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The Stuttering Painter

(傾城反魂香) (Keisei hangonkō)

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First Staged: 1708
Reference: Keene, Donald, Bunraku: The Art of the Japanese Puppet Theatre (Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1973); Kokuritsu Gekijō jōen shiryōshū, edited by Kokuritsu Gekijō Geinō Chōsashitsu, vol. 177, May 1980; Bunraku April 1988, May 1980 Performance Programs; Hironaga, Shūzaburō, The Bunraku Handbook (Tokyo: Maison des Arts, 1976)

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

Performances:

• July 1972: The Stuttering Painter
• October 1973: The Stuttering Painter
• July 1978: The Stuttering Painter
• May 1980: The Stuttering Painter
• July 1984: The Stuttering Painter
• April 1988: The Stuttering Painter
• May 1988: The Stuttering Painter
• March 1990: The Stuttering Painter
• July 1996: The Stuttering Painter

Kashira:

• Kiichi (鬼一)
• Baba (婆)
• Matahei (又平)
• Fukeoyama (老女形)
• Genta (源太)

Characters:

• Shurinosuke (修理之介)
• Mitsunobu (土佐将監(光信）)
• Mitsunobu's wife (将監奥方)
• Matahei (吃又平 (浮世又平 後に 土佐光起))
• Otoku (女房おとく)
• Utanosuke (雅楽之介 (狩野雅楽之助))
• Farmers (百姓)

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