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The Old Tale of Kusunoki

(楠昔噺) (Kusunoki mukashibanashi)

First Staged: 1746
Reference: Hironaga, Shūzaburō, The Bunraku Handbook (Tokyo: Maison des Arts, 1976); Kokuritsu Gekijō jōen shiryōshū, edited by Kokuritsu Gekijō Geinō Chōsashitsu, vol. 93, May 1973; Bunraku May 1990 Performance Program

Written By: Namiki Senryū (See also Namiki Namiki Sōsuke) (並木千柳) , Miyoshi Shōraku (三好松洛) , Takeda Koizumo (竹田小出雲)

Performances:

• April 1971: The Old Tale of Kusunoki
• May 1973 National Theatre: The Old Tale of Kusunoki
• April 1980: The Old Tale of Kusunoki
• April 1991: The Old Tale of Kusunoki
• May 1990: The Old Tale of Kusunoki

Kashira:

• Baba (婆)
• Matahei (又平)
• Sanmaime (三枚目)
• Tsume (つめ)
• Takeuji (武氏)
• Ōdanshichi (大団七)
• Fukeoyama (老女形)
• Kenbishi (検非違使)
• Oniwaka (鬼若)
• Koyaku (子役)
• Sanmaime (Yūsen) (三枚目（祐仙）)
• Hayaku (端役)
• Yūsen (祐仙)
• Onna koyaku (女子役)
• Otoko koyaku (男子役)

Characters:

• Tokutayu (Tokudayu) (祖父徳太夫)
• Kosen (祖母小仙)
• Dumpling peddler (団子売)
• Fugitive Warrior (落武者)
• Firewood gatherer (woodcutter) (柴刈男)
• Otowa (女房おとわ)
• Sentaro (伜千太郎)
• Utsunomiya Kintsuna (宇都宮公綱)
• Teriha (妻照葉)
• Midori (娘みどり)
• Masashige Kusunoki (楠正成)
• Messenger (注進)
• Wheat harvester (farmer) (麦苅男)