"Igagoe Norikake Kappa" - Igagoe Norikake Kappa

Japanese: 《伊賀越乗掛合羽》 - いがごえのりかけがっぱ

...This work depicts the story of Shizuma, the son of Wada Yukiie, a chief retainer of the Uesugi family, who, with the help of his sister's husband, Karagi Masaemon, kills his father's enemy, Sawai Matagorō. It is based largely on the kabuki play Igagoe Norigakegatsupa, written by Nakagawa Kamesuke and performed at the Osaka Arashiza Theater in December 1776 (An'ei 5), which was adapted into a puppet theater play at the Osaka Toyotake Konoyoshi Theater in March of the following year. However, as the protagonists move in pursuit of the enemy, the plot of various tragedies involving the obligations and affections of various people unfold one after another along the Tokaido road gives this work its own unique charm. Among these, the Numazu section (the sixth act), in which Kumosuke Heisaku, the father of Shizuma's lover Oyome, commits suicide to find out the whereabouts of Tekimata Goro from his son, the kimono shop owner Jubei, whom he has met again for the first time in a long time, and the Okazaki section (the eighth act), in which Masaemon proves his righteousness by killing his own son in front of his former teacher Yamada Kobei, have been performed repeatedly and are well-made works.

From [Nakagawa Kamesuke]

He studied under the first Namiki Shōzō and began writing plays, making his first appearance in a medium-sized play in 1771 (Meiwa 8). For about 15 years from Shōzō's death in 1773 (An'ei 2), he wrote over 40 Kyogen plays, mainly as a stand-up playwright for medium-sized plays. He excelled in period pieces, and five of them, "The Tale of Ise" (1775), "The Iga-goe Ride and Raincoat" (1776), "Meiboku: Sendai-hagi" (1777), "The Tale of Kagamiyama" (1780), and "The Tenka-jaya-mura" (The Tenka-jaya-mura, 1781), all enjoyed huge success, with "Iga-goe" running for 145 days, an unprecedented success, and were repeatedly performed after their premieres. Kamesuke, who was able to write purely Kabuki-kyogen plays, is considered the ancestor of Middle Age Kabuki composers.

From Kazuya Yoshida

…He was the founder of the Osaka storytelling revival, praised in books such as Naniwa Kenbun Zatsugo as a master of unparalleled performances of all time, and like a real play. His specialty, Iga's revenge, was adapted by Nakano Kamesuke and performed in Osaka's theatres for 140 days from 1776 (An'ei 5) to the following year. A part of his knowledge is known from his simple commentary book Wakan Gunsho Yoran (1770), which has been reprinted many times. …

*Some of the terminology used in reference to "Iga-goe Norikake Raincoat" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…上杉家家老和田行家の子息志津馬が姉婿唐木政右衛門の助力を得て父の敵沢井股五郎を討つまでを描いた作品。1776年(安永5)12月大坂嵐座上演の奈河亀輔作の歌舞伎を翌年3月に大坂豊竹此吉座で人形浄瑠璃化した当り作《伊賀越乗掛合羽（いがごえのりがけがつぱ）》に依拠するところが大きいが，敵を追う主人公たちの移動につれてさまざまな人々の義理と恩愛とにからんだ悲劇が次々と東海道筋に展開されていくという構想は本作独自の風趣を生み出すものとなっている。なかでも志津馬の愛人お米の父である雲助平作が久しぶりに再会したわが子の呉服屋十兵衛から敵股五郎の消息を聞き出すために自害する〈沼津の段〉(六段目)や，政右衛門が旧師山田幸兵衛の面前でわが子を殺して義心を示す〈岡崎の段〉(八段目)などが繰り返し上演され，また，作品としての出来もよい。…

【奈河亀輔】より

…初世並木正三に師事して劇作を始め，1771年(明和8)初めて中の芝居に名を出し，正三の没した73年(安永2)から約15年間，おもに中の芝居の立作者として40余編の狂言の筆を執った。時代物にすぐれ，なかでも《競（はでくらべ）伊勢物語》(1775)，《伊賀越乗掛合羽》(1776)，《伽羅（めいぼく）先代萩》(1777)，《加賀見山廓写本（さとのききがき）》(1780)，《殿下茶屋聚（てんがぢややむら）》(《敵討天下茶屋聚》1781)の5編は《伊賀越》が145日打ち通すという古今まれな大当りをとったのを筆頭にいずれも大入り大当りをとり，初演以後も繰り返し上演された。純然たる歌舞伎狂言を書きえた亀輔は中古歌舞伎作者の祖とされる。…

【吉田一保】より

…《浪花見聞雑語》などに，まこと芝居を見るような古今無双の名人とたたえられた大坂講談中興の祖。得意とした伊賀の仇討を奈河亀輔が脚色し，大坂中の芝居で上演した《伊賀越乗掛合羽》は，1776年(安永5)から翌年にかけて140日打ち続けられた。その知識の一端は版を重ねた簡便な解題書《和漢軍書要覧》(1770)によって知られる。…

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