万まん歳ざい

noun

door-to-door manzai; traditional New Year comedy performance

Historical form of manzai performed by entertainers visiting homes during the New Year period; precursor to modern manzai (漫才).

See also: 漫才

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、正しょう月がつに万まん歳ざいが家いえ々いえを回まわって祝いわいの芸げいを披ひ露ろうした。

  In the Edo period, manzai performers went door-to-door during the New Year to present celebratory acts.

• 万まん歳ざいは、現げん代だいの漫まん才ざいの原げん型けいとされる伝でん統とう芸げい能のうです。

  Manzai is a traditional performing art considered the precursor to modern manzai.