"Laid-back Nightgown" - Laid-back Nightgown

...The dark social conditions and sentiments of the late Edo period are conveyed in the scene in which a samurai commits double suicide with a prostitute, leaving behind his two children and not caring about the destruction of his family. The Kiyomoto play Kasanezumaneya no Sayoginu, used in the scene in which Mibu's wife Oyasu asks Shiraito to break off their marriage, has been adapted into Tokiwazu and still exists, but the play is rarely performed today. The novelty of adapting Naito Shinjuku as a stage setting was well received at the time. ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "Heavy-Breasted Nightgown" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…2児を置き去りに家の崩壊もかえりみず，宿場女郎と心中をとげる武士に，幕末期の暗い世相と情趣が感取される。主水の妻お安が白糸に縁切りを頼む場面に使われた清元《重褄閨の小夜衣（かさねづまねやのさよぎぬ）》は常磐津にも改調されて現存するが，芝居は現在ほとんど行われない。内藤新宿を舞台化した新鮮味が当時好評だった。…

※「《重褄閨の小夜衣》」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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