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Kajiwara The Swordsman

(三浦大助紅梅たづな) (Miura no Ōsuke kōbai Tazuna)

First Staged: 1730
Reference: Bunraku January 1986 Performance Program

Written By: Matsuda Bunkōdō (文耕堂) , Hasegawa Senshi (長谷川千四)

Performances:

• January 1986: Kajiwara The Swordsman

Kashira:

• Masamune (正宗)
• Genta (源太)
• Fukeoyama (老女形)
• Oniwaka (鬼若)
• Kenbishi (検非違使)
• Otoko chū koyaku (男中子役)
• Musume (娘)
• Hayaku (端役)

Characters:

• Kozue (娘こずえ)
• Rokurodayu (青貝師六郎太夫)
• Bunzo (真田文蔵国安)
• Widow (Courtesan, in fact widow) (旅の遊女実は八丁礫喜平治後家)
• Oba (大場三郎景親 )
• Matano (俣野五郎景久)
• Kajiwara (梶原平三景時)
• Page (小姓)
• Criminal (罪人)