"Every month of the lightning field" - Every month of the lightning field

...The people were very hostile towards the tyranny of the Tanumas, and a flag of the Great God of Reform was dedicated to Sano's grave. Soon after the incident, in August of the same year, the play "Inabikari Tagoto no Tsuki" (Lightning in the Fields Every Month) (written by Nagakawa Shimesuke) was performed at the Naka Theater in Osaka, and was dramatized as an unusual piece of work, with the world of the Soga clan as the setting. In August 1789 (Kansei 1), the Osaka Konodayu Theater performed the joruri play "Yushiyoku Kamakurayama" (9th dan, written by Suga Sensuke and others) set in the world of Hachinoki, and it was a big hit. ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "Inakota Monthly" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…田沼親子の専横に民衆の反感は強く，佐野の墓所には世直し大明神の幟（のぼり）が奉納された。事件後まもない同年8月に，大坂中（なか）の芝居で《稲光田毎月（いなびかりたごとのつき）》(奈河七五三助（ながわしめすけ）作)が上演され，〈曾我〉の世界に仮託し，際物（きわもの）として脚色された。1789年(寛政1)8月大坂此太夫座の浄瑠璃《有職鎌倉山（ゆうしよくかまくらやま）》(9段，菅専助（すがせんすけ）ら作)は〈鉢の木〉の世界にしたてて上演，大当りであった。…

※「《稲光田毎月》」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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