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The Red Battle Surcoat

(赤い陣羽織) (Akai jinbaori)

First Staged: 1947
Reference: Bunraku August 1989 Performance Program

Written By: Kinoshita Junji (木下順二)

Performances:

• August 1989: The Red Battle Surcoat
• August 1993: The Red Battle Surcoat

Kashira:

• Nemuri no musume (ねむりの娘)
• Yūsen (祐仙)
• Hayaku (端役)
• Yokanbei (与勘平)
• Fukeoyama (老女形)

Characters:

• Farmer (おやじ)
• Farmer's wife (女房)
• Magotaro, a horse (孫太郎（馬）)
• Local governor (お代官)
• Local governor's assistant (お代官のこぶん)
• Village headman (庄屋さま)
• Local governor's wife (奥方)