当あたり狂きょう言げん

noun

successful kyogen play; hit kyogen

Refers to a kyogen (traditional comic theater) performance that is a commercial or critical success. The term is specific to the context of kyogen and is not used for general hits.

See also: 狂言

• 今こん月げつの当あたり狂きょう言げんは、古こ典てんの名めい作さくを大だい胆たんにアレンジした舞ぶ台たいだ。

  This month's hit kyogen is a stage production that boldly adapts a classic masterpiece.

• 彼かれの一いち座ざは、当あたり狂きょう言げんを連れん発ぱつして人にん気きを博はくした。

  His troupe gained popularity by producing one successful kyogen after another.