Rise to success - Rise to success

The title of a Kyogen piece. Tarokaja Kyogen. The master gives Tarokaja (shite) a sword and goes to Kurama for seclusion. While the master is asleep, a conman (a conman) switches the sword for a green bamboo. The conman wakes up and goes on his way home, hiding the bamboo. He tells the master stories of how Japanese yams become eels, frogs become kabutomushi, swallows fly fish, and daughters-in-law become mothers-in-law, and shows the master that the sword has also become a green bamboo. The master scolds him for being a thief and waits, when the conman from the previous night passes by. The master orders him to be caught and tied up, and the conman leisurely weaves the rope and ties it around the master from behind as he is told. The master and servant chase the happy Suppa who is running away. The above is the storyline of the Izumi school, but in the Okura school, the story ends with the master scolding the monk for his sword becoming a bamboo walking stick. The highlight of the story is the play's playfulness as the monk tells the story of his rise to power.

[Kobayashi, Responsible]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

狂言の曲名。太郎冠者(かじゃ)狂言。主人が太郎冠者（シテ）に太刀(たち)を持たせ、鞍馬(くらま)へ参籠(さんろう)すると、冠者が眠っている間にすっぱ（詐欺師）が太刀を青竹にすり替えてしまう。目を覚まし驚いた冠者は竹を隠し持って帰途につき、山芋が饅(うなぎ)、蛙(かえる)が兜虫(かぶとむし)、燕(つばめ)が飛魚(とびうお)、嫁が姑(しゅうとめ)になるのを世間では成り上がるというなどと話しておき、この太刀も青竹に成り上がったと主人にみせる。主人はそれは盗人のしわざだと叱(しか)り、待つところへ、昨夜のすっぱが通りかかる。主人が捕まえ縄を命ずると、冠者はそれから悠々と縄を綯(な)い、いわれるままに後ろから主人にかける。喜んで逃げるすっぱを主従が追い込む。以上は和泉(いずみ)流の筋(すじ)で、大蔵(おおくら)流では太刀が竹杖(たけづえ)に成り上がったという冠者を主人が叱って終わる。成り上がり話をする冠者のとぼけた味わいが見どころである。

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