辻つじ講ごう釈しゃく

noun

street storytelling; begging storyteller's performance

Historical practice, especially in the Edo period, where a storyteller would recite war tales or lectures near roads or temples while soliciting donations.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、辻つじ講釈ごうしゃくが盛さかんに行おこなわれていた。

  In the Edo period, street storytelling was widely practiced.

• 辻つじ講釈ごうしゃくは、物もの語がたりを語かたりながら道みち行ゆく人ひとからお金かねをもらう芸げいだった。

  Street storytelling was a performance art where the teller would receive money from passersby while narrating tales.