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The Shiraishi Story

(碁太平記白石噺) (Go taiheiki shiraishi banashi)

First Staged: 1780
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 May 1971 Performance Program

Written By: Kino Jōtarō (紀上太郎) , Utei Enba (烏亭焉馬) , Yō Yōtai (容楊黛)

Performances:

• May 1971: The Shiraishi Story
• October 1975: The Shiraishi Story
• November 1981: The Shiraishi Story
• July 1988: The Shiraishi Story
• September 1994: The Shiraishi Story

Kashira:

• Genta (源太)
• Kodanshichi (小団七)
• Hagataki (端敵)
• Takeuji (武氏)
• Musume (娘)
• Masamune (正宗)
• Baba (婆)
• Hayaku (端役)
• Hanaugoki (鼻動き)
• Kenbishi (検非違使)
• Tsume (つめ)
• Keisei (傾城)
• Koyaku (子役)
• Ofuku (お福)
• Darasuke (陀羅助)
• Onna koyaku (女子役)

Characters:

• Joetsu (宇治常悦)
• Tanigoro (金江谷五郎)
• Daishichi (志賀台七)
• Kampei (家来貫平)
• Tansuke (家来丹介)
• Yomosaku (百姓与茂作)
• Onobu (妹おのぶ)
• Shichirobei (庄屋七郎兵衛)
• Osayo (女房おさよ)
• Shichisuke, a farmer (百姓七助)
• Oune (女房おうね)
• Dojo (豆蔵どぜう (手品師豆造ことどじょう))
• Soroku (大黒屋宗六)
• Tea stall proprietor (茶店亭主)
• Kankuro (観九郎 (金貸勘九郎))
• Miyagino (傾城宮城野)
• Girl attendant to Miyagino (禿しげり)
• Miyazato (新造宮里 (女郎))
• Miyashiba (新造宮柴 (女郎))