kabuki play performed in the third month (Edo period)
Archaic term for a kabuki production staged in the third month of the lunar calendar during the Edo period. Not used in modern theater contexts.
In the Edo period, yayoi kyōgen was a kabuki program performed in the third month.
From 弥生 (yayoi, the third month of the lunar calendar) and 狂言 (kyōgen, a type of traditional comic theater, here referring to kabuki plays). The exact historical derivation is uncertain.