Stable fire - Umayakaji

Rakugo. A moral story from the Analects. Osaki, a hairdresser whose husband and wife are constantly fighting, wants to know her husband's true feelings, so she tells the matchmaker. The matchmaker tells the story of Confucius, who lost his beloved white horse to fire in a stable fire, but ignored the horse and asked about the safety of his servants, which made the servants respect him deeply. He also tells the story of a man in a certain mansion in Kojimachi, who was so concerned about his wife's health that he didn't ask her how she was feeling when she slipped down the stairs while carrying a precious china bowl. He also told her that if her husband was so concerned about the china bowl when she broke it, she should break up with him. Osaki comes home and breaks the china. The husband is shocked and asks, "Were you hurt?" "Well, I'm grateful. You take such good care of my body," "But of course you do. If you don't hurt yourself, you'll be playing around and won't be able to drink from tomorrow onwards." This is an old Edo rakugo story, perfected by the 8th generation Katsura Bunraku after much research.

[Kazuo Sekiyama]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

落語。『論語』から出た教訓噺(ばなし)。夫婦げんかの絶えない髪結いのお崎は、亭主の本心が知りたくて仲人(なこうど)に話す。仲人は、唐土(もろこし)の孔子は厩の火事で愛する白馬を焼死させながらも、馬にかまわず家来の安否を尋ねたため、家来は孔子を心から尊敬したという話と、麹町(こうじまち)のさる屋敷の旦那(だんな)は、奥方がたいせつな瀬戸物の鉢を持って階段から滑り落ちたときに、鉢のほうばかり気にして奥方の体のことを少しも聞かなかったという話をする。そして、お前の亭主も、お前が瀬戸物を割ったときに、もしも瀬戸物ばかり気にしているようだったら別れてしまえと教えた。お崎は帰宅して瀬戸物を壊す。亭主は驚いて「けがはなかったか」と聞く。「まあ、ありがたい。お前さん、そんなにあたしの体がだいじかい」「あたりめえじゃねえか、けがしてみねえ、あしたっから遊んでて酒飲むことができねえ」。古い江戸の噺であり、8代目桂文楽(かつらぶんらく)が研究を重ねて完成した。

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