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The Summer Festival at Naniwa

(夏祭浪花鑑) (Natsumatsuri Naniwa kagami)

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First Staged: 1745
Reference: Keene, Donald, Bunraku: The Art of the Japanese Puppet Theatre (Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1973); Kokuritsu Gekijō jōen shiryōshū, edited by Kokuritsu Gekijō Geinō Chōsashitsu, vol. 177, May 1980; Hironaga, Shūzaburō, The Bunraku Handbook (Tokyo: Maison des Arts, 1976); July 1985 Program

Written By: Namiki Senryū (See also Namiki Namiki Sōsuke) (並木千柳) , Miyoshi Shōraku (三好松洛) , Takeda Koizumo (竹田小出雲)

Performances:

• July 1971: The Summer Festival at Naniwa
• May 1976: The Summer Festival at Naniwa
• July 1978: The Summer Festival at Naniwa
• May 1980: The Summer Festival at Naniwa
• July 1982: The Summer Festival at Naniwa
• July 1985: The Summer Festival at Naniwa
• July 1987: The Summer Festival at Naniwa
• September 1987: The Summer Festival at Naniwa
• August 1993: The Summer Festival at Naniwa
• September 1993: The Summer Festival at Naniwa
• July/August 2001: The Summer Festival at Naniwa

Kashira:

• Wakaotoko (若男)
• Hagataki (端敵)
• Hayaku (端役)
• Bunshichi (文七)
• Musume (娘)
• Kenbishi (検非違使)
• Masamune (正宗)
• Fukeoyama (老女形)
• Toraō (虎王)
• Otoko koyaku (男子役)
• Tsurifune (釣船)
• Genta (源太)
• Tedai (手代)
• Darasuke (陀羅助)
• Sadanoshin (定之進)
• Yokanbei (与勘平)
• Sanmaime (三枚目)

Characters:

• Sabu (釣船三婦)
• Ichimatsu (伜市松)
• Okaji (団七女房お梶)
• Koppa-no-gon (こっぱの権)
• Namako-no-hachi (なまこの八 (なまの八))
• Isonojo (玉島磯之丞 (清七実は磯之丞))
• Danshichi (団七九郎兵衛)
• Government official (役人)
• Kotoura (傾城琴浦)
• Sagaemon (大鳥佐賀右衛門)
• Tokubei (一寸徳兵衛)
• Onaka (娘お中)
• Giheiji (三河屋義平次)
• Dempachi (番頭伝八)
• Yaichi (仲買弥市)
• Magoemon (道具屋孫右衛門)
• Otsugi (三婦女房おつぎ)
• Otatsu (徳兵衛女房お辰)
• Sazen (代官左膳)
• Constables (捕手)
• Palanquin bearer (駕屋)
• Youngsters (若中)

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