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The Amorous Courier on the Yamato Highway

(恋飛脚大和往来) (Koi no tayori Yamato ōrai)

First Staged: 1773
Reference: Keene, Donald, Bunraku: The Art of the Japanese Puppet Theatre (Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1973); Bunraku January 1982 Performance Program

Written By: Suga Sensuke (菅専助) , Wakatake Fuemi (若竹笛躬)

Performances:

• January 1975: The Amorous Courier on the Yamato Highway
• July 1980 Tour: The Amorous Courier on the Yamato Highway
• January 1982: The Amorous Courier on the Yamato Highway
• October 1984: The Amorous Courier on the Yamato Highway

Kashira:

• Musume (娘)
• Ofuku (お福)
• Hayaku (端役)
• Baba (sewa) (婆（世話）)
• Jiji (sewa) (爺（世話）)
• Takeuji (武氏)
• Hanaugoki (鼻動き)
• Sadanoshin (定之進)
• Darasuke (陀羅助)
• Genta (源太)
• Otoko tsume (男つめ)
• Baba tsume (婆つめ)
• Jiji tsume (爺つめ)
• Kenbishi (検非違使)
• Nemuri no musume (ねむりの娘)

Characters:

• Dengababa (伝が婆)
• Doan (針立の道庵)
• Magoemon (親孫右衛門)
• Tojibei (弦掛の藤治兵衛)
• Chief of a police squad (捕手小頭)
• Okizukin (置頭巾)
• Mizuemon (樋の口の水右衛門)
• Umegawa (梅川)
• Chubei (亀屋忠兵衛)
• Chuzaburo's wife (Chuza's wife) (忠三女房)
• Hachiemon (八右衛門)
• Street performers (節季候)
• Secondhand goods dealer (古手買)