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The Woman-Killer and the Hell of Oil

(女殺油地獄) (Onnakoroshi abura no jigoku)

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First Staged: 1721
Reference: Major Plays of Chikamatsu, translated by Donald Keene, (New York: Columbia University Press, 1961); Hironaga, Shūzaburō, The Bunraku Handbook (Tokyo: Maison des Arts, 1976); Kokuritsu Gekijō jōen shiryōshū, edited by Kokuritsu Gekijō Geinō Chōsashitsu, vol. 224, February 1984; Bunraku February 1982 Performance Program

Written By: Chikamatsu Monzaemon (近松門左衛門)

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