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The Courier for Hell

(冥途の飛脚) (Meido no hikyaku)

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First Staged: 1711
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 1985 Performance Program

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

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