Demon's Eye Three-volume Summary - Kiichi Hogen Sanryaku no Maki

Joruri Gidayubushi. Historical piece. Five acts. A collaboration between Bunkodo and Hasegawa Senshi. First performed at the Osaka Takemotoza in September 1731 (Kyoho 16). The story of Oniichi Hougen from the "Gikeiki" is adapted to include the legend of Kurama Tengu, and the story of Minamoto no Yoshitomo's concubine Tokiwa Gozen and Ichijo Okurakyo is added. The first and second sections tell us that Oniwakamaru, the son of Kumano's chief priest Benshin, is raised by the ajari Shokei of Mount Shosha, shaves his head, and takes the name Musashibo Benkei. The fifth section tells us that Benkei and Ushiwakamaru make a pact as master and servant on Gojo Bridge, but the third and fourth sections are the most famous.

Third Act (Chrysanthemum Field and Inner Garden) - Ushiwakamaru, who is plotting the restoration of the Genji clan, becomes a slave called Torazō, and his vassal Yoshioka Kisanta becomes a slave called Chienai. They live in the mansion of Yoshioka Kiichi Hougen, Kisanta's eldest brother and military scholar who serves the Taira clan, and are plotting to obtain the Rikuto Sanryaku Scroll (Cheat Sheet of Military Strategy). Kiichi's daughter Minazuruhime is in love with Torazō. One day, they incur Kiichi's wrath in the chrysanthemum field within the mansion, and Torazō and Chienai are chased out of the mansion, so they head to the inner garden in search of the cheat sheet. Oniichi, who was waiting for him, regrets having served the Heike while receiving the favor of the Genji, and confesses that he once disguised himself as the Great Tengu of Mount Kurama and taught martial arts to Ushiwaka. As the groom of Minazuru, he hands over the secret scroll to Ushiwaka and commits seppuku. Fourth Act (Higaki Teahouse and Okura-kan): Onisanta's second brother Onijiro sends his wife Okyo as a kyogen performer to find out the true feelings of Tokiwa Gozen, who married the foolish nobleman Ichijo Okura-kyo, and discovers her true feelings of relying on the sword of a bow to subjugate the Heike. The Minister of Finance also kills the wicked minister Yatsurugi Kaneyu, who is plotting to take over the Ichijo family, and reveals his true intention of siding with the Genji, as a way of avoiding pandering to the Heike clan at their height of power.

The year after its premiere, it was adapted into a kabuki play, and the "Chrysanthemum Field," which unfolds a stylized beauty against the backdrop of a gorgeous stage, became particularly popular, and today the latter half of the play, the "Inner Garden," is often omitted. The fourth act is a highlight, as it shows how the Minister of Finance changes between his foolishness and his true feelings, and when only this passage is performed, it is usually performed under the title "Ichijo Okura Monogatari."

[Toshiaki Matsui]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

浄瑠璃義太夫節(じょうるりぎだゆうぶし)。時代物。5段。文耕堂(ぶんこうどう)・長谷川千四(せんし)合作。1731年（享保16）9月、大坂竹本座初演。『義経記(ぎけいき)』中の鬼一法眼の話に鞍馬天狗(くらまてんぐ)の伝説を取り入れ、源義朝(よしとも)の後室常盤御前(ときわごぜん)と一条大蔵卿(いちじょうおおくらきょう)の話などを加えて脚色。初段～二段では、熊野(くまの)の別当弁真(べんしん)の子鬼若丸(おにわかまる)が書写山(しょしゃざん)の性慶阿闍梨(しょうけいあじゃり)に育てられ、剃髪(ていはつ)して武蔵坊(むさしぼう)弁慶と名のること、五段目では五条橋で弁慶が牛若丸と主従の契りを結ぶことなどが書かれているが、三段目と四段目が名高い。

　三段目（菊畑(きくばたけ)・奥庭）―源氏再興を図る牛若丸は奴(やっこ)虎蔵(とらぞう)、家臣吉岡鬼三太(きさんた)は奴智恵内(ちえない)となり、鬼三太の長兄で平家に仕える軍学者吉岡鬼一法眼の館へ住み込み、六韜(りくとう)三略の巻（兵法虎の巻）をねらう。鬼一の娘皆鶴姫(みなづるひめ)は虎蔵を恋慕する。ある日、邸内の菊畑で鬼一の怒りを買い、館を追われた虎蔵と智恵内は虎の巻を求めて奥庭へ向かう。待ち受けた鬼一は、源氏の恩を受けながら平家に仕えた身を悔やみ、かつて鞍馬山の大天狗に変装して牛若に武術を教えたことを告白、皆鶴の聟引出(むこひきで)として虎の巻を牛若に譲って切腹する。四段目（檜垣茶屋(ひがきぢゃや)・大蔵館）―鬼三太の次兄鬼次郎(きじろう)は、阿呆(あほう)の公卿一条大蔵卿に嫁した常盤御前の心底を探るため、妻お京を狂言師として入り込ませ、楊弓(ようきゅう)に事寄せ平家調伏(ちょうぶく)を念じている常盤の本心を知る。また、大蔵卿は一条家乗っ取りをねらう奸臣八剣勘解由(かんしんやつるぎかげゆ)を斬(き)り、いままでの阿呆は平家全盛の世に媚(こ)びないための手段で、源氏に味方する本心を明かす。

　初演の翌年には歌舞伎(かぶき)に移されたが、華やかな舞台面を背景に様式美を展開する「菊畑」がとくに人気をよび、今日では、後半の「奥庭」を省略して出されることが多い。また、四段目は、大蔵卿の阿呆と本心の使い分けが見どころで、このくだりだけ出す場合は、普通『一条大蔵譚(ものがたり)』の名題(なだい)で上演される。

［松井俊諭］

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