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The Benevolence of Saint Nichiren

(日蓮聖人御法海) (Nichiren Shōnin minori no umi)

First Staged: 1751
Reference: Hironaga, Shūzaburō, The Bunraku Handbook (Tokyo: Maison des Arts, 1976); Bunraku July 2001 Performance Program

Written By: Namiki Geiji (並木鯨児) , Namiki Shōzō (並木正三)

Performances:

• July/August 2001: The Benevolence of Saint Nichiren

Kashira:

• Baba (婆)
• Otoko koyaku (男子役)
• Kōmei (孔明)
• Fukeoyama (老女形)
• Genta (源太)
• Nichiren (日蓮)
• Kenbishi (検非違使)
• Wakaotoko (若男)

Characters:

• Tokuzo, Village headman (庄屋徳蔵)
• Kansaku's mother (勘作母)
• Kyoichi (伜経市)
• Shogunate official (本間六郎左衛門)
• Oden (女房お伝)
• Kansaku (鵜飼い勘作)
• Priest Nichiro (日朗法師)
• Saint Nichiren (日蓮聖人)
• Apprentice priest (弟子僧)