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The New Usuyuki Story

(新薄雪物語) (Shin usuyuki monogatari)

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First Staged: 1741
Reference: Keene, Donald, Bunraku: The Art of the Japanese Puppet Theatre (Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1973); Bunraku September 1980 Performance Program

Written By: Matsuda Bunkōdō (文耕堂) , Miyoshi Shōraku (三好松洛) , Takeda Koizumo (竹田小出雲) , Ogawa Hanbei (小川半平)

Performances:

• September 1980: The New Usuyuki Story
• October 1980: The New Usuyuki Story
• April 1991: The New Usuyuki Story
• May 1991: The New Usuyuki Story
• April 1998: The New Usuyuki Story

Kashira:

• Musume (娘)
• Genta (源太)
• Sadanoshin (定之進)
• Takeuji (武氏)
• Wakaotoko (若男)
• Kodanshichi (小団七)
• Kuchiaki Bunshichi (口あき文七)
• Hagataki (端敵)
• Tsume (つめ)
• Fukeoyama (老女形)
• Kiichi (鬼一)
• Kenbishi (検非違使)
• Kōmei (孔明)
• Hayaku (端役)
• Masamune (正宗)
• Tsurifune (釣船)
• Otoko tsume (男つめ)

Characters:

• Usuyuki (薄雪姫)
• Magaki (腰元籬)
• Saemon (園部左衛門)
• Kuniyuki (来国行)
• Tsumahei (奴妻平)
• Chief priest of the Kiyomizu Temple (清水寺住職)
• Priest of the Kiyomizu Temple (清水寺寺僧)
• Kunitoshi (来国俊)
• Dankuro (団九郎)
• Daizen Akizuki (秋月大膳)
• Toma (渋川藤馬)
• Iganokami's wife (幸崎の奥方)
• Iganokami (幸崎伊賀守)
• Mimbu Katsuragi (葛城民部)
• Hyoe (園部兵衛)
• Priest (轟坊の寺僧)
• Oume (お梅の方)
• Heizo (刎川兵蔵)
• Oren (娘おれん)
• Masamune (五郎兵衛正宗)
• Unai (渋川右内)
• Servant (水奴)

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