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The Love of Osome and Hisamatsu

(染模様妹背門松) (Somemoyō imose no kadomatsu)

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First Staged: 1767
Reference: Hironaga, Shūzaburō, The Bunraku Handbook (Tokyo: Maison des Arts, 1976); Bunraku May 1976, November 1984 Performance Programs

Written By: Suga Sensuke (菅専助)

Performances:

• January 1998: The Love of Osome and Hisamatsu
• October 1971: The Love of Osome and Hisamatsu
• May 1976: The Love of Osome and Hisamatsu
• January 1977: The Love of Osome and Hisamatsu
• September 1980: The Love of Osome and Hisamatsu
• November 1984: The Love of Osome and Hisamatsu
• January 1992: The Love of Osome and Hisamatsu
• February 1990: The Love of Osome and Hisamatsu
• February 1968: The Love of Osome and Hisamatsu

Kashira:

• Wakaotoko (若男)
• Tedai (手代)
• Decchi (丁稚)
• Genta (源太)
• Shinzō (新造)
• Kenbishi (検非違使)
• Fukeoyama (老女形)
• Darasuke (陀羅助)
• Hayaku (端役)
• Musume (娘)
• Matahei (又平)
• Shiratayū (白太夫)
• Sanmaime (tedai) (三枚目（手代）)
• Sadanoshin (定之進)
• Hanaugoki (鼻動き)
• Bannai (伴内)
• Onoemon (斧右衛門)
• Nemuri no musume (ねむりの娘)

Characters:

• Osome (娘お染)
• Hisamatsu (丁稚久松)
• Zenroku (番頭善六)
• Rin (下女りん)
• Tasaburo (伜多三郎)
• Oito (芸妓おいと)
• Seibei (山家屋清兵衛)
• Okatsu (母おかつ)
• Genemon (大阪屋源右衛門)
• Rihei (小道具屋利兵衛 )
• Ballad book peddler (祭文売り(門つけ))
• Pawnshop customer (質受男)
• Female pawner (質入女房 (質置嬶))
• Kyusaku (百姓久作 )
• Tarobei (親(油屋)太郎兵衛)
• Maids (下女)

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