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The Tycoon's Exploit

(絵本太功記 絵本太功記) (Ehon taikōki)

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First Staged: 1799
Reference: Keene, Donald, Bunraku: The Art of the Japanese Puppet Theatre (Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1973); Hironaga, Shūzaburō, The Bunraku Handbook (Tokyo: Maison des Arts, 1976); Bunraku April 1974 Performance Program

Written By: Chikamatsu Yanagi (近松柳) , Chikamatsu Kosuiken (近松湖水軒) , Chikamatsu Sen'yōken (近松千葉軒)

Performances:

• November 1972: The Tycoon's Exploit
• April 1973: The Tycoon's Exploit
• April 1974 Asahiza: The Tycoon's Exploit
• April 1974 National Theatre: The Tycoon's Exploit
• June 1977: The Tycoon's Exploit
• August 1978: The Tycoon's Exploit
• April 1979: The Tycoon's Exploit
• January 1982: The Tycoon's Exploit
• March 1982: The Tycoon's Exploit
• May 1985: The Tycoon's Exploit
• November 1985: The Tycoon's Exploit
• April 1987: The Tycoon's Exploit
• December 1980: The Tycoon's Exploit
• April 1993: The Tycoon's Exploit
• May 1993: The Tycoon's Exploit
• January 1996: The Tycoon's Exploit
• May 1987: The Tycoon's Exploit

Kashira:

• Oniwaka (鬼若)
• Sanmaime (三枚目)
• Fukeoyama (老女形)
• Musume (娘)
• Kenbishi (検非違使)
• Bunshichi (文七)
• Baba (婆)
• Wakaotoko (若男)
• Kintoki (金時)
• Genta (源太)
• Otoko koyaku (男子役)
• Matahei (又平)
• Toraō (虎王)
• Kōmei (孔明)
• Onna koyaku (女子役)
• Kiichi (鬼一)
• Kani (かに)
• Kodanshichi (小団七)
• Sadanoshin (定之進)
• Darasuke (陀羅助)
• Baba (jidai) (婆（時代）)
• Hanaugoki (鼻動き)
• Onoemon (斧右衛門)
• Tedai (手代)
• Shūto (舅)
• Yokanbei (与勘平)
• Hayaku (端役)
• Ofuku (お福)
• Ōshūto (大舅)
• Ōdanshichi (大団七)
• Hagataki (端敵)

Characters:

• Harunaga (尾田春長)
• Hisayoshi (真柴久吉(旅僧実は))
• Mitsuhide (武智光秀)
• Priest Abe (安倍法印)
• Priest Futen (普天坊)
• Naniwa-Chunagon Kanefuyu (浪花中納言)
• Rammaru (森の蘭丸)
• Jujiro (武智十次郎)
• Samboshi (三法師丸)
• Lady Ano (阿野の局)
• Shinobu (腰元しのぶ)
• Rikimaru (森の力丸)
• Sogi (宗祇坊)
• Kanroku, a soldier (珍分勘六)
• Masakiyo (加藤正清)
• Tamatsuyu (玉露)
• Ekei (安徳寺恵瓊)
• Yamasaburo (浦辺山三郎)
• Chozaemon (清水長左衛門)
• Yariume (妻やり梅)
• Takakage (小梅川隆景)
• Satsuki (母皐月)
• Shioten (四王天田島頭 (百姓長兵衛実は四王天田島頭) (四王天但馬守))
• Misao (妻操)
• Hatsugiku (嫁初菊)
• Yukinoya (妻雪の谷)
• Matsuyo (姉松代)
• Shigenari (鱸重成)
• Page (小姓)
• Keikaku (慶覚君)
• Hachiro (鷺森八郎)
• Magoichi (鱸孫市)
• Rokuro (是角六郎)
• Shigewaka (重若丸)
• Kiyohide Nakagawa (中川清秀)
• Kenketsu (僧献穴)
• Kuno Bungonokami (九野豊後守)
• Yosobei Akayama (赤山与三兵衛)
• Kosasa, a maid (腰元小笹)
• Namie, a maid (腰元浪江)
• Saeda Tokuzen-in (左枝徳善院)
• Harutaka Oda (尾田春孝)
• Katsuie Shibata (柴田勝家)
• Shogen Takigawa (滝川将監)
• Morimasa Sakuma (佐久間盛政)
• Masanori Fukushima (福島正則)
• Harunobu Oda (尾田春信)
• Farmers (百姓)

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