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The Pregnant Mountain Ogress (Heroine)

(嫗山姥) (Komochi yamanba)

First Staged: 1712
Reference: Hironaga, Shūzaburō, The Bunraku Handbook (Tokyo: Maison des Arts, 1976); Kokuritsu Gekijō jōen shiryōshū, edited by Kokuritsu Gekijō Geinō Chōsashitsu, vol. 93, May 1973; Bunraku February 1997 Performance Program

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

Performances:

• April 1973: The Pregnant Mountain Ogress (Heroine)
• May 1973 National Theatre: The Pregnant Mountain Ogress (Heroine)
• May 1985: The Pregnant Mountain Ogress (Heroine)
• January 1987: The Pregnant Mountain Ogress (Heroine)
• November 1990: The Pregnant Mountain Ogress (Heroine)
• February 1997: The Pregnant Mountain Ogress (Heroine)

Kashira:

• Fukeoyama (老女形)
• Ofuku (お福)
• Musume (娘)
• Genta (源太)
• Yokanbei (与勘平)
• Kenbishi (検非違使)

Characters:

• Omodakahime (沢瀉姫)
• Lady Fujinami (局藤浪)
• Sarashina (腰元更科)
• Kamon, a maid (腰元歌門)
• Genshichi, in fact Tokiyuki (煙草屋源七実は坂田蔵人時行)
• Yaegiri (荻野屋八重桐)
• Taro Ota (太田太郎)