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The Woman's Harakiri at Nagamachi

(長町女腹切) (Nagamachi onna no harakiri)

First Staged: 1712
Reference: Hironaga, Shūzaburō, The Bunraku Handbook (Tokyo: Maison des Arts, 1976); Bunraku February 1994 Performance Program

Written By: Chikamatsu Monzaemon (近松門左衛門)

Performances:

• February 1994: The Woman's Harakiri at Nagamachi

Kashira:

• Hayaku (端役)
• Musume (娘)
• Fukeoyama (老女形)
• Genta (源太)
• Yūsen (祐仙)
• Toraō (虎王)
• Kōmei (孔明)

Characters:

• Iwami, a swordsmith (刀屋石見)
• Chujiro (重手代忠二郎)
• Sasuke (弟子佐助)
• Kihachi (弟子喜八)
• Ohana (井筒屋お花)
• Hanshichi's aunt (半七の叔母)
• Hanshichi (手代半七)
• Komanji (光満寺)
• Tarozaemon (井筒屋太郎左衛門)
• Kyubei (父九兵衛)
• Densuke (料理人伝介)
• Jingoro (伽羅屋甚五郎)
• Seishichi (供の男清七)
• Courtesan (遊女)