"Ogiya Kumagai" - Ogiya Kumagai

…Yoritomo spares Shigehira's life and makes him a monk. The play is famous for its highly original second act, which features the colorful interplay between the women Kohagi and Keiko, who are dressed as women, and is still performed today under the title Ogiya Kumagaya. One of its influential works is Ichinotani Futabagunki, which was performed in December 1751 (the first year of the Horeki era). …

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…頼朝は重衡の命を助けて出家させる。女装の小萩と桂子の女同士の色模様を趣向にした二段目切が独創に富んだ一場で名高く，《扇屋熊谷》として現在も上演される。影響作に，1751年(宝暦1)12月の《一谷嫩軍記（いちのたにふたばぐんき）》がある。…

※「《扇屋熊谷》」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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