Carp Catching - Koi Tsukami

Japanese: 鯉つかみ - こいつかみ

A type of Kabuki kyogen. It is a general term for works that have as their theme the hero struggling with a carp spirit in the water. It was welcomed as a style of summer kyogen using real water. As written in Misuya Nisoji's "Kamizubukago" (Paper Waste Basket), "The first use of artificial carp in a water boat began with the founder Kikugoro, who passed it on to Baiko (Kikugoro III)." It was originally passed down as the "family art" of the Onoe family. As for the script, Fukumori Kyusuke and Segawa Jyoko II wrote "Mijika Yokina no Chirashigaki" (Short Night Vengeance Dispersal Book), which premiered at the Nakamura Theater in July 1813 (Bunka 10), the carpenter Rokusaburo of Kikugoro III is famous for performing the carp catcher in the "Masaki Inari Scene."

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

歌舞伎狂言。主人公が鯉の精と水中で格闘するさまを主題とする作品の総称。本水を用いた夏狂言の一趣向として歓迎された。三升屋二三治（みますやにそうじ）著《紙屑籠》に〈始て水船にて作り物の鯉をつかひしは，元祖菊五郎より始りて，親松緑(初世松助)つたへて梅幸(3世菊五郎)へゆづる〉と記すように，元来は尾上家の〈家の芸〉として伝えられた。脚本としては，福森久助，2世瀬川如皐（じよこう）作，1813年(文化10)7月中村座初演《短夜仇散書（みじかようきなのちらしがき）》の〈真崎稲荷の場〉で3世菊五郎の大工六三郎が鯉つかみを演じたのが著名。

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