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Japanese: 物売物 - ものうりもの

A type of Kabuki dance. A group of works that depict the customs of street vendors as dance. They have appeared in Kyogen since the Genroku period (1688-1704), but by the Horeki period (1751-64) they were incorporated into pure Shosagoto, and as dances changed and became popular in the Bunka and Bunsei periods (1804-30), many vendors appeared. At first, they appeared in Kyogen as Uiro vendors, Shirozake vendors, Shinobu vendors, and other types of vendors who hid their true status, but later they became dances that depicted the customs of the city in a scenic way.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

歌舞伎舞踊の一系統。街頭を流す物売りの風俗を舞踊化した作品群。元禄(1688‐1704)ころから狂言の中にみえるが，宝暦期(1751‐64)になると純粋の所作事に採り入れられ，文化･文政期(1804‐30)の変化舞踊流行につれて，多くの物売りが登場する。はじめは，外郎（ういろう）売，白酒売，（しのぶ）売など狂言の中で，実際の身分を隠す〈やつし〉の姿の一つとして登場するが，のちには市井風俗を風物詩的に描写する舞踊となる。

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