one more Banshun query

[Dick Stegewerns]

Dear KineJapan members,

While some of you seem to be busy trying to overcome the distance in time 
between now and the late 1940s in order to understand every detail of Ozu's 
Banshun, maybe someone can help me out and explain what the 'Mikawashima 
dai-ippan' in the same movie refers to and why it is so funny.

Here is the part in Japanese:

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Yoroshiku

Dick Stegewerns 
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