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The Sumo Wrestler's Banner

(関取千両幟) (Sekitori senryō nobori)

First Staged: 1767
Reference: Bunraku July 1986 Performance Program

Written By: Chikamatsu Hanji (近松半二) , Miyoshi Shōraku (三好松洛) , Takeda Bunkichi (竹田文吉) , Takeda Koizumo (竹田小出雲) , Yatami Heishichi (八民平七) , Takemoto Saburobei (竹本三郎兵衛)

Performances:

• November 1981: The Sumo Wrestler's Banner
• July 1986: The Sumo Wrestler's Banner
• November 1992: The Sumo Wrestler's Banner
• September 1995: The Sumo Wrestler's Banner

Kashira:

• Kintoki (金時)
• Fukeoyama (老女形)
• Hayaku (端役)
• Sadanoshin (定之進)
• Genta (源太)

Characters:

• Inagawa (猪名川)
• Tetsugatake (鉄ヶ嶽)
• Otowa (女房おとわ)
• Saemon (大坂屋)
• Crier (呼遣い)
• Shichibei (北野屋)
• Referee (行司)