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The Cruel Employer

(由良湊千軒長者) (Yura no minamoto sengen chōja)

First Staged: 1761
Reference: Bunraku March 1988 Performance Program

Written By: Takeda Koizumo (竹田小出雲) , Chikamatsu Hanji (近松半二) , Kitamado Goichi (北窓後一) , Takemoto Saburobei (竹本三郎兵衛) , Miyoshi Shōraku (三好松洛)

Performances:

• July 1982: The Cruel Employer
• March 1988: The Cruel Employer

Kashira:

• Otoko chū koyaku (男中子役)

Characters:

• Anju (安寿姫)
• Zushio (づし王丸)