Rakugo that connects Edo and TOKYO, a theme that changes from season to season

　Rakugo is put in one or two seats four times in each period, and the story is developed around the rakugo.The total number of classic rakugo is about 4 seats.From the story that he has, he decides the story to be spoken each time according to the theme of the series, composes the content, and picks up the story that can be talked on the day by hitting the material or asking the current land.In the theme of the summer course, "food," the story of eel, a specialty of Edo, came to mind.
 

 
　"For example, in the case of eels, if Hiraga Gennai wrote and pasted" Today's Day of the Ox "on a piece of paper, there was a story that customers were rushing in, but on the other hand, there was a story called Harukiya in Kanda Izumicho. The advertisement at that time said that the store was the originator of the day of the Ox, but I don't know how long the beginning of this store called Harukiya can be traced back, and Gennai and Harukiya seem to have been around for a while. I can't say that Gennai advised Harukiya because there isn't one, so there is a theory that Harukiya may have started. However, it will be.

　What I want to convey is that you have taken a half step in something that you all know a little.To be honest, it may be an information episode that comes out immediately if you look for it a little, but I will tell you about it together with rakugo.Also, if you arrange, compare, and match the historical facts over there with the anecdotes here, there are things that can be seen from different angles.Then, uh, that's right, uh, I feel like I've gained a little, and it's a little fun.I wonder if I've gained a little bit of knowledge, I hope you can bring that much home. "

　Rakugo is not only a classic entertainment of word of mouth, but also a popular entertainment.It is adjusted to make people laugh, as if appealing to the audience of that era.The current rakugo story is mostly from the end of the Meiji era to the beginning of the Taisho era, except for the story of the samurai, but at that time, there were grandfathers and grandmothers who still knew the Edo period, and most of them lived in tatami or wooden houses in Japanese clothes. The whole society was connected to Edo in an easy-to-understand manner, so even when performing in modern times, it is accepted as a storyteller of the society that continued from Edo, says Mr. Soshi.

　It seems that you must be careful in treating rakugo itself as historical material.Mr. Soshi says, "What the rakugo storyteller is saying" and "This is what is said in rakugo."Still, he says, "Rakugo is still a good hint to know the Edo period."

　"Some rakugo stories are called" along the way, "which tells us the route to walk.
In the rakugo story "Golden Mochi," "I leave Yamazaki-cho in Shitaya and then hit the mountain in Ueno.Go around Yamashita, look to the right of Shinobazu Pond, and cross Mihashi to Hirokoji in Shitaya.In fact, I also took the route from the east side of Ueno station to the back of Azabu from a cut-out map into a modern map and walked twice.Then, there will be some fluctuations in the route, and of course the surrounding scenery will change a lot, but the distance will not change that much.People at that time also walked to a distant place at night, and I feel that kind of feeling.
　
　Therefore, if you look at the cut-out map, I would like all the students to walk around the town name.Rakugo is not equal to Edo, but I would like you to go back to the present day and expand your imagination from old Tokyo to the scenery of Edo through rakugo.I hope you will realize that the world of Edo is connected to Tokyo in front of you.I think that is unique to this Tokyo Metropolitan University course. "
 

 

It's fun to learn.I am learning through this course

　In order to talk in this course, I found it by opening a book that had not been opened before or by asking the land to find out, and it is still fun to learn.Through this course, the awareness of rakugo is deepened, and some of the content is returned to what is said in the high seat, which is a plus for daily work.

　"For example, in rakugo, the selling voice when selling" burdock "and" burdock "is like a pillow that puts" n "and sells like" burdock ". However, when I researched various things, it seems that only the upper part said "burdock", and in Edo, there was a story that it was sold as "burdock", and I was surprised when that happened. Shin. As I said earlier, rakugo is a verbal entertainment, so basically I'll do what I've been taught, but I understand that the fact that I was talking about investigating in this way was actually different from the fact. That's what makes me study.

　Sometimes when I actually walk around the site, I think that the distance between the two town names that appear in the storyteller is so close that the storyteller may not be established.However, that was also a good discovery, and I am already looking forward to it.Learning is a lot of fun.

　In the future, what I would like to learn is to study old documents a little more so that I can read the broken characters quickly.Right now, I'm reading each character by collating it with the broken character dictionary, so I hope I can read that kind of thing smoothly. "

　At Tokyo Metropolitan University Open University, all spring and summer courses were canceled in 2020 due to the influence of the new coronavirus infection, but since then we have increased the number of online courses and will meet from the spring of XNUMX. We are also trying to resume the course.In addition, we are planning an online special course that "exceeds the distance" by taking advantage of the unique characteristics of the online course.

　You can learn from the voices of the participants, such as "Satisfying the desire to learn", "Not only liberal arts but also science", "I'm glad that I can get specialized knowledge openly". The fun is transmitted.Going forward, we will continue to provide attractive courses that respond to the intellectual curiosity of students while making the best use of the characteristics of online courses and face-to-face courses.
 
 
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