Tsujibanashi - Stories about the streets

Japanese: 辻咄∥辻噺 - つじばなし

Rakugo was performed in the open air during the Edo period. It was a form of street sermons in the Buddhist world that became a performing art, and in the Genroku period (1688-1704) it was called tsuji dangi (dangi is another name for sermons or preaching). In the section on tsuji dangi in Kagami Shiko's Honcho Bunkan, it is written that Kyoto storyteller Tsuyu no Gorobei "was known throughout the world as the originator of street rakugo." Stories were told in seats set up in places that drew large numbers of people, such as temple and shrine festivals, places to cool off, and night stalls. This method was used until vaudeville performances were established. [Sekiyama Kazuo]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

江戸時代に野天で聴かせた落語。仏教界の辻説法が芸能化したもので，元禄(1688‐1704)のころには辻談義(談義は説法･説教の異称)といっていた。各務（かがみ）支考の《本朝文鑑》辻談義説の条に京都の噺家の露の五郎兵衛について〈世ニ云フ辻噺ノ元祖ナリト〉とある。寺社の縁日，涼み場，夜店など人が大勢来る場所に席を設けて咄をした。この方法は寄席興行が確立するまで行われていた。【関山和夫】

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