Jugemu
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The folktale of Jugemu is one of the most famous Rakugo in Japan. It has a simple story line with the funniest part being repeating of the ridiculously long name. It is often used in a training session of Rakugo entertainers.
A couple could not think of a suitable name for their newborn baby boy, and so the father went to the temple and asked the chief priest to think of an auspicious name. The priest suggested several names, beginning with Jugemu. The father could not decide which name he preferred, and therefore gave the baby all of the names. But one day, Jugemu falls into a lake and his parents arrive barely in time to save him as everyone had trouble reciting his name.
Jugemu's full name is ;
- Jugemu-jugemu
- Gokōnosurikire
- Kaijarisuigyo-no Suigyōmatsu
- Ungyōmatsu Fūraimatsu
- Kūnerutokoroni-sumutokoro
- Yaburakōjino-burakōji
- Paipopaipo-paiponoshūringan
- Shūringanno-gūrindai :Gūrindaino-ponpokopīno-ponpokonāno
- Chōkyūmeino-chōsuke
- 寿限無寿限無
- 五劫の擦り切れ
- 海砂利水魚の 水行末
- 雲来末 風来末
- 食う寝る処に住む処
- やぶら小路のぶら小路
- パイポパイポ パイポのシューリンガン
- シューリンガンのグーリンダイ
- グーリンダイのポンポコピーのポンポコナーの
- 長久命の長助
The recitation from memory of these names is a feature of the NHK children's tv programme "Nihongo de asobō" (Let's play with Japanese language)
A similar story, from China, is "Tikki Tikki Tembo". [1] (http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/tikki.html)