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Oshun and Dembei

(近頃河原の達引) (Chikagoro kawara no tatehiki)

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First Staged: [1782 or 1785?]
Reference: Kokuritsu Gekijō jōen shiryōshū, edited by Kokuritsu Gekijō Geinō Chōsashitsu, vol. 206, September 1982; Keene, Donald, Bunraku: The Art of the Japanese Puppet Theatre (Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1973); Hironaga, Shūzaburō, The Bunraku Handbook (Tokyo: Maison des Arts, 1976); Bunraku July 1989 Performance Program

Written By: Tamekawa Sōsuke (為川宗輔) , Tsutsukawa Hanji (筒川半二) , Nakawa Shimesuke (奈河七五三助)

Performances:

• February 1968: Oshun and Dembei
• January 1973: Oshun and Dembei
• February 1974: Oshun and Dembei
• June 1974: Oshun and Dembei
• January 1978: Oshun and Dembei
• September 1982: Oshun and Dembei
• April 1983: Oshun and Dembei
• December 1987: Oshun and Dembei
• January 1992: Oshun and Dembei
• July 1989: Oshun and Dembei
• February 1990: Oshun and Dembei
• March 1996 Tour: Oshun and Dembei

Kashira:

• Hagataki (端敵)
• Genta (源太)
• Kenbishi (検非違使)
• Komusume (小娘)
• Matahei (又平)
• Shinzō (新造)
• Baba (婆)
• Musume (娘)
• Koyaku (子役)
• Onna koyaku (女子役)

Characters:

• Yojiro (猿廻し与次郎)
• Oshun (娘おしゅん)
• Dembei (井筒屋伝兵衛)
• Kanzaemon (横淵官左衛門)
• Yojiro's mother (与次郎の母)
• Kyuhachi (廻しの久八)
• Otsuru (稽古娘おつる)
• Kanzo (仲買勘蔵)

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