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The Maple Viewing Party

(紅葉狩) (Momijigari)

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First Staged: 1939
Reference: Kokuritsu Gekijō jōen shiryōshū, edited by Kokuritsu Gekijō Geinō Chōsashitsu, vol. 194, September 1981; Hironaga, Shūzaburō, The Bunraku Handbook (Tokyo: Maison des Arts, 1976); Bunraku September 1981 Performance Program

Written By: Tsuruzawa Jūzō, IV (鶴澤重造)

Performances:

• November 1964: The Maple Viewing Party
• October 1975: The Maple Viewing Party
• September 1981: The Maple Viewing Party
• October 1983: The Maple Viewing Party
• August 1987: The Maple Viewing Party
• September 1987: The Maple Viewing Party
• November 1991: The Maple Viewing Party
• September 1994: The Maple Viewing Party

Kashira:

• Musume (娘)
• Ofuku (お福)
• Oniwaka (鬼若)

Characters:

• Koremochi Taira (平維茂)
• Princess Sarashina, in fact a demoness (更科姫実は鬼女)
• Lady-in-waiting (腰元)
• God of Mountain (山神)

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