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The Herculean Woman

(和田合戦女舞鶴) (Wada kassen onna maizuru)

First Staged: 1736
Reference: Hironaga, Shūzaburō, The Bunraku Handbook (Tokyo: Maison des Arts, 1976); Bunraku September 1989 Performance Program

Written By: Namiki Sōsuke (See also Namiki Senryū) (並木宗輔)

Performances:

• September 1989: The Herculean Woman

Kashira:

• Musume (娘)
• Ofuku (お福)
• Darasuke (陀羅助)
• Oniwaka (鬼若)
• Kenbishi (検非違使)
• Fukeoyama (老女形)
• Otoko koyaku (男子役)
• Baba (婆)

Characters:

• Lady Itsuki (息女斎姫)
• Kaede (腰元かえで)
• Kofuyu (腰元小冬)
• Heida Egara (荏柄平太)
• Shiro Fujisawa (藤沢四郎)
• Yoichi Asari (浅利与市)
• Hangaku, Yoichi's wife (妻板額)
• Ichiwaka (市若丸 )
• Lady Masako (政子尼公)
• Tsunade, Heita's wife (平太妻綱手)
• Kinsato (公暁丸)