The ultimate hatazui chobei - The ultimate hatazui chobei

Japanese: 極付幡随長兵衛 - きわめつきばんずいちょうべえ

Kabuki kyogen. Sewamono. 4 acts. Commonly known as "Yudono no Chobei." Written by Kawatake Mokuami. First performed at the Harukiza Theater in Tokyo in October 1881 (Meiji 14). Cast included Ichikawa Danjūrō IX as Hatazui Chobei, Ichikawa Gonjūrō as Sakuragawa Goroza and Mizuno Jurozaemon, Iwai Shiwaku as Chobei's wife Oji, and others. In the first performance, the conflict between townsfolk and samurai slaves was entangled with the grudge of a favored sumo wrestler's match, but in 1891 Kawatake Shinshichi III added a "Murayamaza Fight Scene" including a play-within-a-play "Kinpira Homon Arasoi" to the prologue, and this became the standard format thereafter, with the story about the sumo wrestler Sakuragawa being omitted.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

歌舞伎狂言。世話物。4幕。通称《湯殿の長兵衛》。河竹黙阿弥作。1881年(明治14)10月東京春木座初演。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。

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