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Kabuki kyogen. One act. The play title is "Watarukarikoi no tamazusa" (Crossing Wild Goose Love Jewel), among others. Kanazawa Ryugyoku (Nakamura Utaemon III) incorporated ideas from works such as "The Beginning of Nishikie Paintings of Specialities of the Eastern Capital" into the first act of his own kyogen play "Keisei Setsugetsuka" (Setsugetsuka), which featured Ishikawa Goemon, and the script has been passed down to later generations. The play premiered in Osaka Kaku in January 1830 (Tenpo 1). Nakamura Utaemon III played the role of Kamimune Sannigoro Shichi, Nakamura Matsue (later Tomijuro II) played the role of Keijoji, and Arashi Rikan II played the role of Takagi Jirodayu.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

歌舞伎狂言。1幕。上演外題《渡雁恋玉章（わたるかりこいのたまずさ）》ほか。《東都名物錦絵始（おえどのめいぶつにしきえのはじまり）》などの中にあった趣向を，金沢竜玉(3世中村歌右衛門)が石川五右衛門を扱った自作の狂言《けいせい雪月花（せつげつか）》の1幕に採り入れ，その脚本が後世に伝わった。1830年(天保1)正月大坂角の芝居初演。髪結三二五郎七を3世中村歌右衛門，傾城司を中村松江(後の2世富十郎)，高木次郎太夫を2世嵐璃寛。

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