Shimpan Utazaimon
【新版歌祭文】
【SHIMPANUTAZAIMON】
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“Shinpan Utazaimon”. Sawamura Tojuro 2nd as Hisamatsu, Bando Tamasaburo 5th as Osome, Nakamura Kanzaburo 17th as Kyusaku, and Nakamura Kankuro 5th (Nakamura Kanzaburo 18th) as Omitsu. January, 1979 at the National Theatre. （Y_E0100096000108）
It was premiered as a Ningyo-Joruri (puppet play) at Takemotoza Theatre in Osaka in 1780, and later revised into Kabuki in 1785. This is a Sewamono drama about the love of Hisamatsu and two young girls called Osome and Omitsu. Today, a scene commonly called “Nozakimura” is frequently performed. A contrast between Osome, a daughter of a merchant, and Omitsu, a daughter of a farmer, is described in an entertaining manner. At the end of the play is a famous scene in which Omitsu, now a nun, sees off Hisamatsu who departs by a palanquin, accompanied by Takemoto’s gallant Shamisen music.
