"Awashima Garden Bamboo"

… [Takoshima Nao]
[Awashima Mono]
This refers to a group of works that were created when the customs of Awashima gannin were incorporated into Kabuki dance as faith in Awashima spread. The first of these is said to be "Awashima Sono no Take," performed at the Edo Ichimura Theater in leap July 1759 (Horeki 9), as recorded in the "Chronology of Modern Japanese Music." The story is said to be about Ichimura Kamezo's Kanto Koroku, who becomes an Awashima gannin and enters the red-light district, where he engages in romantic acts with the prostitute Ogishi, played by the first Nakamura Tomijuro. The next was "Kanto Koroku no Chi no Hinagata," performed at the Ichimura Theater in autumn 1770 (Meiwa 7), in which Ichimura Kamezo's Tanbaya Shichirobei (Tanshichi) becomes an Awashima gannin and enters the red-light district, where he engages in romantic acts with Otoha, played by Nakamura Kiyosaburo.

*Some of the terminology used in reference to "Awashima Garden Fresh Bamboo" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…【蛸島 直】
［淡島物］
　淡島信仰の普及に伴い，淡島願人の風俗が歌舞伎舞踊の中にとりいれられて成立した一群の作品をいう。　その最初とされるのは《近世邦楽年表》の中に記されている1759年(宝暦9)閏7月江戸市村座上演の《粟島園生竹（あわしまそのうのたけ）》で，市村亀蔵の関東小六が淡島願人となって廓へ入り込み，初世中村富十郎の遊女大岸と恋の所作をするというのが内容らしい。続いては70年(明和7)秋市村座で上演された《関東小六後雛形（かんとうころくのちのひながた）》で，市村亀蔵の丹波屋七郎兵衛(丹七)が淡島願人となって廓へ入り込み，中村喜代三郎の扮する音羽と恋を語るという形で上演された。…

※「《粟島園生竹》」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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