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The Three Oddities

(三人片輪) (Sannin katawa)

First Staged: 1937
Reference: Hironaga, Shūzaburō, The Bunraku Handbook (Tokyo: Maison des Arts, 1976); Bunraku September 1972 Performance Program

Written By: Tsuruzawa Dōhachi, I (鶴澤 道八)

Performances:

• July 1971: The Three Oddities
• September 1972: The Three Oddities

Kashira:

• Genta (源太)
• Musume (娘)
• Matahei (又平)

Characters:

• Rich man (有徳人)
• Blind man (めくら/盲人半之丞)
• Deaf-mute (おし/唖おまき)
• Cripple (いざり/いざり太郎助)