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The Ridge Pole of the Sanjusangendo Temple

(三十三間堂棟由来) (Sanjūsangendō munagi no yurai)

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First Staged: 1760
Reference: Hironaga, Shūzaburō, The Bunraku Handbook (Tokyo: Maison des Arts, 1976); Kokuritsu Gekijō jōen shiryōshū, edited by Kokuritsu Gekijō Geinō Chōsashitsu, vol. 242, August 1985; February 1977 Program

Written By: Wakatake Fuemi (若竹笛躬) , Nakamura Akei (中邑阿契)

Performances:

• April 1973: The Ridge Pole of the Sanjusangendo Temple
• January 1977: The Ridge Pole of the Sanjusangendo Temple
• February 1977: The Ridge Pole of the Sanjusangendo Temple
• August 1985: The Ridge Pole of the Sanjusangendo Temple
• January 1988: The Ridge Pole of the Sanjusangendo Temple
• July 1992: The Ridge Pole of the Sanjusangendo Temple
• December 1994: The Ridge Pole of the Sanjusangendo Temple
• June 1986 Bunraku Kanshō Kyōshitsu: The Ridge Pole of the Sanjusangendo Temple
• November 1973 Kōkōsei no tame no Bunraku Kyōshitsu: The Ridge Pole of the Sanjusangendo Temple

Kashira:

• Baba (婆)
• Ōdanshichi (大団七)
• Fukeoyama (老女形)
• Koyaku (子役)
• Kōmei (孔明)
• Kenbishi (検非違使)
• Otoko koyaku (男子役)
• Tameyoshi (為義)
• Kuchiaki Bunshichi (口あき文七)
• Kintoki (金時)
• Darasuke (陀羅助)
• Bunshichi (文七)
• Musume (娘)

Characters:

• Renge Obo (蓮華王坊)
• Naginosei (梛の精)
• Monk (客僧)
• Suenaka (大宰帥季仲)
• Tokizumi (武者所時澄)
• Heitaro (横曽根平太郎)
• Heitaro's mother (平太郎の母)
• Oryu (お柳)
• Former Emperor Shirakawa (白河法皇)
• Tadamori (平忠盛)
• Kurodo (進ノ蔵人)
• Midorimaru (緑丸)
• Shiro Wada (和田四郎)
• Lumber carriers (人足)

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