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The Tales of Ise

(競伊勢物語) (Hadekurabe Ise monogatari)

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First Staged: 1775
Reference: Hironaga, Shūzaburō, The Bunraku Handbook (Tokyo: Maison des Arts, 1976); Kokuritsu Gekijō jōen shiryōshū, edited by Kokuritsu Gekijō Geinō Chōsashitsu, vol. 265, September 1987; Bunraku July 1987 Performance Program

Written By: Nakawa Kamesuke

Performances:

• February 1974: The Tales of Ise
• July 1987: The Tales of Ise
• September 1987: The Tales of Ise

Kashira:

• Wakaotoko (若男)
• Hanaugoki (鼻動き)
• Yokanbei (与勘平)
• Darasuke (陀羅助)
• Ofuku (お福)
• Musume (娘)
• Baba (婆)
• Kōmei (孔明)
• Genta (源太)
• Hayaku (端役)

Characters:

• Shinobu (娘信夫)
• Mameshiro (磯の上豆四郎)
• Gosaku (亭主五作)
• Nyohachi (鉦の鐃八)
• Tenzen (代官川島典膳)
• Osaki (文字摺売りお咲)
• Otani (文字摺売りお谷)
• Koyoshi (母小よし)
• Aritsune (紀有常)
• Narihira (在原業平)
• Izutsu (井筒姫)

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