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The Two-Colored Reins

(恋女房染分手綱) (Koinyōbō somewake tazuna)

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First Staged: 1751
Reference: Hironaga, Shūzaburō, The Bunraku Handbook (Tokyo: Maison des Arts, 1976); Keene, Donald, Bunraku: The Art of the Japanese Puppet Theatre (Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1973); Bunraku February 1972 Performance Program

Written By: Yoshida Kanshi (吉田冠子) , Miyoshi Shōraku (三好松洛)

Performances:

• August 1970: The Two-Colored Reins
• April 1976: The Two-Colored Reins
• February 1980: The Two-Colored Reins
• January 1981: The Two-Colored Reins
• November 1987: The Two-Colored Reins
• February 1989: The Two-Colored Reins
• January 1995: The Two-Colored Reins
• February 1972: The Two-Colored Reins

Kashira:

• Kenbishi (検非違使)
• Shūto (sewa) (舅（世話）)
• Musume (娘)
• Ofuku (お福)
• Wakaotoko (若男)
• Sadanoshin (定之進)
• Baba (婆)
• Sanmaime (kani) (三枚目（かに）)
• Sanmaime (三枚目)
• Koyaku (子役)
• Hagataki (端敵)
• Kodanshichi (小団七)
• Bunshichi (文七)
• Fukeoyama (老女形)
• Darasuke (陀羅助)
• Onna koyaku (女子役)
• Otoko koyaku (男子役)
• Masamune (正宗)
• Hayaku (端役)
• Shūto (舅)
• Kōmei (孔明)
• Genta (源太)
• Kani (かに)
• Matahei (又平)

Characters:

• Saemon Yurugi (由留木左衛門)
• Sanai Sagisaka (鷺坂左内)
• Yosabei Date (伊達与三兵衛)
• Ohana, a maid (腰元お花)
• Oharu, a maid (腰元お春)
• Oyuki, a maid (腰元お雪)
• Shigenoi (乳人重の井)
• Priest (脇僧)
• Sadanoshin Takemura (竹村定之進)
• Hachizo, a pack horse driver (馬方八蔵)
• Jirosaku, a pack horse driver (馬方治郎作)
• Hachizo's mother (八蔵の母)
• Rice dealer (掛乞米屋)
• Cloth dealer (掛乞布屋)
• Yonosuke (伜与之助)
• Keimasa, a blind masseur (座頭慶政 (座頭慶政実は伊達与八郎))
• Yaheiji (Happeiji) Washizuka (鷲塚八平次)
• Highway robber (悪者)
• Shirabe (調姫)
• Ofuku, a maid (腰元お福)
• Dancer (踊り子)
• Transport manager (宰領)
• Yasazaemon Honda (本田弥三左衛門)
• Sankichi (馬方三吉)
• Wakana, a maid (腰元若菜)

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