Paulownia - Kiri/Choukiri

Japanese: 桐長桐 - きり・ちょうきり

Years of birth: unknown. Head of the female Kabuki Kiri-za theater in the early Edo period. Her ancestor is a descendant of Kowaka Yotayu, a disciple of Kowaka Kohachiro from Echizen Province (Fukui Prefecture). It is commonly believed that she performed in Edo Kobiki-cho in 1661 (Kanbun 1), but this is unknown. The stage name has been passed down to women for generations, and she performed in Fukiya-cho (Nihonbashi Horidome) as a kegyo (performance agent) for the Ichimura-za theater for four years from 1784 (Tenmei 4), five years from 1793 (Kansei 5), and from 1816 (Bunka 13) until the following year. <References> Kimura Kinka, "Discovery of the Odawara Kiri-za Theater," Sekine Tadamasa, "The History of the Toto Theater"

(Akiko Imanishi)

Source: Asahi Japanese Historical Biography: Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. About Asahi Japanese Historical Biography

Japanese:

生年：生没年不詳
江戸前期の女歌舞伎桐座の座元。先祖は越前国(福井県)幸若小八郎の門弟幸若与太夫の子孫。通説では寛文1(1661)年,江戸木挽町で興行したとするが不詳。名跡は代々女子が相続し,市村座の控櫓(興行の代行者)として天明4(1784)年から4年間,寛政5(1793)年から5年間,文化13(1816)年から翌年まで葺屋町(日本橋堀留)で興行した。<参考文献>木村錦花『小田原桐座の発見』,関根只誠『東都劇場沿革誌』

(今西晶子)

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