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The Story of Shunkin

(春琴抄) (Shunkin shō)

First Staged: 1957
Reference: Bunraku August 1986 Performance Program

Written By: Tanizaki Junichirō (谷崎潤一郎)

Performances:

• August 1986 National Bunraku Theatre, Osaka: The Story of Shunkin

Kashira:

• Hanaugoki (鼻動き)
• Musume (娘)
• Nemuri no musume (ねむりの娘)
• Sasuke (佐助)
• Darasuke (陀羅助)
• Fukeoyama (老女形)
• Sadanoshin (定之進)
• Onna koyaku (女子役)

Characters:

• Ritaro (利太郎)
• Tompachi (幇間とん八)
• Utakichi (芸妓歌吉)
• Shunkin (春琴)
• Sasuke (佐助)
• Omatsu, a maid (下女お松)
• Otake, a maid (下女お竹)
• Yasuzaemon (安左衛門 )
• Osayo (お小夜)