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The White Fox of Shinoda

(芦屋道満大内鑑) (Ashiya Dōman ōuchi kagami)

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First Staged: 1734
Reference: Keene, Donald, Bunraku: The Art of the Japanese Puppet Theatre (Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1973); Hironaga, Shūzaburō, The Bunraku Handbook (Tokyo: Maison des Arts, 1976); Bunraku August 1984 Performance Program.

Written By: Takeda Izumo, I (竹田出雲)

Performances:

• April 2001: The White Fox of Shinoda
• October 1975: The White Fox of Shinoda
• May 1976: The White Fox of Shinoda
• August 1984: The White Fox of Shinoda
• September 1984: The White Fox of Shinoda
• September 1994: The White Fox of Shinoda
• April 1996: The White Fox of Shinoda
• October 1970: The White Fox of Shinoda

Kashira:

• Genta (源太)
• Kiichi (鬼一)
• Baba (婆)
• Musume (娘)
• Koyaku (子役)
• Hagataki (端敵)
• Otoko koyaku (男子役)
• Shūto (sewa) (舅（世話）)
• Baba (jidai) (婆（時代）)
• Hayaku (端役)
• Kodanshichi (小団七)
• Darasuke (陀羅助)
• Yokanbei (与勘平)
• Kuchiaki Bunshichi (口あき文七)
• Kōmei (孔明)
• Toraō (虎王)
• Kenbishi (検非違使)
• Yashio (八汐)
• Oniwaka (鬼若)
• Fukeoyama (老女形)
• Shūto (舅)

Characters:

• Crown Prince Sakuragi (桜木親王)
• Motokata (左大将元方)
• Yoshifuru (小野好古)
• Sakaki (榊の前)
• Jibu (岩倉治部大輔)
• Taro (左近太郎)
• Yasunori Kamo's widow (加茂の後室)
• Heima (乾平馬)
• Yasuna (安倍保名)
• Yokambei (奴与勘平)
• Kuzunoha (葛の葉姫)
• Akuemon (石川悪右衛門)
• Fox-Kuzunoha (女房葛の葉)
• Yasuna's son (安倍童子)
• Dampachi (木綿買実は荏柄段八)
• Shoji (信田庄司)
• Shoji's wife (庄司の妻)
• Unzo (信楽雲蔵)
• Toji (落合藤治)
• Yakambei (奴野干平)
• Saeda (腰元小枝)
• Akuemon's followers (組子)
• Ladies-in-waiting (腰元)

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