Zangirimono - Zangirimono

A kabuki script term. A sewamono (domestic drama) piece set against the backdrop of the new social conditions and customs of the early Meiji period. It is so named because it features a character with a short haircut, born from the haircut edict of 1871 (Meiji 4), who is a symbol of the enlightened civilization following the Meiji Restoration. The first plays were "Kutsunaoshi Warabe no Oshie" and "Sono Irodori Touki no Koueki," adapted from "Saigokuri-shi-hen," translated by Nakamura Masanao, and performed in theaters in the southern and northern parts of Kyoto, respectively. The first play in Tokyo was "Tokyo Nichi Nichi Shimbun," written by Kawatake Mokuami, which was performed at the Morita-za theater in November of the following year. After that, Mokuami wrote masterpieces such as "Fujibitai Tsukuba no Shigeyama" (Female Shosei), "Frost Night Bells and Crossroad Divination", "Konoma no Hakone Deer Flute", "Island Swallow, Moon White Waves", and "Suitengū Megumi no Fukagawa" (Fudeyuki), mainly for Onoe Kikugoro 5. Mokuami's disciples also wrote some plays, but these Sankirimono only copied the outer form of new customs, and the dramaturgy and direction were no different from the old Sewa Kyogen, so after 1900 (Meiji 33), they were usurped by the newly emerged Shinpa theater and fell into disuse.

[Toshiaki Matsui]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

歌舞伎(かぶき)脚本用語。世話物のうち、明治初期の新しい世相、風俗を背景にした作品。維新以後の文明開化の象徴として、1871年（明治4）の散髪令で生まれた散切頭の人物が登場するので、この名がある。72年11月、中村正直(まさなお)訳の『西国立志編(さいごくりっしへん)』を佐橋富三郎が脚色した『鞋補童教学(くつなおしわらべのおしえ)』『其粉色陶器交易(そのいろどりとうきのこうえき)』をそれぞれ京都南側と北側の芝居で上演したのが初めで、東京での最初は翌年11月守田座上演の河竹黙阿弥(もくあみ)作『東京日(にちにち)新聞』。その後も黙阿弥が主として5世尾上(おのえ)菊五郎のため、『富士額男女繁山(ふじびたいつくばのしげやま)（女書生）』『霜夜鐘十字辻筮(しもよのかねじゅうじのつじうら)』『木間星箱根鹿笛(このまのほしはこねのしかぶえ)』『島鵆月白浪(しまちどりつきのしらなみ)』『水天宮利生深川(すいてんぐうめぐみのふかがわ)（筆幸）』などの名作を執筆。黙阿弥の門弟たちもいくつか書いたが、これら散切物は新風俗の外形を写すだけで、作劇法や演出は旧来の世話狂言と変わらなかったので、1900年（明治33）以降は新しく勃興(ぼっこう)した新派劇に座を奪われて廃れた。

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