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The Ogress of Mt. Oe

(増補大江山) (Zōho Ōeyama)

First Staged: 1900
Reference: Bunraku June 1985 Performance Program; Keene, Donald, Bunraku: The Art of the Japanese Puppet Theatre (Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1973)

Performances:

• April 1979: The Ogress of Mt. Oe
• March 1982: The Ogress of Mt. Oe
• June 1985: The Ogress of Mt. Oe
• May 1988: The Ogress of Mt. Oe
• August 1992: The Ogress of Mt. Oe

Kashira:

• Gabu (ガブ)
• Darasuke (陀羅助)
• Kenbishi (検非違使)
• Bunshichi (文七)

Characters:

• Tsuna Watanabe (渡辺源吾綱)
• Ugenta (右源太)
• Sagenta (左源太)
• Wakana, in fact a demon (扇折娘若菜実は悪鬼)