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The Cherry Trees Along the Hidaka River

(日高川入相花王) (Hidakagawa iriai zakura)

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First Staged: 1759
Reference: Traditional Japanese Theater: An Anthology of Plays, edited by Karen Brazell (New York: Columbia University Press, 1998), p. 506; Hironaga, Shūzaburō, The Bunraku Handbook (Tokyo: Maison des Arts, 1976); Kokuritsu Gekijō jōen shiryōshū, edited by Kokuritsu Gekijō Geinō Chōsashitsu, vol. 177, May 1980; Bunraku May 1980 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) , Nihodō (二歩堂)

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