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The Battle of Sakamoto Castle

(近江源氏先陣館) (Ōmi Genji senjin yakata)

First Staged: 1769
Reference: Kokuritsu Gekijō jōen shiryōshū, edited by Kokuritsu Gekijō Geinō Chōsashitsu, vol. 215, May 1983; Keene, Donald, Bunraku: The Art of the Japanese Puppet Theatre (Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1973); Bunraku May 1983 Performance Program

Written By: Chikamatsu Hanji (近松半二) , Yatami Heishichi (八民平七) , Matsuda Saiji (松田才二) , Miyoshi Shōraku (三好松洛) , Takeda [Shinmatsu?] (竹田新松) , Chikamatsu Tōnan (近松東南) , Takemoto Saburobei (竹本三郎兵衛)

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