"The War of Ueno" - Ueno no Senso

…The earliest of his representative works to appear was Kawatake Mokuami's "Azuma Diary from the Meiji Era" at the Shintomi-za Theater in Tokyo in 1875 (Meiji 8), a zangirimono (a type of play) in eight acts with episodes, dealing with the 1868 Ueno War by the Shogitai. The next was Takeshiba Kisui's "Satsukibare Ueno no Asakaze" at the Shintomi-za Theater in May 1890, commonly known as "The War at Ueno." It was well received, with a member of the Shogitai as the protagonist. …

*Some of the terminology used in reference to "The War of Ueno" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…代表作の中でもっとも早く現れたものは，1875年(明治8)東京新富座の河竹黙阿弥作《明治年間東（あずま）日記》で，1868年の上野の彰義隊の戦争を扱い，挿話を交えて8幕に描いた散切（ざんぎり）物。次は1890年5月新富座の竹柴其水（きすい）作《皐月晴上野朝風（さつきばれうえののあさかぜ）》で通称《上野の戦争》。彰義隊の一員を主人公として好評であった。…

※「《上野の戦争》」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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