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The Amorous Courier on the Yamato Highway

(恋飛脚大和往来) (Koibikyaku Yamato ōrai)

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First Staged: 1773
Reference: Hironaga, Shūzaburō, The Bunraku Handbook (Tokyo: Maison des Arts, 1976); Bunraku October 1971 Performance Program

Written By: Suga Sensuke (菅専助) , Wakatake Fuemi (若竹笛躬)

Performances:

• October 1971: The Amorous Courier on the Yamato Highway
• June 1974: The Amorous Courier on the Yamato Highway

Kashira:

• Musume (娘)
• Ofuku (お福)
• Hayaku (端役)
• Baba (婆)
• Takeuji (武氏)
• Jiji (sewa) (爺（世話）)
• Hanaugoki (鼻動き)
• Sadanoshin (定之進)
• Darasuke (陀羅助)
• Genta (源太)

Characters:

• Dengababa (伝が婆)
• Doan (針立の道庵)
• Magoemon (親孫右衛門)
• Tojibei (弦掛の藤治兵衛)
• Chief of a police squad (捕手小頭)
• Okizukin (置頭巾)
• Mizuemon (樋の口の水右衛門)
• Umegawa (梅川)
• Chubei (亀屋忠兵衛)
• Chuzaburo's wife (Chuza's wife) (忠三女房)
• Hachiemon (八右衛門)
• Street performers (節季候)
• Secondhand goods dealer (古手買)

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