Performances > November 1988: The Battles of Genji and Heike

November 1988: The Battles of Genji and Heike

Plays:

• The Battles of Genji and Heike (ひらかな盛衰記)

Scenes:

• The Itodo Myojin Shrine (射手明神)
• Yoshinaka's Mansion (義仲館)
• The Toothbrush Maker's House (楊枝屋)
• The Inn at Otsu (大津宿屋)
• The Improvised Bamboo Hearse (笹引)
• The Matsuemon's House (松右衛門内)
• The Rowing Lesson (逆櫓)
• Kajiwara's Mansion (梶原館)
• The Argument on the Uji River Crossing (先陣問答)
• Disinheritance of Genda (源太勘当)
• The Fortune Teller (辻法印)
• The Tea House at Kanzaki (神崎揚屋)
• The Innermost Room (奥座敷)

Characters:

• Minamoto-no-Yoshitsune (源義経)
• Kagetoki Kajiwara (梶原平三景時)
• Takatsuna Sasaki (佐々木高綱)
• Shigetada Hatakeyama (畠山重忠)
• Yoshimori Wada (和田義盛)
• Old woodcutter (杣の老人)
• Yoshinaka Kiso (木曽義仲(朝日将軍義仲))
• Ofude (腰元お筆)
• Yamabuki-Gozen (山吹御前)
• Tomoe-Gozen (巴御前)
• Kamada (Kamata) Haito (鎌田隼人)
• Landlord Rokubei (家主六兵衛)
• Bamba-no-Chuta (番場忠太)
• Gonshiro (船頭権四郎)
• Oyoshi (およし)
• Innkeeper (宿屋亭主)
• Komawaka (駒若君)
• Tsuchimatsu (槌松)
• Matsuemon, in fact Kanemitsu Matsuemon (松右衛門実は樋口次郎兼光)
• Mataroku, a boatman (船頭又六)
• Tomizo, a boatman (船頭富蔵)
• Kurosaku, a boatman (九郎作)
• Genta Kajiwara (梶原源太景季)
• Heiji Kajiwara (梶原平次景高)
• Chidori, later known as Umegae (腰元千鳥後に傾城梅ヶ枝(傾城梅ヶ枝))
• Enju (母延寿)
• Gunnai Yokosuka (横須賀軍内)
• Fortune teller (辻法印)
• Fortune teller's wife (法印女房)
• Tea house proprietor (揚屋亭主)
• Maid (仲居)
• Pawn shop employee (質屋の男)
• Landlord (家主)
• Farmers (百姓)
• Constables (捕手)
• Neighbors (近所の衆)
• Soldiers (軍兵)
• Maid servants (腰元)