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A Kyogen scripture written by Yaemon Toraakira, the 13th head of the Okura school in the early Edo period. It is a work in which Yaemon Toraakira added his own annotations to each section of "Mukashigatari" (Old Stories), completed in 1651 (Keian 4), and includes a family tree, an autobiography, and other information. It has a total of 89 sections (6 and 88 sections are missing), as well as a colophon from 1660 (Manji 3). The content is wide-ranging, including etiquette and rules for Kyogen and general Noh stories, and it has a hint of pedantic pedantry, but it is consistent in its passion for establishing the tradition of Kyogen as a classical art form, criticizing the emerging Sagi school, which was very realistic at the time. Among the few Kyogen scriptures available, this is the most substantial.

[Kobayashi, Responsible]

"Warambegusa" edited by Sasano Ken (Iwanami Bunko) " ▽ "History of Japanese Language and Literature Research 8: Noh Plays and Kyogen" edited by Nishio Minoru et al. (1961, Sanseido)

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狂言の伝書。江戸前期の大蔵(おおくら)流13世家元、弥右衛門虎明(やえもんとらあきら)の著。1651年（慶安4）に完成した『昔語(むかしがたり)』の各段について自ら注解を加えたもので、全編89段（6段・88段欠）に家之系図、自伝などを加えたもので、1660年（万治3）の奥書がある。狂言にかかわる作法・心得、能楽一般の故事など、内容は広範にわたり、衒学(げんがく)的臭みも感じさせるが、当代的写実性の強かった新興の鷺(さぎ)流を批判の対象とし、古典芸能としての狂言の芸統確立に賭(か)けた情熱が一貫している。数少ない狂言伝書中、もっとも内容の充実した書。

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『笹野堅編『わらんべ草』（岩波文庫）』▽『西尾実他編『国語国文学研究史大成8――謡曲　狂言』（1961・三省堂）』

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