Cherry blossom viewing in the tenement house

Rakugo. The Kamigata rakugo "Binbou Hanami" (Poor Cherry Blossom Viewing) was brought to Tokyo in the 1890s by the second Chokarou Baraku. The people in the poor tenement decided to go cherry blossom viewing, but at the suggestion of the owner of the tenement, they decided to substitute bancha tea for sake, daikon radish for kamaboko, and takuan (pickled radish) for tamagoyaki (rolled omelette). They went to Mukojima with the idea, but the atmosphere was not very lively. Someone composed a haiku after munching on the "tamagoyaki" (rolled omelette) and letting the "sake" stand on end. "A cherry blossom viewing with teeth clenched in the tenement." Even if they were told to get drunk quickly, they could not get drunk with bancha tea. One person drank too much tea and felt sick, and when asked how he felt, he replied, "I felt like I had fallen into a well." Meanwhile, a fake fight breaks out, and the cherry blossom viewing guests, accompanied by geisha and hokan, run away, leaving behind their sake and snacks, so the tenement residents steal them and start a real drinking party. Seeing this, the hokan brandishes a square barrel and yells at the crowd, but is instead threatened by the tenement residents. "The truth is, we wanted you to dance," "Then what's with that barrel," "We've brought some more sake." This is a specialty of Yanagiya Kosan 5.

[Kazuo Sekiyama]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

落語。上方(かみがた)落語『貧乏花見』を、明治30年代に2代目蝶花楼馬楽(ちょうかろうばらく)がくふうを加えて東京に移した。貧乏長屋で花見に行くことになったが、家主の提案で、酒は番茶、かまぼこは大根、卵焼きは沢庵(たくあん)で代用することにした。それを持って向島(むこうじま)へ出かけたがいっこうに盛り上がらない。「卵焼き」をかじったり、「酒」に酒柱が立ったりしたあとに俳句をひねる人がいる。「長屋中歯をくいしばる花見かな」。早く酔えといわれても番茶では酔えない。1人が茶を飲みすぎて気分が悪くなり、どんな気持ちかと聞かれて「井戸へ落ちたときのような気持ちだ」。そのうちに、にせのけんかをすると、芸者や幇間(ほうかん)を連れた花見客たちが酒や肴(さかな)を残して逃げたので、長屋の者たちはそれを盗んで本物の酒盛りを始める。それを見た幇間が角樽(つのだる)を振りかざしてどなり込むが、長屋の連中に逆に脅かされる。「実は踊らしてもらおうと思って」「じゃあ、その手の樽はなんだ」「お酒のお代わりを持ってきました」。5代目柳家小さんの十八番。

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