Things about Mitsuhide Akechi

…Taiju became a particularly popular kyogen, and each role had an excellent form. As a work about Akechi Mitsuhide, it is one of his masterpieces, along with Tokimokikyo Shutsuse no Ukejo (A petition for the promotion of the Tokimokikyo) (Mitsuhide of the Horse Basin) by Tsuruya Nanboku IV, performed in 1908 (Bunka 5). [Sato Akira]. …

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…〈太十〉はとくに人気狂言となり，各役にすぐれた型が伝わった。明智光秀物としては，08年(文化5)の4世鶴屋南北作《時桔梗出世請状（ときもききようしゆつせのうけじよう）》(《馬盥（ばだらい）の光秀》)とともに代表作。【佐藤 彰】。…

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