Comic story Edo & Kamigata
Aona (Greens)
青菜・あおな
The story
A gardener is treated to refined hospitality at a wealthy man's estate, including an elegant little coded exchange the master and his wife use so servants won't understand them. Charmed, the gardener rushes home determined to show off the same genteel trick on his own wife, with far less graceful results.
What to listen for
The comedy of an ordinary man clumsily aping his betters. A summer favorite.
Background
The story turns on a bit of polite word-play the upper class used to speak in code in front of servants; the joke is a rough commoner trying to reproduce cultured manners he only half understands.
Notable performers
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