One of the Kabuki-Juhachiban plays.
The origin of the play goes back to 1742 when Ichikawa Danjuro 2nd performed in a work titled “Narukami Fudo Kitayamazakura”.
The leading character Kumedera Danjo was on his way to the hall of Ono no Harumichi as a messenger. Nishikinomae, Harumichi's daughter, has suffered from a disease that makes her hair stand on end. Danjo was pulling his beard with tweezers while he was waiting for Harumichi. Then, the tweezers stood up as if of its own accord and started dancing. But his silver pipe did not. After trying various possibilities, he became suspicious of the ceiling, so he picked it with a spear. Then, a secret agent who has sneaked in jumped down from above with a big magnet. The whole story is about finding out that her hair stood on end because an iron hairpin in her forelock was reacting to the magnet.
The role of Kumedera Danjo is one of the Aragoto characters but is not as fierce as with “Narukami”, and you can find an essence of generosity in the dynamism. Since the performance by Danjuro 7th, the play had been abandoned until Ichikawa Sadanji 2nd revived it in 1909, the version of which is performed today.
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