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The Drum of the Waves of Horikawa

(堀川波の鼓) (Horikawa nami no tsuzumi)

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First Staged: 1707 (宝永4)
Reference: Major Plays of Chikamatsu, translated by Donald Keene, (New York: Columbia University Press, 1961); Kokuritsu Gekijō jōen shiryōshū, edited by Kokuritsu Gekijō Geinō Chōsashitsu, vol. 212, February 1983; Bunraku February 1983 Performance Program

Written By: Chikamatsu Monzaemon (近松門左衛門)

Performances:

• February 1983: The Drum of the Waves of Horikawa
• July 1985: The Drum of the Waves of Horikawa
• February 1989: The Drum of the Waves of Horikawa
• February 1995: The Drum of the Waves of Horikawa

Kashira:

• Musume (娘)
• Wakaotoko (若男)
• Kenbishi (検非違使)
• Otoko tsume (男つめ)
• Ofuku (お福)
• Darasuke (陀羅助)
• Hagataki (端敵)
• Fukeoyama (老女形)
• Onna tsume (女つめ)
• Hayaku (端役)

Characters:

• Otane (女房お種)
• Ofuji (妹お藤)
• Bunroku (伜文六)
• Gen-emon (宮地源右衛門)
• Kakuzo (中間角蔵)
• Maid (下女)
• Yukaemon (磯部床右衛門)
• Rin (下女りん)
• Hikokuro (小倉彦九郎)
• Sangohei's messanger (三五平使者)
• Yura (妹ゆら)
• Bean curd peddler (豆腐売)
• Stone peddler (石売)
• Young Man (若い者)

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