Kyogen - Japan Comic Play - pt 2

From Gion Corner website: http://www.kyoto-gion-corner.info/gion_corner/kyogen/index.html

Kyogen is a kind of comic play performed as an interlude for Noh plays and spoken in the everyday language of the time.

Kyogen pieces have been handed down from the 15th century. It may be regarded as a form of art consisting of a primitive dance including acrobatic stunts performed at the time of rice planting or in supplication to the Gods for a rich harvest at shrine festivals. After the 16th century, Kyogen became exclusive among the people especially in the warrior class as one of their accomplishments under the patronage of the Shogunate at that time.

Scene part of comedy about a Japanese lord who is worried that his two servants will consume his sake as he travels to a nearby village. He conspires a plan to detain both of them while he is away and successfully ties them up before leaving. However, they are still able to drink their master's sake. The Japanese lord returns to find his servant drunk, both singing and dancing. He then punishes them for their misbehavior.

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