Asahina Joshi - Asahina Joshi

Japanese: 《朝比奈上使》 - あさひなじょうし
Asahina Joshi - Asahina Joshi

...The story is about the conflict between the Hojo and Minamoto clans. The third act, "Asahina's Envoy," is an elaborate adaptation of the third act, "Benkei's Envoy," from "The Night Attack on the Gosho Sakura Horikawa River," and the seventh act, "Funaoka Mansion," from "Flower Genealogy: A Guide to the City." To kill Tsukasahime, who is pregnant with Yoriie's child, and to end Yoriie's bloodline, Hojo Tokimasa orders Asahina to go to the mansion of the princess's wet nurse, Iibara Hyoe.

*Some of the terminology used in reference to "Asahina Envoy" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…北条家と源家との紛争を題材とする。三段目詰〈朝比奈上使〉は《御所桜堀川夜討》の三段目切〈弁慶上使〉と《花系図都鑑》の七段目〈舟岡館〉とを取り合わせて趣向をこらした翻案。北条時政は頼家の子を懐妊した司姫を殺して頼家の血統を断つため,朝比奈に命じ姫の乳人飯原(いいばら)兵衛の館へ行かせる。…

※「《朝比奈上使》」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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