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The Nine-Tailed Fox

(玉藻前曦袂) (Tamamo no mae asahi no tamoto)

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First Staged: 1806
Reference: Keene, Donald, Bunraku: The Art of the Japanese Puppet Theatre (Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1973); Hironaga, Shūzaburō, The Bunraku Handbook (Tokyo: Maison des Arts, 1976); Kokuritsu Gekijō jōen shiryōshū, edited by Kokuritsu Gekijō Geinō Chōsashitsu, vol. 206, September 1982; Bunraku September 1982 Performance Program

Written By: Chikamatsu Baishiken (近松梅枝軒) , Sagawa Tōta (佐川藤太)

Performances:

• October 1971: The Nine-Tailed Fox
• September 1974: The Nine-Tailed Fox
• November 1976: The Nine-Tailed Fox
• September 1982: The Nine-Tailed Fox
• August 1985: The Nine-Tailed Fox
• May 1991: The Nine-Tailed Fox
• January 1995: The Nine-Tailed Fox

Kashira:

• Musume (娘)
• Wakaotoko (若男)
• Kiichi (鬼一)
• Fukeoyama (老女形)
• Hagataki (端敵)
• Genta (源太)
• Kenbishi (検非違使)
• Matahei (又平)
• Hanamuke (はなむけ)
• Kuchiaki Bunshichi (口あき文七)
• Komusume (小娘)
• Warubaba (悪婆)
• Kani (かに)
• Ofuku (お福)
• Onoemon (斧右衛門)
• Keisei (傾城)
• Zatō (座頭)
• Oni (鬼)
• Yokanbei (与勘平)
• Hayaku (端役)
• Gabu (tsunonashi) (角なしのガブ)
• Bunshichi (文七)
• Kōmei (孔明)
• Tamamonomae (玉藻前)
• Otoko koyaku (男子役)
• Ōdanshichi (大団七)
• Kintoki (金時)
• Ōshūto (大舅)
• Hanaugoki (鼻動き)
• Sanmaime (三枚目)
• Onna koyaku (女子役)

Characters:

• Fumei-choja (普明長者)
• Bachushi (農夫馬忠子)
• Lady Kayo, in fact a fox (花陽夫人実は妖狐 )
• Dakki, in fact a fox (妲妃,玉藻前実は妖狐)
• Queen Saiki (采姫夫人)
• King Hanzoku (班足王 )
• Guard (警固の役人)
• Kinshiren (錦糸蓮 )
• Kinsha (錦舎)
• Bun-o (西伯文王)
• Hichukan (飛仲官)
• Emperor Chu (殷の紂王 )
• Raishin (雷震 )
• Taikobo (太公望)
• Prince Usugumo (薄雲皇子)
• Inubuchi (犬淵源蔵)
• Katsura (桂姫)
• Unemenosuke (安倍采女之助)
• Kintoji (鷲塚金藤次)
• Haginokata (萩の方)
• Shigeyuki (中納言重之卿)
• Hatsuhana, later Lady Tamamo (初花姫後に玉藻前)
• Jintahei, a servant (仕丁甚太平)
• Heisaku, a servant (仕丁平作)
• Ayame (菖蒲前 )
• Empress Bifuku (美福門院 )
• Katsuragi (葛城前)
• Chitose (千歳前)
• Jussaku (猟師十作 )
• Taruhiko (酒辺の樽彦 )
• Onoroku, in fact Miuranosuke (黒髪山の斧六実は三浦之助)
• Buddhist priest (逮夜坊主)
• Kamazo, in fact Kazusanosuke (鍋かけの釜蔵実は上総之助 )
• Oyana (娘おやな)
• Kamegiku (Oyana, infact Kamegiku) (おやな実は傾城亀菊 )
• Dairoku (矢田の大六 )
• Mojino, a girl attendant (禿文字野)
• Court Lady (内侍の局)
• Prime Minister Machikane (持兼の宰相)
• Osue, a maid servant (お末)
• Court noble (右大弁)
• Yasunari (安倍泰成)
• Country girl (在所娘)
• Masseur (座頭)
• God of thunder, the (雷)
• Man in a livery coat (いなせな男)
• Street girl (夜鷹)
• Servant (奴)
• Courtesan (女郎)
• Lion (獅子)
• Lady Tamamo, in fact a fox (玉藻前実は妖狐)

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