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The Battles of Genji and Heike

(ひらかな盛衰記) (Hiragana seisuiki)

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First Staged: 1739
Reference: Kokuritsu Gekijō jōen shiryōshū, edited by Kokuritsu Gekijō Geinō Chōsashitsu, vol. 161, February 1979; Hironaga, Shūzaburō, The Bunraku Handbook (Tokyo: Maison des Arts, 1976); Bunraku November 1988, February 1979 Performance Program

Written By: Matsuda Bunkōdō (文耕堂) , Miyoshi Shōraku (三好松洛) , Asada Kakei (浅田可啓) , Takeda Koizumo (竹田小出雲) , Takeda Izumo, I (竹田出雲)

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