Akashi Island Storehouse - Akashi Island Storehouse

…It first premiered at the Shintomiza Theatre in Tokyo in November 1881. The cast included Ichikawa Danjūrō ​​IX as Mochizuki Teru, Onoe Kikugorō V as Akashi no Shimazō, Ichikawa Sadanji I as Matsushima Senta, Iwai Hanshiro VIII as Benten Oteru, Onoe Matsusuke IV as the rickshaw driver Noshutoku and Oteru's mother Nejikane Oichi, and others. This play was written at the time the author announced his retirement from the theater world at the age of 66, after which he changed his name from Kawatake Shinshichi to Mokuami. …

*Some of the terminology used in reference to "Akashi no Shimakura" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…1881年11月東京新富座初演。配役は望月輝を9世市川団十郎，明石の島蔵を5世尾上菊五郎，松島千太を初世市川左団次，弁天お照を8世岩井半四郎，車夫野州徳･お照母ねじかねお市を4世尾上松助ほか。作者66歳で劇界引退を表明したおりの作で，以後河竹新七を改めて黙阿弥と名のった。…

※「明石の島蔵」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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