"Kazusa Cotton Komon Single Fabric" - Kazusa Cotton Komon

...Higashiyama Sakura Soshi (written by Segawa Joko 3rd), which premiered at the Edo Nakamuraza in August 1851 (Kaei 4), was a huge hit based on the story of the Sakura domain's violent petition that occurred during the Shoho era (1644-48), which had been circulated up to that point and had been performed in the form of a tale based on the true story of Jizodo Tsuya Monogatari and lectures by Ichiritsusai Bunsha and Ishikawa Kazumu. The background of the series of performances of righteous people pieces such as "Kazusa Cotton Komon no Hitoeji" (Ichibeiki) at Nakamuraza in August 1865 (Keio 1), "Jitsetsu Sakura no Kikigaki" at Nakaza in Osaka in December 1885 (Meiji 18), and "Monju no Chie Gimin no Isaosi" at Shintomiza in Tokyo in December 1886, reflects the peasant uprisings and the Freedom and People's Rights Movement that occurred at the end of the Edo period and in the Meiji era. [Koike Shotaro]...

*Some of the terminology used in reference to "Kazusa Cotton Komon Tanji" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…1851年(嘉永4)8月江戸中村座初演の《東山桜荘子（ひがしやまさくらそうし）》(3世瀬川如皐作)は，それまでに流布されていた実録本《地蔵堂通夜物語》や一立斎文車，石川一夢らの講釈で演じられていた正保年中(1644‐48)に起きた佐倉領の強訴事件に取材し，大当りをとった作。65年(慶応1)8月中村座の《上総棉小紋単地（かずさもめんこもんのひとえじ）》(市兵衛記)や85年(明治18)12月大阪中座《実事譚佐倉聞書（じつせつさくらのききがき）》，86年12月東京新富座の《文珠智恵義民功（もんじゆのちえぎみんのいさおし）》など一連の義民物の上演の背景には幕末･明治期に起きた百姓一揆や自由民権運動が反映している。【小池 章太郎】。…

※「《上総棉小紋単地》」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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