Yakkomono - Yakkomono

Japanese: 奴物 - やっこもの

A type of Kabuki kyogen. The main characters are servants of samurai families, or slaves of banner lords or townsfolk. Edo records from the Kanbun period (1661-73) include the roles of "Yakinoku" (slave) and "Ko-Yakinoku" (child slave), and many one-act plays with a yakinoku (slave) as the main character include "Jigoku Yakinoku" (Hell Slave), "Furo-Iri Yakinoku" (Bath Slave), "Yamaya Yakinoku" (Yanaka Slave), "Yakinoku Odori" (Slave Dance), and "Roppo with Yakinoku" (Roppo with Slave). Tamon Shōzaemon (years of birth and death unknown, active in Edo in the 1660s), who is said to have originated the performing techniques of "Tanzen" and "Rokkō", is also recorded as the first yakinoku (slave).

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

歌舞伎狂言の一系統。武家の従僕としての奴あるいは旗本奴，町奴を主人公にする。寛文期(1661‐73)の江戸の記録には，役柄として〈奴方〉〈子奴〉があり，奴方を主人公とする一幕の演目に〈地獄奴〉〈風呂入奴〉〈山谷奴〉〈谷中奴〉〈奴踊〉〈奴つれ六方（ろつぽう）〉など，〈奴〉のつくものが多数挙げられる。〈丹前（たんぜん）〉や〈六方〉の演技術を創始したといわれる多門庄左衛門(生没年不詳，1660年代江戸で活躍)が奴方としても初めに記録されている。

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