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Urikohime and Amanjaku

(瓜子姫とあまんじゃく) (Urikohime to Amanjaku)

First Staged: 1955
Reference: Bunraku August 1986 Performance Program

Written By: Kinoshita Junji (木下順二)

Performances:

• April 1971: Urikohime and Amanjaku
• August 1986 National Bunraku Theatre, Osaka: Urikohime and Amanjaku
• August 1991: Urikohime and Amanjaku
• July 2000: Urikohime and Amanjaku

Kashira:

• Jiji (sewa) (爺（世話）)
• Baba (婆)
• Onoemon (斧右衛門)
• Yamachichi (山父)
• Musume (娘)
• Shiratayū (白太夫)

Characters:

• Urikohime (瓜子姫)
• Grandfather (ぢっさ)
• Grandmother (ばっさ)
• Gonroku (杣の権六)
• Monster (山父)
• Amanjaku (あまんじゃく)