Osan

Japanese: おさん

[1] A character in the Joruri play "Shinju Ten no Amijima." The wife of Kamiya Jihei of Omaemachi, Tenma, Osaka. [2] A character in the Ukiyo-zoshi "Koshoku Gonin Onna" volume 3 and the Joruri play "Daikyoushi Mukashi Reki." The wife of a Daikyoushi in Kyoto. [3] Kiyomoto. First performed in Bunka 13 ( 1816 ) at the second important event at the Edo Nakamuraza. The original title was " Yukari no Koyomi Uta (Calendar Song of Origin) ." Words by Fukumori Kyusuke, music by Kiyozawa Mankichi. In this story, Osan Mohei is saved just before his double suicide.

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Japanese:

[一] 浄瑠璃「心中天の網島」中の人物。大坂天満お前町の紙屋治兵衛の妻。[二] 浮世草子「好色五人女」巻三、および浄瑠璃「大経師昔暦」の中の人物。京都の大経師の妻。[三] 清元。文化一三年（一八一六）江戸中村座の二番目大切に初演。本名題「由縁の暦歌(ゆかりのこよみうた)」。福森久助作詞、清沢万吉作曲。おさん茂兵衛が心中の直前救われる筋。

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