Two people in hakama - Two people in hakama

The title of a Kyogen piece. Muko Kyogen. The groom (shite) feels embarrassed to visit his father-in-law for the first time after marriage and exchange sake cups by himself, so his father accompanies him and helps him put on hakama in front of his father-in-law's house. Leaving his parents waiting in front of the gate, the groom greets his father-in-law for the first time, but the father realizes that his parents are with him and is invited into the room as well. However, there is only one hakama for the groom, so they quickly change in front of the gate and take turns going in front of the father-in-law one by one. Asked to go in together, the father and son are in a difficult position, so they tear their hakama in half and wear them in front like aprons before going into the room. After the sake ceremony, the groom is asked to dance, and he dances while trying not to show his back, but the father-in-law invites the father-in-law to dance together, and it becomes clear that the back of his hakama is missing. The highlight of the piece is the humor of the groom's awkward movements as he dances, worrying about what is behind him. The kabuki dance based on this piece is "Ninin Hakama," adapted by Fukuchi Ochi, and premiered at the Kabukiza Theater in Tokyo in June 1894 (Meiji 27).

[Kazutoshi Hayashi]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

狂言の曲名。聟(むこ)狂言。聟（シテ）が、1人で聟入り（結婚後初めて舅(しゅうと)を訪ね、盃(さかずき)を交わす儀式）するのは恥ずかしいというので、父親が同道し、舅の家の前で袴を着けてやる。門前に親を待たせたまま、聟は舅に初対面の挨拶(あいさつ)をするが、親の同伴がわかってしまい、父親も座敷へ招かれる。ところが、祝儀の場に着用すべき袴は聟の分しかないので、門前で急いではきかえ、交替で1人ずつ舅の前へ出る。2人共に出るよう求められて困った親子は、袴を前後に引き裂き、それぞれ前垂れのように前に当て、座敷へ通る。盃事(さかずきごと)のあと舞を所望され、聟は後ろを見せないようにごまかしながら舞うが、親子は舅に誘われ3人連舞(つれまい)で舞ううち、袴の後ろのないことが露見する。聟が後ろを気にしながらぎこちなく舞う所作のおもしろさが見どころ。この曲に取材した歌舞伎(かぶき)舞踊に福地桜痴(ふくちおうち)脚色の『二人(ににん)袴』があり、1894年（明治27）6月東京・歌舞伎座で初演された。

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