Shikano Buzaemon

Japanese: 鹿野武左衛門 - しかの・ぶざえもん

Year of death: August 13, Genroku 12 (September 6, 1699)
Year of birth: 1649 (Keian 2)
A Rakugo performer from the early Edo period. Born in Kyoto or Naniwa (Osaka), he traveled to Edo and became a lacquer artist. He was skilled in theatrical Zashiki-style stories, and was invited to perform at various houses. Thirteen stories, including "Fukui Tokuan Monsatsu," recorded in the entry for January 10, 1681, in Ishibashi Seian's diary "Kajo," which he listened to at the Edo residence of Miura Tametaka, a chief retainer of the Kishu (Wakayama) domain, are the oldest recorded titles of Rakugo stories, and their contents can be inferred by comparing them with stories included in story books such as "Kano Buzaemon Kuden Hanashi" (1683) and "Shika no Makifude" (1686). In the early Genroku period, a rumor spread that a horse could speak human language, and talismans to ward off epidemics and prescriptions for medicines that the horse had predicted were sold. In 1693, the masterless samurai Chikushien (Dan)emon, the source of the rumor, was arrested, and he confessed that he had been inspired by the story in "Shika no Makihitsu," and Takezaemon was also interrogated. As a result, the wood blocks of "Shika no Makihitsu" were burned, and Takezaemon was exiled to Izu Oshima, but this is suspicious. In any case, Edo Rakugo fell into decline, and there was a gap of about 100 years until it was revived by Utei Enma. <References> Nobuhiro Shinji, "Shitakou Bungei" ("Lectures on Genroku Literature," Volume 1)

(Nobuhiro Shinji)

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没年：元禄12.8.13(1699.9.6)
生年：慶安2(1649)
江戸前期の落語家。京または難波(大阪)に生まれ,江戸に下り塗師となる。芝居がかりの座敷仕方咄を得意とし,諸家に招かれた。紀州(和歌山)藩家老三浦為隆の江戸邸で聴いた石橋生庵の日記『家乗』延宝9(1681)年1月10日の条に記された「福居徳庵門札」など13の演題は,落語の題名として最古の記録であり,咄本『鹿野武左衛門口伝はなし』(1683),『鹿の巻筆』(1686)など所収の咄との比較により内容を推測し得る。元禄初年,馬が人語を発するという流言が行われ,その馬のお告げによる疫病よけの札や薬の処方が売られた。元禄6(1693)年,流言の張本人,浪人筑紫園(団)右衛門を召し捕ったところ,『鹿の巻筆』の咄より示唆を得たと白状し,武左衛門も取り調べを受けた。このため『鹿の巻筆』は板木焼却,武左衛門は伊豆大島遠島と伝えられるが不審。ともあれ以後,江戸落語は衰微し,烏亭焉馬によって再興されるまで約100年の空白を生じた。<参考文献>延広真治『舌耕文芸』(『講座元禄の文学』1巻)

(延広真治)

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