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The Love-Inspired Murder

(恋娘昔八丈) (Koimusume mukashi hachijō)

First Staged: 1775
Reference: Bunraku September 1989, January 1990, November 1970 Performance Programs; Hironaga, Shūzaburō, The Bunraku Handbook (Tokyo: Maison des Arts, 1976)

Written By: Matsu Kanshi (松貫四) , Yoshida Kakumaru (吉田角丸)

Performances:

• November 1970: The Love-Inspired Murder
• April 1976: The Love-Inspired Murder
• October 1980: The Love-Inspired Murder
• May 1985: The Love-Inspired Murder
• September 1989: The Love-Inspired Murder
• January 1990: The Love-Inspired Murder
• January 1995: The Love-Inspired Murder
• April 1998: The Love-Inspired Murder

Kashira:

• Hayaku (端役)
• Musume (娘)
• Genta (Ugokinashi ) (源太（動きなし）)
• Sadanoshin (定之進)
• Sanmaime (tedai) (三枚目（手代）)
• Ofuku (お福)
• Decchi (丁稚)
• Takeuji (武氏)
• Darasuke (陀羅助)
• Baba (sewa) (婆（世話）)
• Kōmei (孔明)
• Hagataki (端敵)
• Genta (源太)
• Sanmaime (三枚目)
• Tedai (手代)
• Baba (婆)

Characters:

• Kakunai, a servant (奴角内)
• Sekinai, a servant (奴関内)
• Okoma (娘お駒)
• Saizaburo Obana (尾花才三郎)
• Rokuroemon Obana (尾花六郎右衛門)
• Johachi (番頭丈八)
• Okiku (下女おきく)
• Santa, an apprentice (丁稚三太)
• Shobei, Okoma's father (城木屋庄兵衛)
• Tsukudaya Kizo (佃屋喜蔵)
• Shobei's wife (城木屋女房 (庄兵衛女房))
• Yatoda Tsutsumi (堤弥藤太)
• Watchman (番太)
• Yatoji Tsutsumi (代官堤弥藤次)
• Oyoshi, a maid (下女およし)
• Toshichi, in fact Saizaburo Obana (髪結藤七実は尾花才三郎)