"Oushuu Baitsumado Obihiki" - Oushuu Baitsumado Obihiki

...However, since it was considered inappropriate for women to pull on the kusuzuri of armor, the original "Obihiki" performed by Goro and Asahina was repurposed, and gradually it was settled that Goro would play the "kusuzurihiki" and Shosho would play the "obihiki". "Obihiki" was first performed in January 1759 (9th year of the Horeki era) at the Edo Nakamura Theater as "Oushiyukubai Tsumado no Obihiki", with Shosho played by Segawa Kikunojo II and Asahina played by Ichikawa Yaozo I. Since then, it has been as popular with the Edo commoners as "Kusazurihiki", and many rewrites have been produced, forming a system of its own, but it is now extinct. ...

*Some of the terminology used in reference to "Uguisu-yado Umezumado Obihiki" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…だが女が鎧の草摺を引き合うのは似つかわしくないところから，当初は五郎と朝比奈とで行われていた〈帯引〉を転用し，しだいに五郎は〈草摺引〉，対する少将は〈帯引〉に落ちついたものである。〈帯引〉の初演は1759年(宝暦9)正月江戸中村座《鶯宿梅妻戸帯引（おうしゆくばいつまどのおびひき）》で，少将が2世瀬川菊之丞，朝比奈が初世市川八百蔵。以来江戸庶民に〈草摺引〉同様に人気があったので，多くの書替え作が生じて一系統を成したが，今日は廃絶。…

※「《鶯宿梅妻戸帯引》」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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