"Itozakura Honcho Education" - Itozakura Honcho Education

Japanese: 《糸桜本町育》 - いとざくらほんちょうそだち

...The main theme of the Joruri play "Nisei no Kumi Obi" by Miyakoji Bungo was the late Kyoho or Genbun period (1730-40), with the elder daughter Ofusa, the younger daughter Koito, and Ofusa's husband who becomes deeply intimate with Koito, played by Sasshichi. The first Kabuki adaptation of this love story was "Satsuki Matsu Soga no Tachibana" (written by Horikawa Jizai, January 1754 at Edo Ichimura-za), which was adapted to incorporate the world of the Sogas, and was then performed as puppet plays "Ito Sakura Honmachi Iku" (written by Kigami Taro, March 1777 at Edo Gaiki-za) and "Edo Jiman Koi Shounin" (written by Tomosaburo and Onigane, March 1777 at Edo Hizen-za). The former was adapted into Kabuki play "Honmachi Iku Ukina Hanako" and performed at Nakamura-za in May 1777. His calligraphy works include Kokoro no Nazo Toke Tairoito (Colored Thread that Solves the Mystery of the Heart) (written by Tsuruya Nanboku IV, 1810) and Edo Ikugosai Sasshichi (written by Kawatake Shinshichi III, 1898).

From "The Colored Thread that Solves the Mystery of the Heart"

...The cast includes Onoe Matsusuke II (later Kikugorou III) as Omatsuri Sajichi, Matsumoto Koshiro V as Hanji Kurobei, Honjo Tsunagorou III as Bando Mitsugorou, Itoya's younger sister Ofusa and Kurobei's wife Ojimitsu as Itoya's older sister Koito as Iwai Hanshiro V, Sawamura Tanosuke II as the geisha Oito, and Onoe Matsuroku I as Kaze no Kami Kizaemon. The play is a rewrite of the earlier puppet play Ito Sakura Honcho Iku (written by Kigami Taro, 1777), based on an incident that occurred the previous year in which the second son of a samurai from the Ushigome area dug up a grave and committed necrophilia. Yamazumi Gohei, in an attempt to buy the freedom of Fukagawa geisha Oito, whom he has long been in love with, steals a precious Ogura shikishi from the Akagi family and pawns it at a pawn shop called Kanbaraya....

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Ito Sakura Honmachi Iku" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…この唄を核として宮古路豊後の浄瑠璃正本《二世の組帯》が享保末か元文ころ(1730‐40)に成立し，姉娘をおふさ，妹娘を小糸，おふさの婿で小糸と深い仲となる相手を左七としている。この情話を最初に歌舞伎化したのが《皐需曾我橘（さつきまつそがのたちばな）》(壕越二三治作，1754年1月江戸市村座)で，曾我の世界にからめて脚色，ついで人形浄瑠璃に《糸桜本町育》(紀上太郎作，1777年3月江戸外記座)と《江戸自慢恋商人》(友三郎･鬼眼作，1777年3月江戸肥前座)が上演され，歌舞伎では前者を脚色した《本町育浮名花聟》が中村座で1777年5月に演じられた。書替物としては，《心謎解色糸（こころのなぞとけたいろいと）》(4世鶴屋南北作，1810)，《江戸育御祭佐七》(3世河竹新七作，1898)などがある。…

【心謎解色糸】より

…配役はお祭左七を2世尾上松助(のちの3世菊五郎)，半時九郎兵衛を5世松本幸四郎，本庄綱五郎を3世坂東三津五郎，糸屋妹娘お房･九郎兵衛女房お時実は糸屋姉娘小糸を5世岩井半四郎，芸者お糸を2世沢村田之助，風の神喜左衛門を初世尾上松緑など。前年に牛込辺の旗本の次男が墓掘返しのうえ屍姦を行った事件があり，これを芯に先行の人形浄瑠璃《糸桜本町育》(紀上太郎作，1777)を書き替えたもの。山住五平太はかねて懸想する深川芸者のお糸を身請けしようと，赤城家の重宝小倉の色紙を盗みだし，神原屋という質店へ入質する。…

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