What is "Gairo"? In the Kanto region, Odawara's "Uiro" is historically known, but it is still vague, such as "food like Yokan" or "the name of any medicine?" . That should be the case, and Odawara's Gairoke continues to make sweets and medicines with the same name for generations. Gairo was the product name and the last name. In Tokasha 19's "Tokaido Naka-Kurige", there is a scene where Yajikita mistakenly eats the outside of the medicine as the outside of the confectionery and eats it with a bitter face. This gairo is the gairo of Odawara. "Is Gairo a confectionery or a mysterious medicine?"
If you are a Kabuki fan, you will hear that you are Toro, and one of Danjuro Ichikawa's 18th Kabuki, "Torouri", will come to your head first. This is the gairo of medicine, a specialty of Odawara in Sagami (Kanagawa Prefecture). In the Edo period, it was the Kabuki performance "Torouri" that made this medicine known to the world. When Danjuro Ichikawa, the second generation, was unable to speak well due to cough and sputum disease, and was in trouble because he couldn't stand on the stage, he took the groom and was completely relieved and returned to the stage again. It is said that he was able to do it. In order to inform people of such good medicines, with the consent of the Toro family, Danjuro's self-made `` Torouri '' was completed, and in 1718 (1718), Morita-za in Kibiki-cho (Ginza, Chuo-ku, near the back of Kabukiza) premiered. Was. This performance was hit hard, and later Danjuro, the seventh generation, was named "Kabuki 18th". The mouth of Gairo sales is equivalent to modern commercials.
"Gairo," But what is still famous is on its mouth. It is a series of fast-talking words that can be spoken smoothly because it has cured cough and sputum diseases. I would like to introduce some of them.
『...Armor harnesses Bugubagu, 3 Bugubagu, 6 Bugubagu, 6 Bugubagu. Chrysanthemum chestnut kukukukuri, and chrysanthemum kukukuri. Wheat garbage mugi garbage 3mugi garbage, combined with mugi garbage 6mugi garbage. Who is the Naganaginata of that Nageshi?...』。 That's why it's a dialogue that everyone has heard somewhere. The mouth of Toro sales is now used as a teaching material for vocal practice at training centers for actors, talents, and announcers.
The residence of the Goro Honke in Odawara. It's a good idea.
Why do you write "Gairo" and read "Uiro"? One of the ancestors of the Toro family was Chinen Yu, who had a government office called "Reibu Ingairo" in the original era of China. It is said that when the original was destroyed by the fire, he exiled to Hakata in Kyushu and claimed to be Uiro Chin. "Outside" was "Ui" in the sound of "Tang" which was the pronunciation of the original era, and can be said to be a natural process. This is the origin of "Uiro", and the name of the Chinese government has become the name of medicine and confectionery. Soki, the second generation of the Toro family, was invited to Kyoto by Yoshimitsu Ashikaga (the third general of the Muromachi Shogunate) to convey medicine from China (Mei) and devised confectionery for entertainment, It is said that he responded to the demands of the Imperial Court and samurai. The medicine was given by the Emperor of the time, "Tochinko", but since the Toro family made it, the medicine and confectionery were called Uiro in the streets. The fifth generation, Touemon, left his family business to his younger brother, and was invited to Odawara in the early 16th century by Soun Hojo, who boasted power in the Kanto region. The reason for this is unknown, but warload of the Warring States period and others may not have needed medicines such as the "gairo" that they can carry. The Toro family in Kyoto was cut off during the Tensho era (1573-1592), but the Toro family in Odawara remains and continues today. Many of the pastries of confectionery throughout the country were spread by craftsmen who served the gairo family in Kyoto.
The gairo of the medicine is a small, silver-colored round medicine. It is a popular medicine that cuts sputum and is said to be good for refreshing mouth and deodorizing, and seems to have been a universal medicine for people in the Edo period. Gairo, who resembles Morishita Jintan, is known as a specialty of Odawara-juku on the Tokaido, and many travelers bought it as a convenient way medicine. It is also popular as a souvenir, and it was a big hit during the Edo period, but in Edo it seems that it was bought at Taiwaya Kabei's store in Yokoyamacho, Ryogoku (now Nihonbashi Yokoyamacho, Chuo-ku). It was famous as a Toro stand in Edo, but unfortunately, there is no store in Yokoyamacho now.
You can watch the mouth of Danjuro's Gairo on Youtube, so please access the following URL and listen to it. Enjoy the smooth "mouth" judgement! I can't do it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjrZMhRTg78
