The Love-Inspired Murder

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The Love-Inspired Murder

(恋娘昔八丈) (Koimusume mukashi hachijō)

First Staged: 1775
Reference: Bunraku September 1989, January 1990, November 1970 Performance Programs; Hironaga, Shūzaburō, The Bunraku Handbook (Tokyo: Maison des Arts, 1976)

Written By: Matsu Kanshi (松貫四) , Yoshida Kakumaru (吉田角丸)

Performances:

Kashira:

Hayaku (端役)
Musume (娘)
Genta (Ugokinashi ) (源太（動きなし）)
Sadanoshin (定之進)
Sanmaime (tedai) (三枚目（手代）)
Ofuku (お福)
Decchi (丁稚)
Takeuji (武氏)
Darasuke (陀羅助)
Baba (sewa) (婆（世話）)
Kōmei (孔明)
Hagataki (端敵)
Genta (源太)
Sanmaime (三枚目)
Tedai (手代)
Baba (婆)

Characters:

Kakunai, a servant (奴角内)
Sekinai, a servant (奴関内)
Okoma (娘お駒)
Saizaburo Obana (尾花才三郎)
Rokuroemon Obana (尾花六郎右衛門)
Johachi (番頭丈八)
Okiku (下女おきく)
Santa, an apprentice (丁稚三太)
Shobei, Okoma's father (城木屋庄兵衛)
Tsukudaya Kizo (佃屋喜蔵)
Shobei's wife (城木屋女房 (庄兵衛女房))
Yatoda Tsutsumi (堤弥藤太)
Watchman (番太)
Yatoji Tsutsumi (代官堤弥藤次)
Oyoshi, a maid (下女およし)
Toshichi, in fact Saizaburo Obana (髪結藤七実は尾花才三郎)