The Grocery Store

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The Grocery Store

(八百屋) (Yaoya)

Performance: February 1985: The Love Suicide of Hambei and Ochiyo
Production: February 1985

Narrators:

Takemoto Koshijidayū IV (竹本越路大夫 (四))

Shamisen (Musicians):

Tsuruzawa Seiji (鶴澤清治)

Performers:

Puppeteer	Character	Kashira
Yoshida Kōsuke (吉田幸助)	Onabe, a maid (下女お鍋)	Onna tsume (女つめ)
Toyomatsu Seigorō (see also Yoshida Seigorō) (豊松清五郎)	Otake, a maid (下女お竹)	Onna tsume (女つめ)
Yoshida Kazusuke (吉田和右)	Okiku, a maid (下女お菊)	Onna tsume (女つめ)
Yoshida Minosuke III (吉田蓑助 (三))	Ochiyo (女房お千代)	Nemuri no musume (ねむりの娘)
Yoshida Tamakō II (吉田玉幸 (二))	Kinzo (百姓金蔵)	Hagataki (端敵)
Yoshida Sakujūrō (吉田作十郎)	Heiemon (島田平右衛門)	Shūto (舅)
Yoshida Tamao (吉田玉男)	Hambei (八百屋半兵衛)	Genta (源太)
Kiritake Monju (桐竹紋寿)	Iemon's wife (伊右衛門女房 (半兵衛母, 八百屋の母))	Warubaba (悪婆)
Yoshida Bunshō (吉田文昇)	Tahei (甥太兵衛)	Matahei (又平)
Yoshida Bungo V (see also Yoshida Kotama) (吉田文吾 (五))	Priest Sainen (西念坊)	Onoemon (斧右衛門)
Yoshida Tamamatsu III (see also Kiritake Monya) (吉田玉松 (三))	Iemon (八百屋伊右衛門)	Takeuji (武氏)
Yoshida Minojirō (吉田蓑二郎)	San, a maid (下女さん)	Ofuku (お福)
Kiritake Kameji (桐竹亀次)	Matsu, an apprentice (丁稚松)	Decchi (丁稚)
Yoshida Minotarō (see also Kiritake Kanjūrō) (吉田蓑太郎)	Buddhist devotee (庚申参り)	Wakaotoko (若男)
Yoshida Tamame (吉田玉女)	Buddhist devotee (庚申参り)	Musume (娘)