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The Romance in the Gay Quarters

(曲輪ぶんしょう) (Kuruwa bunshō)

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First Staged: 1794
Reference: Hironaga, Shūzaburō, The Bunraku Handbook (Tokyo: Maison des Arts, 1976); Kabuki tōjō jinbutsu jiten (Tokyo: Hakusuisha, 2006), p. 687; January 1990 Program

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

Performances:

• November 1964: The Romance in the Gay Quarters
• February 1974: The Romance in the Gay Quarters
• January 1980: The Romance in the Gay Quarters
• January 1986: The Romance in the Gay Quarters
• January 1990: The Romance in the Gay Quarters
• January 1997: The Romance in the Gay Quarters

Kashira:

• Ofuku (お福)
• Decchi (丁稚)
• Sanmaime (三枚目)
• Onoemon (斧右衛門)
• Genta (源太)
• Fukeoyama (老女形)
• Keisei (傾城)
• Koyaku (子役)
• Hayaku (端役)
• Kenbishi (検非違使)
• Onna koyaku (女子役)
• Hanaugoki (鼻動き)
• Tedai (手代)
• Musume (娘)

Characters:

• Kizaemon (吉田屋喜左衛門)
• Otsuru, a maid (仲居お鶴)
• Okame, a maid (仲居お亀)
• Gondayu (権太夫)
• Shishidayu (獅子太夫)
• Izaemon (藤屋伊左衛門)
• Okisa, Kizaemon's wife (女房おきさ)
• Yugiri (扇屋夕霧)
• Professional jester (太鼓持)
• Little girl attendant (禿)
• Maid (仲居)
• Omatsu (仲居お松)

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