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The Shank's Mare along the Tokaido Highway

(東海道中膝栗毛) (Tōkai dōchu hizakurige)

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First Staged: [ca. 1854]
Reference: Hironaga, Shūzaburō, The Bunraku Handbook (Tokyo: Maison des Arts, 1976); Bunraku July 1988 Performance Program

Performances:

• July 1973: The Shank's Mare along the Tokaido Highway
• June 1977: The Shank's Mare along the Tokaido Highway
• July 1977 Asahiza: The Shank's Mare along the Tokaido Highway
• July 1981: The Shank's Mare along the Tokaido Highway
• July 1988: The Shank's Mare along the Tokaido Highway
• August 1991: The Shank's Mare along the Tokaido Highway
• July 2000: The Shank's Mare along the Tokaido Highway

Kashira:

• Matahei (又平)
• Koyaku (子役)
• Toraō (虎王)
• Yūsen (祐仙)
• Otoko koyaku (男子役)
• Sanmaime (三枚目)
• Bannai (伴内)
• Hanaugoki (鼻動き)

Characters:

• Yajirobe (弥次郎兵衛)
• Kitahachi (喜多八 )
• Son (伜仙松)
• Father (親父)
• Buddhist priest (和尚)

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