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Gonza the Lancer

(鑓の権三重帷子) (Yari no Gonza kasane katabira)

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First Staged: 1717
Reference: Major Plays of Chikamatsu, translated by Donald Keene, (New York: Columbia University Press, 1961); Hironaga, Shūzaburō, The Bunraku Handbook (Tokyo: Maison des Arts, 1976); Bunraku February 1983 Performance Program

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

Performances:

• July 1971: Gonza the Lancer
• February 1978: Gonza the Lancer
• February 1983: Gonza the Lancer
• July 1983: Gonza the Lancer
• February 1991: Gonza the Lancer
• November 1990: Gonza the Lancer
• August 1995: Gonza the Lancer

Kashira:

• Baba (婆)
• Genta (源太)
• Darasuke (陀羅助)
• Kiichi (鬼一)
• Koyaku (子役)
• Hayaku (端役)
• Fukeoyama (老女形)
• Komusume (小娘)
• Musume (娘)
• Ofuku (お福)
• Hagataki (端敵)
• Kenbishi (検非違使)
• Wakaotoko (若男)
• Onna koyaku (女子役)
• Shūto (sewa) (舅（世話）)
• Otoko koyaku (男子役)
• Kōmei (孔明)
• Nemuri no musume (ねむりの娘)

Characters:

• Gonza (笹野権三)
• Oyuki (娘お雪)
• Oyuki's governess (お雪の乳母)
• Bannojo (川側伴之丞)
• Chutabei (岩木忠太兵衛)
• Osai (おさゐ)
• Kakusuke, a servant (奴角助)
• Torajiro, Osai's son (伜虎次郎)
• Okiku, Osai's daughter (娘お菊)
• Man, a maid (下女まん)
• Osugi, a maid (下女お杉)
• Namisuke, a servant (下人(仲間,奴)浪介)
• Ichinoshin (浅香市之進)
• Osai's mother (おさゐ母 )
• Osute (娘お捨)
• Jimbei (岩木甚平 )
• Dancer (踊り子)
• Jinnai, a servant (奴甚内)
• Servants (奴)
• Retainer (若党)
• Servants (仲間)

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