an older form of manzai (comic performance) once performed door-to-door during New Year festivities; a historical precursor to modern manzai.
江戸時代の記録には、正月に家々で万歳が演じられたとある。
Records from the Edo period state that manzai-like performances (banzai) were performed in houses during the New Year.
昔は町の芸人が門々を回って万歳を披露したという。
It is said that in the past town entertainers went from gate to gate performing manzai.