水みず狂きょう言げん

noun

water theatre; theatre using water tricks

Archaic term for a type of theatre performance that incorporated water for tricks or cooling effects, typically during hot weather. Not used in modern Japanese.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの夏なつには、水みず狂きょう言げんと呼よばれる水みずを使つかった演えん芸げいが行おこなわれた。

  During the Edo period, a type of performance using water called mizu-kyōgen was put on in summer.