狂きょう言げん方かた

noun

kyogen performer

Refers to an actor specializing in kyogen, the comic interlude in Noh theater.

• 彼かれは能のう楽がく堂どうで狂きょう言げん方かたとして活かつ躍やくしている。

  He is active as a kyogen performer at the Noh theater.

noun

low-ranked kabuki playwright

Historical term for a junior playwright in kabuki, responsible for writing scripts under the supervision of a senior playwright.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、狂きょう言げん方かたは歌か舞ぶ伎きの脚きゃく本ほんを書かく下か級きゅうの作さく者しゃだった。

  In the Edo period, a kyogenkata was a low-ranked playwright who wrote kabuki scripts.