Funatoku

Rakugo. This is a rakugo story that started as a scene from the human interest story "Ohatsu Tokubei Ukina Pier" written by the first Kokontei Shinsho, and became an independent rakugo piece. Tokubei, a young master who was disowned due to his hobby, wants to become a boatman while living at a boathouse, and begins training to be one despite his boss's protests. When he is still unable to row properly, a guest comes to visit on the 46,000 days of the Asakusa Kannon, but the boatman is out, so Tokubei takes two guests on board and starts rowing. The guests are surprised when the boat approaches the stone wall and rocks violently. They finally make it to the Asakusa riverbank, but cannot reach the pier. One guest carries the other guest on his back and walks through the water to land. "We're going up, but you young men, you're all pale-faced, so let's push on, are you okay?" "Customers, when you go up, please hire a boatman." The current production of "Funatoku" was devised by the third San'yutei En'yu (Hana no En'yu) in the Meiji era, but was refined by the eighth Katsura Bunraku.

[Kazuo Sekiyama]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

落語。初代古今亭志ん生(ここんていしんしょう)がつくった人情噺(ばなし)『お初徳兵衛浮名桟橋(うきなのさんばし)』の発端の場が独立して一席物の落語となったもの。道楽の果てに勘当となった若旦那(だんな)の徳兵衛が、船宿の居候になっているうちに船頭になりたくなり、親方の止めるのもきかずに船頭の修業を始める。まだろくに船がこげないとき、浅草観音(かんのん)の四万六千日の日に客がくるが、船頭が出払っていたので徳兵衛が二人の客を乗せてこぎ出す。船が石垣に寄ったり、ひどく揺れたりして客が驚く。やっとのことで浅草河岸までくるが桟橋に着かない。一人の客がもう一人の客を負ぶって水の中を歩いて陸へ上がる。「おれたちは上がるけどねえ、若(わけ)え衆(し)、真っ青な面(つら)してるがいいかなぁ、しっかりおしよ、だいじょうぶかい」「お客さま、お上がりになりましたら船頭を1人雇ってください」。現行『船徳』の演出は明治時代に3代目三遊亭円遊(えんゆう)（鼻の円遊）がくふうしたものだが、8代目桂文楽(かつらぶんらく)が練り上げた。

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