"Ise souvenir iris sword"

...Fukuoka Mitsugu is played by Nakayama Bunshichi II, and Aburaya Onkon is played by Yoshizawa Iroha I. It is a dramatization of a murder that took place in the Ise Furuichi brothel in May of the same year. The same story was dramatized in the same month as "Ise Souvenir Iris Sword" in Matsuzaka, Ise, and in August, "Ise Miyage Kawasaki Dance Beat" written by Nagawa Atsushi was performed at the Kyo Yamashita Hidejiro-za in parallel with this work. It is a work that depicts the events leading up to the Ise priest Fukuoka Mitsugu recovering the famous sword Aoe Shimosaka and its origami from the villains for his master, a young lord. ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "Ise Souvenir Iris Sword" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…福岡貢を2世中山文七，油屋お紺を初世芳沢いろは。同年5月に伊勢古市の遊廓で起こった殺人事件を脚色したもので，すでに同月には同じ題材を劇化した《伊勢土産菖蒲刀（いせみやげしようぶがたな）》が伊勢松坂で演ぜられ，また，8月には本作と並行して京山下秀次郎座で奈河篤助作の《いせみやげ川崎踊拍子（かわさきおんど）》が出されている。伊勢の御師（おし）福岡貢が主人筋に当たる若殿のために名刀青江下坂とその折紙とを悪人から取り返すまでの経緯を描いた作品。…

※「《伊勢土産菖蒲刀》」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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