The Love of Osome and Hisamatsu

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The Love of Osome and Hisamatsu

(新版歌祭文) (Shinpan utazaimon)

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First Staged: 1780
Reference: Keene, Donald, Bunraku: The Art of the Japanese Puppet Theatre (Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1973); Hironaga, Shūzaburō, The Bunraku Handbook (Tokyo: Maison des Arts, 1976); January 1993 Program; February 1971 Program

Written By: Chikamatsu Hanji (近松半二)

Performances:

Kashira:

Wakaotoko (若男)
Sanmaime (三枚目)
Hanaugoki (鼻動き)
Hagataki (端敵)
Kodanshichi (小団七)
Musume (娘)
Hayaku (端役)
Otoko tsume (男つめ)
Shiratayū (白太夫)
Ofuku (お福)
Baba (婆)
Fukeoyama (老女形)
Onna tsume (女つめ)
Darasuke (陀羅助)
Sanmaime (tedai) (三枚目（手代）)
Baba (sewa) (婆（世話）)
Tsume (つめ)
Tedai (手代)
Otoko koyaku (男子役)

Characters:

Hisamatsu (丁稚久松)
Kosuke (手代(久三の)小助)
Sashiro Yamagaya (山家屋佐四郎)
Fortune teller (山伏法印)
Osome (娘お染)
Oden (下女お伝)
Kihachi (下男喜八)
Kanroku (油絞り(だはの)勘六)
Yachuta (鈴木弥忠太)
Kinemon Okamura, in fact Genzo (岡村金右衛門(実は紀州の源蔵))
Kyusaku (親久作)
Omitsu (娘おみつ)
Omitsu's mother (おみつの母 )
Oyoshi (下女およし)
Okatsu (油屋お勝)
Boatman (船頭)
Palanquin bearer (駕屋)
Ballad book seller (祭文売り(ながしの祭文))
Kyubei (油絞り久兵衛)
Chohachi (油絞り長八 )
Osatsu, a maid servant (下女おさつ)
Sakino, a courtesan (女郎咲野 )
Proprietor of the Tanakaya tea house (田中屋亭主)
Osho (乳母お庄)

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