Incense sticks - Incense sticks

Japanese: たちぎれ線香 - たちぎれせんこう

Rakugo. The original story is "Hangonkou" from "Edo Kisho" (1806). It is a typical Kamigata Rakugo, known in Tokyo as "Tachikiri." The young master of a Senba landlord is confined to a storehouse for 100 days as a result of his indulgence. During that time, his lover, a geisha named Koito, dies of lovesickness. When the young master visits Koito's house after the 100 days have passed and lights incense in grief, the shamisen placed on the Buddhist altar begins to play by itself, and the sound of a jiuta (traditional folk song) being sung "Yuki" can be heard.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

落語。原話は《江戸嬉笑（きしよう）》(1806)所収の〈反魂香（はんごんこう）〉。代表的な上方落語で，東京では《たちきり》と称する。船場（せんば）の大家（たいけ）の若旦那が道楽のあげくに，100日間，蔵に閉じこめられた。そのあいだに，恋人の芸者小糸は恋わずらいで世を去った。100日過ぎて小糸の家を訪ねた若旦那が，悲しみのうちに線香をあげると，仏壇に供えてある三味線がひとりでに鳴りはじめ，地唄《雪》を唄う声が聞こえはじめた。

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