Morning glory

...5 stages. During the Bunka era (1804-18), Yamada Kazanshi (another name for Chikamatsu Tokusaburo) wrote a joruri play for Takemoto Jutayu based on the long story "Morning Glory" by the lecturer Shiba Shibasou (often called So), but it was never performed. In 1811 (Bunka 8), a ten-part reading book "Morning Glory Diary" with illustrations by Ukoen Ryuro was completed and became widely read and loved, so it was later adapted into a kabuki play titled "Namasha Kazan Nikki" at a side theater in Horie City, Osaka....

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…5段。文化年間(1804‐18)に，山田案山子(近松徳三の別号)が，講釈師司馬芝叟（しばしばそう）の長話《蕣（あさがお）》をもとに竹本重太夫のために書いた浄瑠璃は，上演されずに終わった。1811年(文化8)に雨香園柳浪の挿絵入りの10編の読本《朝顔日記》が成立し，広く読み親しまれたので，その後大坂堀江市の側芝居で《生写蕣日記》と題し歌舞伎化した。…

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