"Akegarasu no Chi no Masayume" - Akegarasu no Chi no Masayume

Japanese: 《明烏後真夢》 - あけがらすのちのまさゆめ
"Akegarasu no Chi no Masayume" - Akegarasu no Chi no Masayume

...The story is based on the double suicide of Inosuke and Miyoshi (Yoshino) in July 1769 (Meiwa 6). Fuji Shorochu published a sequel to the story, Nochi no Masayume, in 1857 (Ansei 4). (The original story was the human interest novel Akegarasu no Masayume, co-written by Tamenaga Shunsui and Takitei Rijyo.) In the sequel, the two escape to Jigenji Temple in Fukagawa, where Tokijiro's uncle is the chief priest, and commit double suicide by tying themselves against a willow branch in the temple's cemetery....

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "Akegarasugo Mayu" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…モデルは1769年(明和6)7月の伊之助・三芳(吉)野の心中事件である。その後,富士松魯中が1857年(安政4)にその続編として《明烏後真夢(のちのまさゆめ)》を発表した(原作は為永春水・滝亭鯉丈(りゆうていりじよう)合作の人情本《明烏後正夢》)。続編では2人は時次郎の叔父が住職をしている深川の慈眼寺まで逃げ,その墓地で柳の枝にしごきをかけて心中する。…

※「《明烏後真夢》」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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