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The Fiftieth Death Anniversary

(五十年忌歌念仏) (Gojūnenki utanebutsu)

First Staged: 1709
Reference: Kokuritsu Gekijō jōen shiryōshū, edited by Kokuritsu Gekijō Geinō Chōsashitsu, vol. 93, May 1973; Bunraku May 1973 Performance Program; Hironaga, Shūzaburō, The Bunraku Handbook (Tokyo: Maison des Arts, 1976)

Written By: Chikamatsu Monzaemon (近松門左衛門)

Performances:

• July 1973: The Fiftieth Death Anniversary
• May 1973 National Theatre: The Fiftieth Death Anniversary

Kashira:

• Musume (娘)
• Onna tsume (女つめ)
• Otoko tsume (男つめ)

Characters:

• Onatsu (娘お夏)
• Oshun (おしゅん)
• Osan (おさん)
• Male traveler (旅の男)
• Female traveler (旅の女)
• Packhorse driver (馬子)
• Traveler on horseback (馬上の旅人)
• Courier (飛脚)