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The Inauspicious Sword

(桜鍔恨鮫鞘) (Sakuratsuba urami no samezaya)

First Staged: 1773
Reference: Hironaga, Shūzaburō, The Bunraku Handbook (Tokyo: Maison des Arts, 1976); Bunraku November 1971, November 1993 Performance Programs

Written By: Takeshiba Kamesuke

Performances:

• October 1970: The Inauspicious Sword
• November 1971: The Inauspicious Sword
• November 1981: The Inauspicious Sword
• November 1993: The Inauspicious Sword

Kashira:

• Fukeoyama (老女形)
• Darasuke (陀羅助)
• Hayaku (端役)
• Koyaku (子役)
• Baba (婆)
• Kenbishi (検非違使)
• Baba (sewa) (婆（世話）)
• Komusume (小娘)
• Sanmaime (三枚目)
• Onna koyaku (女子役)

Characters:

• Yahei (香具屋弥兵衛)
• Jubei (てんぽの十兵衛)
• Otsuma's mother (お妻の母)
• Otsuma (女房お妻)
• Ohan (娘お半)
• Hachirobei (古手屋八郎兵衛)
• Gimpachi (仲仕銀八)