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Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami

【菅原伝授手習鑑】

【SUGAWARADENJUTENARAIKAGAMI】

Kanshojo in “Domyoji no ba” from “Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami”. Jitsukawa Enjaku 3rd as Kakuju, Kataoka Nizaemon 13th as Kanshojo, and Bando Tamasaburo 5th as Kariyahime. November, 1981 at the National Theatre. （Y_E0100112000171）

In 1746, it was premiered as a Ningyo-Joruri (puppet play) at Takemotoza Theatre in Osaka. The work was co-written by Takeda Izumo, Miyoshi Shoraku, and Namiki Senryu. Gaining a huge reputation there, it was performed as a Kabuki play in Kyoto the same year. The following year, it was performed at Nakamuraza Theatre in Edo. It is one of the masterpieces of Gidayu-Kyogen along with “Kanadehon Chushingura” and “Yoshitsune Sembonzakura”. An incident in which Sugawara Michizane was deported to Dazaifu in the Heian period was arranged with legends. Sugawara Michizane appears as a character called Kanshojo in the play.
Today, “Domyoji”, “Kurumabiki”, “Ga no Iwai”, “Terakoya” and other scenes are still performed often. “Kurumabiki no ba” represents a characteristic of Kabuki by incorporating the stage directing of the Aragoto style.