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The Modoribashi Bridge

(戻り橋) (Modoribashi)

First Staged: 1900
Reference: Bunraku April 1972 Performance Program; Keene, Donald, Bunraku: The Art of the Japanese Puppet Theatre (Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1973)

Performances:

• April 1972: The Modoribashi Bridge
• June 1974: The Modoribashi Bridge

Kashira:

• Gabu (tsunodashi) (角出しのガブ)
• Darasuke (陀羅助)
• Kenbishi (検非違使)
• Gabu (ガブ)

Characters:

• Tsuna Watanabe (渡辺源吾綱)
• Ugenta (右源太)
• Sagenta (左源太)
• Wakana, in fact a demon (扇折娘若菜実は悪鬼)