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The Love Suicide of Tokubei and Ofusa

(心中重井筒) (Shinjū kasaneizutsu)

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First Staged: 1707 or 1708
Reference: Kokuritsu Gekijō jōen shiryōshū, edited by Kokuritsu Gekijō Geinō Chōsashitsu, vol. 161, February 1979; Hironaga, Shūzaburō, The Bunraku Handbook (Tokyo: Maison des Arts, 1976); Bunraku February 1979, February 1997 Performance Programs

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

Performances:

• April 1973: The Love Suicide of Tokubei and Ofusa
• February 1979: The Love Suicide of Tokubei and Ofusa
• February 1997: The Love Suicide of Tokubei and Ofusa

Kashira:

• Ofuku (お福)
• Musume (娘)
• Onoemon (斧右衛門)
• Hayaku (端役)
• Fukeoyama (老女形)
• Decchi (丁稚)
• Genta (源太)
• Kenbishi (検非違使)
• Kōmei (孔明)

Characters:

• Ofusa (重井筒のお房)
• Sayo (重井筒の小夜)
• Koroku (重井筒の小六)
• Cook (料理人)
• Courier (飛脚屋)
• Wife of the Kasaneizutsu proprietor (重井筒の内儀)
• Apprentice (丁稚)
• Tokubei (紺屋徳兵衛)
• Proprietor of the Kasaneizutsu tea house (Tokubei's brother) (重井筒の亭主(徳兵衛の兄 ))

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