"The Hero's Spring Umbrella"

...A play. Also called Otokodate Harusamegasa. Written by Fukuchi Ochi. First performed at the Tokyo Kabukiza in April 1897. Oguchiya Kyou was played by Ichikawa Danjūrō ​​IX, Itsumi Tesshinsai by Ichikawa Ennosuke I (later Danshiro II), Keisei Usugumo by Ichikawa Onnatora II (later Monnosuke VI), Keisei Katsuragi by Nakamura Fukusuke IV (later Utaemon V), and others. This is an adaptation of Ochi's own work, Novel Harusame Kasa (A Novel of Spring Rain Umbrella), for Danjūrō, and is based on Oguchiya Kyou, one of the 18 great masters of Edo. Commonly known as the "Real Sukeroku," this is one of the "Sukerokumono" (Sukeroku plays), and Danjūrō, who was well-known for his period plays, proved his skill in domestic plays by performing this play. ...

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…戯曲。〈おとこだてはるさめがさ〉ともいう。福地桜痴作。1897年4月東京歌舞伎座初演。大口屋暁雨を9世市川団十郎，逸見鉄心斎を初世市川猿之助(のちの2世段四郎)，傾城薄雲を2世市川女寅(のちの6世門之助)，傾城葛城を4世中村福助(のちの5世歌右衛門)ほか。桜痴自作の《小説春雨傘》を団十郎のために脚色したもので，江戸十八大通の一人大口屋暁雨をモデルにしている。通称を《実録の助六》というように〈助六物〉の一つで，時代物に定評のあった団十郎が，この作品の上演で世話物にも腕のあるのを立証した。…

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