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The Color Prints of Kagamiyama

(加賀見山旧錦絵) (Kagamiyama kokyō no nishikie)

First Staged: 1782
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); Kokuritsu Gekijō jōen shiryōshū, edited by Kokuritsu Gekijō Geinō Chōsashitsu, vol. 203, May 1982; Bunraku May 1982 Performance Program

Written By: Yō Yōtai (容楊黛)

Performances:

• October 1968: The Color Prints of Kagamiyama
• November 1974: The Color Prints of Kagamiyama
• January 1976: The Color Prints of Kagamiyama
• April 1981: The Color Prints of Kagamiyama
• May 1982: The Color Prints of Kagamiyama
• April 1990: The Color Prints of Kagamiyama
• May 1990: The Color Prints of Kagamiyama
• April 1995: The Color Prints of Kagamiyama
• April 2001: The Color Prints of Kagamiyama

Kashira:

• Kōmei (孔明)
• Kenbishi (検非違使)
• Hayaku (端役)
• Wakaotoko (若男)
• Matahei (又平)
• Otoko koyaku (男子役)
• Fukeoyama (老女形)
• Tedai (手代)
• Ofuku (お福)
• Musume (娘)
• Yashio (八汐)
• Kuchiaki Bunshichi (口あき文七)
• Hagataki (端敵)
• Genta (源太)
• Onoemon (斧右衛門)
• Bunshichi (文七)
• Koyaku (子役)
• Sanmaime (三枚目)

Characters:

• Matasuke (鳥井又助)
• Lord of Taga (多賀大領 (前田大領))
• Sanzaemon, a page (近習山左衛門)
• Odai, wife of Matasuke (女房お大)
• Tarosaku, a messanger (歩き太郎作)
• Saibei, Proprietor of the tea house Kutsuwa (亭主才兵衛 (くつわの亭主))
• Motome (谷沢求馬)
• Jirosaku, Village headman (庄屋治郎作)
• Matakichi, son of Matasuke (伜又吉)
• Shoji Yasuda, chief retainer (安田庄司)
• Iwafuji, chief lady-in-waiting (局岩藤)
• Onoe, lady-in-waiting (中老尾上)
• Zenroku, a merchant (鷲の善六)
• Onaka, a maid (腰元お仲(お夏))
• Ofuyu, a maid (腰元お冬)
• Ohatsu, Onoe's maid (召使お初)
• Danjo, Iwafuji's uncle (伯父弾正)
• Toma (忍び当馬)