Sasara sekkyo - Sasara sekkyo

Japanese: 簓説経 - ささらせっきょう

A sermon told while rubbing a bamboo stalk. Volume 3 of Intei Miscellany (completed in 1843) contains a picture of a bamboo stalk stalk, and considering that the stalk is used by the stalk monk in the Noh play Jinen Koji, this practice has a long history. The picture shows a large umbrella standing on a straw mat, beneath which a man in vulgar attire is standing and telling a sermon while rubbing a bamboo stalk, while several men and women are listening intently around him with their heads bowed. While Edo-period sekkyo (sekkyo joruri) was performed in a simple hut with shamisen and marionettes instead of bamboo stalks, this is street performance and gives a good indication of the old style of sekkyo from the late Middle Ages.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

簓をすりながら語る説経。《筠庭（いんてい）雑考》(1843成立)巻三に簓説経の絵があるが，能の《自然居士（じねんこじ）》の説経僧が簓を使ったことからすると，その歴史は古い。絵はむしろの上に大きな傘を立て，その下で羽織を着た俗形の男が，立姿で簓をすりながら説経を語っており，そのまわりに男女数人が首をうなだれて聞き入っている。江戸期の説経(説経浄瑠璃)が簓にかえて三味線や操り人形と結びつき，かんたんな小屋掛けで演じられていたのに対し，これは大道芸であり，中世末期ころの古い説経の姿をよく示している。

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