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The Young Cherry Tree

(日吉丸稚桜) (Hiyoshimaru wakaki no sakura)

First Staged: 1801
Reference: Bunraku April 1975 Performance Program

Written By: Chikamatsu Yanagi (近松柳) , Chikamatsu Kazō (近松加造) , Chikamatsu Manju (近松万寿) , Chikamatsu Baishiken (近松梅枝軒)

Performances:

• April 1975: The Young Cherry Tree
• July 1981: The Young Cherry Tree
• January 1989: The Young Cherry Tree
• January 1994: The Young Cherry Tree

Kashira:

• Genta (源太)
• Kenbishi (検非違使)
• Kiichi (鬼一)
• Otoko koyaku (男子役)
• Musume (娘)
• Baba (婆)
• Hagataki (端敵)
• Tsume (つめ)
• Fukeoyama (老女形)
• Nemuri no musume (ねむりの娘)

Characters:

• Man-yohime (萬代姫)
• Mosuke Horio (堀尾茂助義晴)
• Tokichi Konoshita (木下藤吉)
• Gorosuke, in fact Kiyotada Kato (鍛冶屋五郎助実は加藤清忠)
• Takematsu (伜竹松)
• Omasa (女房お政)
• Gorosuke's wife (五郎助女房)
• Hayata Nagai (永井早太)
• Spy (忍び)