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Kiichi's Book of Strategy

(鬼一法眼三略巻) (Kiichi Hōgen sanryaku no maki)

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First Staged: 1731
Reference: Hironaga, Shūzaburō, The Bunraku Handbook (Tokyo: Maison des Arts, 1976); Kokuritsu Gekijō jōen shiryōshū, edited by Kokuritsu Gekijō Geinō Chōsashitsu, vol. 168, September 1979; Bunraku November 1991 Performance Program

Written By: Matsuda Bunkōdō (文耕堂) , Hasegawa Senshi (長谷川千四)

Performances:

• April 1973: Kiichi's Book of Strategy
• August 1978: Kiichi's Book of Strategy
• April 1979: Kiichi's Book of Strategy
• September 1979: Kiichi's Book of Strategy
• November 1981: Kiichi's Book of Strategy
• August 1986 National Bunraku Theatre, Osaka: Kiichi's Book of Strategy
• December 1987: Kiichi's Book of Strategy
• November 1991: Kiichi's Book of Strategy
• August 1993: Kiichi's Book of Strategy
• September 1993: Kiichi's Book of Strategy
• September 1995: Kiichi's Book of Strategy
• December 1997 Bunraku Kanshō Kyōshitsu: Kiichi's Book of Strategy

Kashira:

• Wakaotoko (若男)
• Ōdanshichi (大団七)
• Darasuke (陀羅助)
• Yokanbei (与勘平)
• Musume (娘)
• Kenbishi (検非違使)
• Kiichi (鬼一)
• Karasu tengu (烏天狗)
• Otoko chū koyaku (男中子役)
• Oniwaka chū koyaku (鬼若中子役)
• Hagataki (端敵)
• Sadanoshin (定之進)
• Oniwaka (鬼若)
• Baba (婆)
• Fukeoyama (老女形)
• Otoko koyaku (男子役)

Characters:

• Kiyomori (平清盛)
• Hiromori (播磨大掾広盛)
• Tankai Kasahara (笠原湛海)
• Minazuru (皆鶴姫)
• Kobata (腰元木幡)
• Chienai, in fact Kisanta (奴智恵内実は吉岡鬼三太)
• Kiichi (吉岡鬼一法眼)
• Torazo, in fact Ushiwakamaru (奴虎蔵実は牛若丸)
• Benkei (武蔵坊弁慶)
• Kijiro (吉岡鬼次郎)
• Kisanta (吉岡鬼三太)
• Umechiyo (稚児梅千代丸)
• Takemaru (稚児竹丸)
• Iwachiyo (広盛一子岩千代丸)
• Dampei (市原団平)
• Shokei (性慶阿闍梨)
• Oniwaka, later known as Benkei (鬼若丸後に武蔵坊弁慶)
• Asuka (乳母飛鳥)
• Okyo (妻お京)
• Buzenbo (天狗豊前坊)
• Sanukibo (天狗讃岐坊)
• Togakushibo (天狗戸隠坊)
• Sojobo (僧正坊)
• Ushiwakamaru (牛若丸)
• Maids (腰元)

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