朗読　「南瓜」　芥川龍之介

朗読 「南瓜」 芥川龍之介　南瓜とあだ名される市兵衛が人殺しをしたという話だ。　吉原では下っ端と言うより、数にもはいらない太鼓持ちだった南瓜。　南瓜には芸らしい芸はなく、客をつかまえて洒落るだけ洒落れて笑わせる。　客は南瓜がいつでも洒落るものだと思っているから、たまに真面目なことを言っても腹を抱えて笑っている。　南瓜は薄雲太夫という花魁に惚れていた。Reading "Pumpkin" by Ryunosuke Akutagawa　The story is about Ichibei, nicknamed "Kabochai," who killed a man.　Kabocha was a drummer in Yoshiwara, and was not even counted as one of the lowest-ranking actors.　Kabocha had no tricks of his own, but would grab a customer and make him laugh with just enough puns to make him laugh.The audience thinks that Kabocha is always making jokes, so they laugh when he sometimes says something serious.　Kabocha was in love with a courtesan named Usuumotayu.

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