"Southwest clouds clear morning east wind" - Okige clouds clear morning east wind

But his true value lay in Edo-style domestic dramas such as "Tsuyu Kosode Mukashi Hachijo" (1873) and "Kumonimago Ueno Hatsuhana" (1881). His other works included "Okige no Kumoharou Asagochi" (1878), which was based on the Satsuma Rebellion, and "Ningen Banji Kin Sechu" (1879), an adaptation of a Lytton novel that is still performed today. In 1879, he even attempted an adaptation of "Hamlet," demonstrating his versatility. The fourth period was over the 10 years after his retirement, during which he wrote the only historical drama revived today, "Hojo Ninth Generation Meikako" (1884), "Suitengū Megumi no Fukagawa" (1885), "Tsukitō Mekaoru Oboroyo" (Hanai Oume, 1888) and other sankirimono, as well as Noh plays such as "Ibaraki" (1883), "Funabenkei" (1885), and "Momijigari" (1887), and Western-style plays such as "Charine's Circus" (1886) and "Spencer's Balloon Ride" (1891).

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…が，真価はやはり《梅雨小袖昔八丈》(1873)，《天衣紛（くもにまごう）上野初花》(1881)などの江戸風世話物にあった。ほかに西南戦争に取材した《西南雲晴朝東風（おきげのくもはろうあさごち）》(1878)，現在も上演されるリットン原作の翻案劇《人間万事金世中》(1879)などあり，79年には《ハムレット》の翻案も企てるなど多彩をきわめた。　第4期は引退以後の10余年間で，今日復演される唯一の活歴劇《北条九代名家功》(1884)や，《水天宮利生深川（すいてんぐうめぐみのふかがわ）》(1885)，《月梅薫朧夜（つきとうめかおるおぼろよ）》(花井お梅，1888)ほかの散切物，《茨木》(1883)，《船弁慶》(1885)，《紅葉狩》(1887)などの能取り所作事，《チャリネの曲馬》(1886)，《スペンサーの風船乗》(1891)などの洋風所作事を書いた。…

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