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Fishing for Wives

(釣女) (Tsuri onna)

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First Staged: 1936
Reference: Hironaga, Shūzaburō, The Bunraku Handbook (Tokyo: Maison des Arts, 1976); Bunraku January 1985 Performance Program

Written By: Tsuruzawa Dōhachi, I (鶴澤 道八)

Performances:

• February 1968: Fishing for Wives
• July 1970: Fishing for Wives
• October 1974: Fishing for Wives
• June 1977: Fishing for Wives
• January 1978: Fishing for Wives
• January 1985: Fishing for Wives
• May 1985: Fishing for Wives
• August 1987: Fishing for Wives
• August 1990: Fishing for Wives
• November 1993: Fishing for Wives
• January 1998: Fishing for Wives
• October 1967: Fishing for Wives

Kashira:

• Matahei (又平)
• Kenbishi (検非違使)
• Musume (娘)
• Ofuku (お福)

Characters:

• Warlord (大名)
• Tarokaja (太郎冠者)
• Beautiful woman (美女)
• Ugly woman (醜女)

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