Ako King - Akoou

…She is a prostitute from Shimizuzaka who appears in works such as Chikamatsu Monzaemon's "Isse Kagekiyo" and Bunkodo and Hasegawa Senshi's collaboration "Dannoura Kabuto Gunki" and is Kagekiyo's lover. In Kojyō and Kojōruri "Kagekiyo", she is called "Ako-ō". Ako-ō has two children with Kagekiyo, but she is worried about the fate of her husband, who has become a remnant of the Heike clan, and so she files a lawsuit for the sake of her children. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Ako-oh" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…近松門左衛門作《出世景清》，文耕堂･長谷川千四合作《壇浦兜軍記》などに登場する清水坂の遊女で，景清の愛人。幸若･古浄瑠璃《景清》では〈あこ王〉とある。あこ王は景清との間に2人の子まであるが，平家の残党となった夫の行末を不安に思い，子どものためにあえて訴人に出る。…

※「あこ王」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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