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The Amorous Courier

(傾城恋飛脚) (Keisei koibikyaku)

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First Staged: 1773
Reference: Kokuritsu Gekijō jōen shiryōshū, edited by Kokuritsu Gekijō Geinō Chōsashitsu, vol. 158; December 1978' Bunraku January 1989 Performance Program

Written By: Suga Sensuke (菅専助) , Wakatake Fuemi (若竹笛躬)

Performances:

• September 1969: The Amorous Courier
• November 1971: The Amorous Courier
• September 1976 Kōkōsei no tame no Bunraku Kyōshitsu: The Amorous Courier
• December 1978: The Amorous Courier
• January 1989: The Amorous Courier
• December 1990: The Amorous Courier
• December 1991 Bunraku Kanshō Kyōshitsu: The Amorous Courier
• January 1996: The Amorous Courier
• September 1972 Bunraku Kyōshitsu: The Amorous Courier

Kashira:

• Musume (娘)
• Genta (源太)
• Ofuku (お福)
• Hayaku (端役)
• Baba (sewa) (婆（世話）)
• Takeuji (武氏)
• Shiratayū (白太夫)
• Darasuke (陀羅助)
• Nemuri no musume (ねむりの娘)
• Jiji (sewa) (爺（世話）)
• Hanaugoki (鼻動き)
• Sadanoshin (定之進)
• Baba (婆)
• Kenbishi (検非違使)
• Baba tsume (婆つめ)
• Jiji tsume (爺つめ)

Characters:

• Chuzaburo's wife (Chuza's wife) (忠三女房)
• Hachiemon (八右衛門)
• Chubei (亀屋忠兵衛)
• Umegawa (傾城(遊女, 槌屋) 梅川)
• Mizuemon (樋の口の水右衛門)
• Dengababa (伝が婆)
• Okizukin (置頭巾)
• Tojibei (弦掛の藤治兵衛)
• Doan (道庵)
• Magoemon (親孫右衛門)
• Chief constable (捕手小頭)
• Constables (捕手)

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