Grim Reaper - Shinigami

Japanese: 死神 - しにがみ

[1] [noun] A god who lures and guides people to death. *The Joruri Shinju-ba is from Koori no Sakujitsu (1709), "And now we are here, tempted by the god of death, the fleetingness of life." [2] Rakugo. It is said to have been adapted by San'yutei Encho in the 1880s from the Italian opera Kuripisno the Shoemaker. En'yū's "Honour no Taiko " is an adaptation of the original. It depicts the absurd and funny story of a poor man who meets the god of death in his attempt to kill himself, but ends up using the god instead. The ending is a sudden punchline.

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Japanese:

[1] 〘名〙人を死に誘い導くという神。※浄瑠璃・心中刃は氷の朔日（1709）中「おなじくは今爰でちっ共はやふとしにがみの、さそふいのちのはかなさよ」[2] 落語。明治二〇年代、三遊亭円朝がイタリアのオペラ「靴直しクリピスノ」から翻案したといわれる。円遊の「誉の幇間(たいこ)」はこれを改作したもの。貧乏で死のうとして死神に会った男が死神を利用する荒唐無稽なおかしさを描く。ぶっつけ落ちで結ぶ。

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