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Japanese: 敵討襤褸錦 - かたきうちつづれのにしき

(1) Ningyo-joruri. Historical piece. 3 volumes. A collaboration between Bunkodo and Miyoshi Shoraku. First performed at the Osaka Takemotoza in May 1736 (Genbun 1). A joruri version of the kabuki kyogen play "Hinin no katakiuchi" (Vengeance of a wicked man's enemy), which was started by the first Araki Yojibei in the Kanbun period (1661-73) and continued by the first Anegawa Shinshiro in the Kyoho period (1716-36). The story depicts the events that unfold when the brothers Harutō Jiroemon and Shinshichi, who live in the Bingo domain, become wicked and set out to kill their father's enemy, and finally achieve their goal in Yamato Koriyama. The "Daian-ji Embankment Section" (Lower Volume) is famous for its many dramatic scenes, in which Jiroemon, injured by the cold and unable to stand, demonstrates his mettle by showing people the famous sword Aoe Shimosaka that had been passed down through generations of his father, and is attacked while sleeping and nearly fights back.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

(1)人形浄瑠璃。時代物。3巻。文耕堂･三好松洛の合作。1736年(元文1)5月大坂竹本座初演。寛文期(1661‐73)の初世荒木与次兵衛に始まり享保期(1716‐36)の初世姉川新四郎に継承された歌舞伎狂言《非人敵討（ひにんのかたきうち）》を浄瑠璃化したもの。備後藩中の春藤次郎右衛門･新七の兄弟が非人に身を落として父の敵をねらい，大和郡山で本懐を達するまでの経緯を描いた作品。寒さのために体を痛めて足腰の立たなくなった次郎右衛門が，親重代の名刀青江下坂を人々に示してその気概を表したり，就寝中を襲われて危うく返討に遭いかかったりするという見せ場に富んだ〈大安寺堤の段〉(下之巻)が名高い。

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