"Wet Clothes of Hatred and Dew" - Wet Clothes of Hatred and Dew

...The second half of the play is about Kyūhachi, who is accused of embezzling money from Sentaro, the young master of Iseya, and the highlight is when he becomes a wastepaper dealer and helps Michijuro's family. The seventh act features a Tokiwazu dance by Sentaro and Sayogoromo, famous for the song "Uramikuzutsuyuni Nureginu (Wet Clothes of Vengeance and Dew)." In the final act, Kyūhachi and Choan, who accidentally stabbed Sentaro, are tried by Echizen-no-kami Ooka at Hakushū, the same magistrate's office, and Choan is found guilty and Kyūhachi found not guilty for negligence resulting in death....

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "《Grudges and Dew》" are listed below.

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…後半は久八の筋で，伊勢屋の若旦那千太郎の使い込みの責めを負った久八が，紙屑屋になって道十郎の家族を助けるところが見せ場である。七幕目には千太郎と小夜衣の常磐津の道行があり《恨葛露濡衣（うらみくずつゆにぬれぎぬ）》といって有名。大詰は，過って千太郎を刺した久八と長庵が，同じ奉行所の白州で大岡越前守に裁かれ，長庵は有罪，久八は過失致死で無罪になる。…

※「《恨葛露濡衣》」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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