Uirouri - Uirouri

Japanese: 外郎売 - ういろううり

Kabuki kyogen. One of the 18 major Kabuki plays. Also refers to the roles that appear in Kabuki. First performed in January 1716 (Kyoho 3) at the Morita-za in Edo as Wakamidori Ikioisogata by Ichikawa Danjūrō II. This is a stage adaptation of the customs of selling Uiro, a medicine famous in Odawara. The medicine's speech became popular and became the subject of a comic story, featuring long lines that consisted mainly of tongue twisters. At the end of the Edo period, he only made an appearance in Sukeroku. Ichikawa Misao 5 (10th Danjūrō), Ichikawa Ebizō 9 (11th Danjūrō), and Ebizō 10 (12th Danjūrō) each performed it as a one-act play with a different script.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

歌舞伎狂言。歌舞伎十八番の一つ。また歌舞伎に登場する役をもいう。1716年(享保3)1月江戸森田座の《若緑勢曾我（わかみどりいきおいそが）》で2世市川団十郎が初演。小田原名物の薬〈外郎〉を売る風俗を舞台化したもの。薬の言立てが人気を得て戯作の題材になり，早口言葉を主とする長ぜりふを聞かせる。幕末には《助六》に姿のみ見せていた。5世市川三升(10世団十郎)，9世市川海老蔵(11世団十郎)，10世海老蔵(12世団十郎)がそれぞれ別の脚本で一幕物として上演。

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