Bunzo - Bunzo

The title of a Kyogen piece. In the Okura school, it is Daimyo Kyogen, and in the Izumi school, it is Tarokaja Kyogen. When the master (shite) scolds Tarokaja for going on a trip without asking for time off, he apologizes and says he went sightseeing in Kyoto, so the master forgives him. When asked about the situation in the capital, he answers that he stopped off at his uncle's house, and forgets the name of the food that was served there, but says that it is in a story that the master reads every day. The master, who is desperate to find out this information, begins to tell the story of the Battle of Ishibashiyama. After a long story, when he gets to the part where he says, "Sanada gave Bunzo to his wet nurse...", the master says that he ate Bunzo, which must mean warm rice porridge, and the story ends with the master scolding him for giving him a good bone. The master's storytelling, which has many forms, is a highlight and a worthwhile listen. Onkayu is a type of porridge eaten at Zen temples.

[Kazutoshi Hayashi]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

狂言の曲名。大蔵(おおくら)流では大名狂言、和泉(いずみ)流では太郎冠者(かじゃ)狂言。暇(いとま)も請わずに旅に出た太郎冠者を主人（シテ）がしかると、京都見物をしてきたとわびるので許す。都のようすを聞くと、伯父御様のところへ立ち寄ったと答え、そこで御馳走(ごちそう)になったものの名を忘れたが、日ごろ主人が読む物語のなかにあるという。どうしてもこれを聞き出したい主人は、石橋山の合戦物語を語り始める。長々と語って「真田(さなだ)が乳母(めのと)に文蔵……」というところにきたとき、その文蔵を食べたというので、それは温糟粥(うんぞうがゆ)のことであろう、主人によいほねをおらせたとしかって終わる。型の多い主人の語りが見どころであり、聞きどころでもある。温糟粥とは禅寺で食した粥の一種。

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