Kawatake Shinshichi (3rd generation)

Japanese: 河竹新七（３世） - かわたけしんしち

...Three acts. Written by Kawatake Shinshichi III. First performed at the Tokyo Kabukiza in May 1898. ...

From "The Peony Lantern"

…Following the big success of Shiobara Tasuke Ichidaiki, a kabuki adaptation of Encho's Shiobara Tasuke, in the spring of the same year, the project was planned by Kabukiza impresario Tamura Shigeyoshi, and the literary director Fukuchi Ochi came up with the structure. Kawatake Shinshichi III and other members of the Kawatake school wrote the details. When it was made into a kabuki play, the title was changed to seven characters, Kaiidan Botandorō. …

From "Kago Tsurube Flower Quarter Suisei"

…8 acts. Written by Shinshichi Kawatake, the 3rd generation. Commonly known as ``basket fishing bottle''. …

From "Kiyomasa Seichūroku"

...Kabuki Kyogen. Written by Shinshichi Kawatake, the 3rd generation. Period piece. …

From "Gokutsuki Hatazui Chobei"

...The cast includes Ichikawa Danjūrō IX as Hatazui Chobei, Ichikawa Gonjūrō as Sakuragawa Goroza and Mizuno Jyūrōzaemon, Iwai Shiwaku as Chobei's wife Oji, and others. In the original production, the conflict between town slaves and samurai slaves was entangled with the grudge of a favorite sumo wrestler's match, but in 1591, Kawatake Shinshichi III added a "Murayamaza Fight Scene" including a play-within-a-play "Kinpira Homon Arasoi" to the prologue, and this has since become the standard format, with the story about the sumo wrestler Sakuragawa being omitted. Kurowashikanadayū, a sumo wrestler favored by the Shiragari-gumi, led by Mizuno Jyūrōzaemon, resents his loss in the ring to Sakuragawa Goroza, the favorite sumo wrestler of the town slave Hatazui Chobei, and tries to kill him on the Imagawa Bridge, only to be killed in return. ...

From 【Shōjō】

…【Yokomichi Mario】(2) Kabuki dance, Nagauta This was danced when the newly built Kawarazakiza Theatre opened in Shiba, Tokyo in July 1874. The original title is Kotobuki Futari Shojo. The lyrics were written by Kawatake Shinshichi III, the music by Kineya Shojiro III, and the choreography by Hanayagi Jusuke I. It is a Matsubamemono. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Kawatake Shinshichi (3rd generation)" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…3幕。3世河竹新七作。1898年5月東京歌舞伎座初演。…

【怪異談牡丹灯籠】より

…同年春，円朝の《塩原多助》を歌舞伎化した《塩原多助一代記》の大当りに続いて，歌舞伎座の興行師田村成義が企画，文芸部長に当たる福地桜痴が構成立案。3世河竹新七ら河竹一門が細部を執筆した。歌舞伎化に当たり，《怪異談牡丹灯籠》と7字に改題。…

【籠釣瓶花街酔醒】より

…8幕。3世河竹新七作。通称《籠釣瓶》。…

【清正誠忠録】より

…歌舞伎狂言。3世河竹新七作。時代物。…

【極付幡随長兵衛】より

…配役は幡随長兵衛を9世市川団十郎，桜川五郎蔵･水野十郎左衛門を市川権十郎，長兵衛女房お時を岩井紫若ほか。初演では町奴と旗本奴の対立にひいき力士の勝負の遺恨を絡めたのを，91年，3世河竹新七が序幕に劇中劇《金平法問諍（きんぴらほうもんあらそい）》を含めた〈村山座けんかの場〉をつけて上演したので，以後これが定型となり，力士桜川のくだりは省略されている。水野十郎左衛門が頭目の白柄組がひいきする力士黒鷲官太夫は，町奴幡随長兵衛のひいき力士桜川五郎蔵に土俵で負けたのを恨み，今川橋で殺そうとして返り討ちに合う。…