Cutting edge - Kirikojo

Japanese: 切口上 - きりこうじょう
Cutting edge - Kirikojo

A kabuki term used at the end of a day's performance in Edo-period theatre. It was customary for the head of the company to come on stage dressed in a formal kimono and greet the audience with "First of all, this is all for today." Because this phrasing was formulaic and stern, it came to be used in everyday language to mean a stiff, cold tone of voice, as in "to respond on the kireguchi line."

[Toshiaki Matsui]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

歌舞伎(かぶき)用語。江戸時代の興行で1日の演目が終わるときの口上。裃(かみしも)姿の頭取が舞台に出て「まず今日(こんにち)はこれぎり」と挨拶(あいさつ)するのが通例で、その言い回しが型にはまり、いかめしかったことから、「切口上で応対する」というように、堅苦しく冷たい感じの口調を意味する日常語として使われるようになった。

[松井俊諭]

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