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The Love Suicide at Amijima

(天網島時雨炬燵) (Ten no Amijima shigure no kotatsu)

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First Staged: 1791
Reference: Kokuritsu Bunraku Gekijō jōen shiryōshū, edited by Kokuritsu Bunraku Gekijō Chōsayōseika, vol. 8, April 1985; Bunraku April 1985, January 1994 Performance Programs

Performances:

• February 1980: The Love Suicide at Amijima
• April 1985: The Love Suicide at Amijima
• February 1989: The Love Suicide at Amijima
• January 1994: The Love Suicide at Amijima

Kashira:

• Fukeoyama (老女形)
• Darasuke (陀羅助)
• Hagataki (端敵)
• Hayaku (端役)
• Kōmei (孔明)
• Baba (sewa) (婆（世話）)
• Onna koyaku (女子役)
• Decchi (丁稚)
• Shūto (sewa) (舅（世話）)
• Musume (娘)
• Otoko koyaku (男子役)
• Tedai (手代)
• Baba (婆)
• Shūto (舅)

Characters:

• Jihei (紙屋治兵衛)
• Magoemon (粉屋孫右衛門)
• Koharu (紀の国屋小春)
• Kawasho proprietor (河庄亭主)
• Tahei (江戸屋太兵衛)
• Zenroku (五貫屋善六)
• Osan (女房おさん)
• Sangoro (丁稚三五郎)
• Gozaemon (舅五左衛門)
• Kantaro (伜勘太郎)
• Osue (娘お末)
• Denkai (伝界坊)
• Saibei (紀の国屋才兵衛)
• Osan's mother (おさんの母)

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