"Kyoto Habutae Girl's Temperament" - Today is the day of the pig embroidery

…The aunt told her husband about the curse of Nobukuni's sword that had befallen the family of Hanshichi, a samurai of the Kameyama domain, and then took all the blame on herself and committed seppuku to die. After that, she produced many influential works, including the kabuki play Futatsumon Katana no Meigetsu (1731) and the puppet theatre Kyohabutae Musume Katagi (1764). Since the Taisho period, the work has been adapted into kabuki plays close to the original several times. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "Kyoto Habutae Girl Temperament" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…叔母は，亀山藩士であった半七の家に祟る信国の刀の因縁を夫に語り，罪を一身に引き受け切腹して死ぬ。その後に多くの影響作を生んだが，歌舞伎《雙紋刀銘月（ふたつもんかたなのめいげつ）》(1731)，人形浄瑠璃《京羽二重娘気質（きようはぶたえむすめかたぎ）》(1764)はその代表である。なお，大正期以後は，原作に近い歌舞伎化も数回行われている。…

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