Rope weaving - Nawanai

The title of a Kyogen piece. Taro Kaja Kyogen. A master who lost a gambling game ends up betting on his servant, Taro Kaja, and sends him to the other party, Someone. When Someone tells him the story for the first time, he sulks and refuses to work when he is ordered to run errands and tie ropes. Angered, Someone goes to argue with the master, who says he will make him work and asks him to trick him and let him go home, so Someone challenges him again and this time lies about getting the rope back. The master returns home happy and when he is ordered to tie ropes by the master, he starts to tie ropes obediently, and tells the master, who is holding the end of the rope behind him, about the state of Someone's house. The story changes from badmouthing Someone's wife to talking about bullying children, and when he turns around, he notices that the master has been replaced by Someone. Someone chases the surprised Kaja, who runs away. The reason why the audience does not find the insulting remarks made by the Crown Prince particularly unpleasant is probably because they sympathize with the situation the Crown Prince finds himself in.

[Kazutoshi Hayashi]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

狂言の曲名。太郎冠者(かじゃ)狂言。博打(ばくち)に負けた主人が召使いの太郎冠者まで打ち込んでしまい、冠者を相手方の何某(なにがし)のところへやる。何某から初めて事情を聞かされた冠者は、使いや縄綯を命じられてもすねて働こうとしない。怒った何某が主人にかけ合いに行くと、主人は自分が働かせてみせるから一度だまして帰してほしいというので、何某はまた一勝負し今度は取り戻されたと偽って冠者を返す。喜んで帰宅した冠者は、主人に縄綯を命じられると素直に綯い始め、後ろで縄尻(なわじり)を持つ主人に、何某の家のようすを語る。何某の内儀の悪口から子供をいじめた話になってふと振り向くと、いつのまにか主人が何某に入れ替わっている。驚いて逃げる冠者を何某が追い込む。冠者の仕方話の悪口雑言を観客がさほど不快に感じないのは、冠者の置かれた情況に同情を覚えるからであろう。

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