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This time, I visited "Oedo Yoseki", which is held two or three times a month at Edo Nihonbashi-tei. Even though the performance starts at 1:30 pm, customers have been on the bench on the table for more than an hour.…。 As expected, the signboard project of Edo Nihonbashi-tei. There are a lot of customers looking forward to it.
30 minutes before the performance started, the glass door at the entrance opened large. Take off your shoes, change them to slippers, and pay the entrance fee at the wooden door. Admission fee is 2,000 yen on the day, 1,500 yen in advance. Advance sale is absolutely advantageous because it will be a pre-sale price only by telephone reservation! That's right.

When I entered, about 80% of seats with more than 90 seats were already filled. Do you have a lot of regulars? Because it is a free seat, I first sat in the last row that was vacant. When I settled down in my seat, I suddenly felt thirsty and wanted to drink PET bottle tea. (Is it okay to drink such a place?…And I feel somewhat uneasy. When I looked around, I found someone reading a newspaper with one beer in my hand. Look at it, I also have a sip of tea. After a while, the staff of Edo Nihonbashi-tei came to collect empty plastic bottles and cans with one garbage bag in one hand. It is safe to say that eating and drinking was not prohibited.

A few minutes before the performance time began, the sound of the music began to sound and the hall door was closed.
The curtain opened exactly at 1:30, and today's top batter, Ryutei Rakubo, appeared. He is the fourth disciple of Ryusuke Yanagitei, and goes to the story of "Child Home" as if it flows from Macra with a crisp and slightly lower voice. In order to manage to drink free sake, he gave his retirement praise and wisdom, but Kumahachi, who is not applied at all and fails, seems a little pitiful, but seems lovely. There is a small shy laugh everywhere in the audience.
Next is Rakugo, and the second Shunfutei Shokichi appeared. The story is a novel rakugo story by the main character of a serious man. Mr. Inaba, who received a publicity tissue from a store that provides a little bit of a service, and if you can not return home with your beloved wife, you will be disturbed many times even though you try to dispose of it, Inaba's impatient depiction is really imminent and I laugh unintentionally. At last, what will happen to this story? I was a little worried, but that's still a professional. The lowering was great too. He is a rakugo artist from the Univ. of Tokyo.
Next, Konagi Kanda's talk, "The Woman of the Band." The story is that a fraudster from a circus called Orchid falsely claimed to have made a couple promise with a young man who died in the war, and steals incense, but after twists and turns, he really became the wife of the house. It seems that it is a story based on a true story after the war. The voice of the orchid played by Konagi was very glossy and wonderful.
At the end of the day before Nakai entered, Takezo Tachibana appeared again in rakugo. As you go up to the high seat, there is a shout of "plentiful!" from the venue. For a moment, is it physical? I thought it was rude (sweat), but in fact, it means "Please do that master art." Mr. Takezo told me a lot on this day, "Funatoku". It is a story that Tokubei, a young husband who was misunderstood by his parents, wants to be a captain in the boarding house where he lives, but a powerless young husband inadvertently makes his boat debut, and where he manipulates the boat while saying, He is watching. The strength will enter so far.

It started with a 10-minute friendship with Hayashinokomi's furoshiki comic story. After introducing how to use furoshiki that can be used in various situations from everyday life to disaster, using a red and white large-format furoshiki, a bride's cotton hat, nurse cap, bus guide hat, twisted headband, town roll, boy scout, fractured person (triangular width), etc. Show off the art of making various shapes in an instant. If you remember how to make a backpack using two furoshikis, it seems useful in case of emergency.
And the bird of this day was "Parent and Child Sake" by Sanyutei Korakushi. A parent and child who loves sake promises to refuse sake, but steals each other's eyes, drinks sake, and finally becomes a parent and child fight. When a drunk father said, "I can't give my face to a monster with such seven or eight faces," my son said, "I'm going to get a house like this." Many of you know the sage that returns.
Actually, I moved my seat in front of the middle, but while listening to the rakugo of the good music teacher, I praised myself (that was a nice decision ~) I was (laughs). Edo Nihonbashi-tei is close to the performers and the audience seats, and the sake-loving father played by a good musician can see the hand and expression of drinking alcohol in a lovely manner so that he does not miss a drop of sake from a distance of about 2 to 3 meters. Isn't there any other theater where you can enjoy that master art at this distance?

The `` Edo Yoseki '' that I visited this time is `` each school joint yoseki '' in which performers from different organizations such as Rakugo Arts Council, Enraku Ichimon, Tachikawa-ryu, Kodan Association, Japan Kodan Association, Tokyo Performing Arts Association, etc. It is a joint yoseki. This program is recommended not only for those who like traditional performing arts, but also for those who are the first to listen to rakugo and talks. Why don't you go to Edo Nihonbashi-tei to experience the first laugh of Reiwa?

■Edo Nihonbashi-tei
http://www.ntgp.co.jp/engei/nihonbasi/

〒103-0023 Nihonbashi Nagatani Building, 3-1-6 Nihonbashi Honcho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 1st floor
2-minute walk from Exit A10 of Mitsukoshimae Station on Tokyo Metro
3 minutes on foot from JR Sobu Line Shin-Nihonbashi Station Exit 4
7-minute walk from Kanda Station on the JR Yamanote Line