Shosei Shibai (Cursive Play)

Japanese: 書生芝居 - しょせいしばい
Shosei Shibai (Cursive Play)
〘 noun 〙 A new type of theater that was created in the Meiji era by the young intellectual class known as soshi or shosei to appeal to the masses for their ideas of freedom and civil rights. It was the predecessor of Shinpa theater. Soshi-shibai (Soshi plays). ※Kokumin Shimbun - September 12, 1890 (Meiji 23) "When I opened the window, I saw a procession of high-pitched shosei plays by the river."

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Japanese:
〘名〙 明治時代、壮士または書生と呼ばれた青年知識階級が、自由民権思想を民衆に訴えるために興した新演劇。新派劇の前身。壮士芝居。※国民新聞‐明治二三年(1890)九月一二日「窓を開けば是れなん名も川上の音高き書生芝居の行列なりけり」

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