代の世相の反映であった。…

※「空気座」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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