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The Battle of Sakamoto Castle

(近江源氏先陣館) (Ōmi Genji senjin yakata)

First Staged: 1769
Reference: Kokuritsu Gekijō jōen shiryōshū, edited by Kokuritsu Gekijō Geinō Chōsashitsu, vol. 215, May 1983; Keene, Donald, Bunraku: The Art of the Japanese Puppet Theatre (Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1973); Bunraku May 1983 Performance Program

Written By: Chikamatsu Hanji (近松半二) , Yatami Heishichi (八民平七) , Matsuda Saiji (松田才二) , Miyoshi Shōraku (三好松洛) , Takeda [Shinmatsu?] (竹田新松) , Chikamatsu Tōnan (近松東南) , Takemoto Saburobei (竹本三郎兵衛)

Performances:

• September 1969: The Battle of Sakamoto Castle
• January 1973: The Battle of Sakamoto Castle
• September 1974: The Battle of Sakamoto Castle
• January 1975: The Battle of Sakamoto Castle
• January 1981: The Battle of Sakamoto Castle
• May 1983: The Battle of Sakamoto Castle
• September 1987: The Battle of Sakamoto Castle
• November 1987: The Battle of Sakamoto Castle
• January 1994: The Battle of Sakamoto Castle

Kashira:

• Baba (jidai) (婆（時代）)
• Fukeoyama (老女形)
• Koyaku (子役)
• Ōshūto (大舅)
• Kiichi (鬼一)
• Kenbishi (検非違使)
• Hagataki (端敵)
• Oniwaka (鬼若)
• Darasuke (陀羅助)
• Ōdanshichi (大団七)
• Kodanshichi (小団七)
• Hayaku (端役)
• Kōmei (孔明)
• Musume (娘)
• Genta (源太)
• Otoko koyaku (男子役)
• Otoko tsume (男つめ)
• Yūsen (祐仙)

Characters:

• Moritsuna (佐々木盛綱 (佐々木三郎兵衛盛綱))
• Takatsuna (佐々木高綱 (佐々木四郎左衛門高綱))
• Kagaribi (妻篝火)
• Shinzaemon (古郡新左衛門)
• Koshiro (小四郎 (小四郎高重))
• Kosaburo (小三郎 (小三郎盛清))
• Mimyo (母微妙)
• Hayase (妻早瀬)
• Shitobei, in fact Byoe (駕籠舁四斗兵衛実は和田兵衛秀盛)
• First messenger (注進)
• Second messenger (二度の注進)
• Tokimasa (北條時政)
• Magohachi (竹下孫八)
• Juro (榛谷十郎)
• Bonta (ぼん太)
• Sonobenosuke (花岡園部之介)
• Kotoji (谷村小藤治)
• Rokuro (四宮六郎)
• Tokimasa's double (贋時政)
• Helmeted warrior (鎧武者)
• Spy (忍び)
• Omaki (女房おまき)
• Zenbei, a candle dealer (蝋燭屋善兵衛)
• Kataoka (片岡造酒頭)
• Chozo, in fact Miuranosuke (塩売長蔵実は三浦之助義村)
• Tokihime (北条時姫)
• Tokihime, in fact Suminoe (北条時姫実は住之江)
• Oyotsu, in fact Kagaribi (およつ実は妻篝火)
• Jirosaku, in fact Takatsuna (二郎作実は佐々木高綱)