"Kasuga no Tsubone" - Kasuga no Tsubone

…Despite the enthusiasm of Danjūrō ​​and his friends, the play was unpopular among the general audience, criticized by newspapers, and gradually lost support from intellectuals, eventually coming to an end in the late 1880s. Among the lively plays or lively performances still performed today are works by Mokuami, such as “Augmented Momoyama-dan” (1873) and “The Nine Hojo Famous Family” (1884), and works by Fukuchi Ochi, such as “Kasuga no Tsubone” (1891) and “Omori Hikoshichi” (1897). Drama Improvement Movement [Hayashi Kyohei]. …

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…こうした団十郎らの熱意とは裏腹に，一般観客の評判は悪く，新聞からも批判され知識人の支持もしだいに失い，明治20年代後半には終焉した。現在も演ぜられる活歴物あるいは活歴的演出の作品には《増補桃山譚》(1873)，《北条九代名家功》(1884)等の黙阿弥作品，《春日局》(1891)，《大森彦七》(1897)などの福地桜痴作品があげられる。演劇改良運動【林 京平】。…

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