"Oume Kumenosuke's Horned Forehead, Jealous Snake Willow" - Oume Kumenosuke's Horned Forehead, Jealous Snake Willow

...On the night of the wedding, Oume and Kumenosuke escaped from Saikaya amid the commotion of stone-throwing as a gift, and made it to the women's hall at Mount Koya. There, they committed suicide together, evading Kumenosuke's sister who was anxiously searching for her brother. He soon entered the world of Kabuki and performed many plays, but the most famous of his adaptations is the Joruri play Oume Kumenosuke no Bitai Uramino Jiyayanagi, which was performed at the Osaka Toyotakeza Theater in 1871 (Meiwa 8). [Suwa Haruo]...

*Some of the terminology used in "Oume Kumenosuke Horned Brow, Jiebiyanagi" is listed below.

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…その祝言の夜，祝儀の石打ちの騒ぎにまぎれて，お梅と久米之介の2人は雑賀屋を逃れ出て，高野山の女人堂にたどりつき，弟の安否を気づかって探し求める久米之介の姉をやりすごして心中をとげた。すぐ歌舞伎にもはいって上演を繰り返したが，改作物では浄瑠璃の71年(明和8)に大坂豊竹座で上演された《お梅粂之助角額嫉蛇柳（おうめくめのすけつのびたいうらみのじややなぎ）》が有名。【諏訪 春雄】。…

※「《お梅粂之助角額嫉蛇柳》」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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