Plays > Tragedy on a Snowy Night

Tragedy on a Snowy Night

(明烏六花曙) (Akegarasu yuki no akebono)

First Staged: 1853
Reference: Hironaga, Shūzaburō, The Bunraku Handbook (Tokyo: Maison des Arts, 1976); Bunraku January 1996 Performance Program

Performances:

• January 1976: Tragedy on a Snowy Night
• April 1981: Tragedy on a Snowy Night
• January 1996: Tragedy on a Snowy Night

Kashira:

• Koyaku (子役)
• Genta (源太)
• Fukeoyama (老女形)
• Warubaba (悪婆)
• Darasuke (陀羅助)
• Tedai (手代)
• Onna koyaku (女子役)
• Sanmaime (Bannai) (三枚目（伴内）)

Characters:

• Urazato (女郎浦里)
• Midori (禿みどり)
• Tokijiro Kasuga (春日時次郎)
• Otatsu (髪結おたつ)
• Okaya (遣り手おかや)
• Kambei (亭主勘兵衛)
• Hikoroku (手代彦六)