"Umeyasu General Dog Warrior Tournament" - Umeyasu General Dog Warrior Tournament

...Other plays include the play "Keisei Eight Courtesans" at the Osaka Kaku in January 1857 (Ansei 4), and "The Tale of the Eight Satomi Dogs" (3 acts, written by Kawatake Mokuami) at the Ichimura Theater in May 1868 (Keio 4). Among the plays that were produced after the Meiji period were "The Tale of the Brave Eight Satomi Dog Warriors" (written by Mokuami) at Morita-za in July 1974, "The Tournament of the Eight Ume Dog Warriors" (written by Segawa Joko III) at Nakajima-za in January 1981, "Sumida River Uwasa no Takadono" (three acts, written by Kawatake Shinshichi III) at Haruki-za in June 1983, "Yukari no Yatsufusa" (two acts, written by Shinshichi III) at Nakamura-za in March 1989, "Nansō Satomi Hakken-den" (two acts, adapted by Omori Chisetsu) at Meiji-za in March 1934, and "Nansō Satomi Hakken-den" (four acts, adapted by Atsumi Seitaro) at the Imperial Theatre in September 1947. [Koike Shotaro]...

*Some of the terminology used in reference to the "Umehachi General Dog Warrior Tournament" is listed below.

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…ほかに，57年(安政4)正月大坂の角の芝居《けいせい八花魁（やつのはなぶさ）》，68年(慶応4)5月市村座《里見八犬伝》(3幕，河竹黙阿弥作)がある。明治以後のものには，74年7月東京守田座《里見八犬士勇伝》(黙阿弥作)，81年正月東京の中島座《梅八総犬士大会（うめのやつふさけんしのおおよせ）》(3世瀬川如皐作)，83年6月東京春木座《墨川高評楼（すみだがわうわさのたかどの）》(3幕，3世河竹新七作)，89年3月東京中村座《仇名草由縁八房（ゆかりのやつふさ）》(2幕，3世新七作)があり，また，1934年3月東京明治座《南総里見八犬伝》(2幕，大森痴雪脚色)，47年9月東京帝国劇場《南総里見八犬伝》(4幕，渥美清太郎脚色)などがある。【小池 章太郎】。…

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