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The Three Generations of Kamakura Shoguns

(鎌倉三代記) (Kamakura sandaiki)

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First Staged: 1770
Reference: Keene, Donald, Bunraku: The Art of the Japanese Puppet Theatre (Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1973); Kokuritsu Gekijō jōen shiryōshū, edited by Kokuritsu Gekijō Geinō Chōsashitsu, vol. 215, May 1983; Bunraku July 1991, May 1983 Performance Programs

Written By: Chikamatsu Hanji (近松半二)

Performances:

• July 1974: The Three Generations of Kamakura Shoguns
• July 1979: The Three Generations of Kamakura Shoguns
• May 1983: The Three Generations of Kamakura Shoguns
• July 1983: The Three Generations of Kamakura Shoguns
• July 1991: The Three Generations of Kamakura Shoguns
• July 2000: The Three Generations of Kamakura Shoguns

Kashira:

• Kodanshichi (小団七)
• Kintoki (金時)
• Ōshūto (大舅)
• Otoko koyaku (男子役)
• Kenbishi (検非違使)
• Fukeoyama (老女形)
• Decchi (丁稚)
• Musume (娘)
• Genta (源太)
• Ofuku (お福)
• Yokanbei (与勘平)

Characters:

• Shinzaemon (古郡新左衛門)
• Rokuro (富田六郎)
• Tokimasa (北條時政)
• Page (小姓)
• Tozaburo, in fact Takatsuna (安達藤三郎実は高綱 (藤三郎実は佐々木高綱))
• Kagaribi (妻篝火)
• Yagoro (土肥弥五郎)
• Okuru (女房おくる)
• Miuranosuke's mother (三浦之助母)
• Orachi (女房おらち)
• Lady-in-waiting Sanuki (讃岐の局)
• Lady-in-waiting Awa (阿波の局)
• Tokihime (北條時姫)
• Miuranosuke (三浦之助)
• Shigarami (腰元柵)
• Sakuragi (腰元桜木)
• Shigure (腰元時雨)
• Gemba (飯盛玄番)
• Yoshitoki (北條義時)

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