Kidōmono - Kidōmono

...His diverse 196 plays, ranging from his early historical dramas to his later domestic dramas and comedies, make him the leading playwright since Mokuami in terms of both quantity and quantity. Many of his unique "Kidōmono" plays, which incorporate the assertion of a modern ego into traditional Kabuki techniques and which have added austere lyricism over the years, are still alive today. In addition to the above, his representative works such as "The Love Suicides of Minowa," "The Muromachi Imperial Palace," "Sasaki Takatsuna," "Onoue Itahachi," "The Love Suicides of Toribenyama," "The Banchō Sarayashiki," "Ogurusu no Chobei," "Shinjuku Yawa," "Gonza and Sukeju," "Sōma no Kinsan," and "Tempō Drama History" have been performed repeatedly. ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "Kidomono" are listed below.

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…初期の史劇から晩年の世話物，喜劇まで，その多彩な196編の戯曲は，質量ともに黙阿弥以後の第一人者といってよい。近代的自我の主張を伝統的な歌舞伎の技法に生かし，年とともに枯淡な詩情を加えた独自の〈綺堂物〉と呼ばれる作品の多くは，今なお生命を失っていない。前記以外に《箕輪の心中》《室町御所》《佐々木高綱》《尾上伊太八》《鳥辺山心中》《番町皿屋敷》《小栗栖の長兵衛》《新宿夜話》《権三と助十》《相馬の金さん》《天保演劇史》等の代表作がくりかえして上演されている。…

※「綺堂物」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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