Kin no Sai

Japanese: 金之揮 - きんのさい

Title. A type of actor review. Written and illustrated by Kondo Kiyoharu. Published by Okumura Genroku in January 1728 (Kyoho 13). 1 volume, 1 book. This is the first of many publications related to Ichikawa Danjūrō. It is an illustrated chronology that lists the performances of kyogen starring the first Danjūrō in the preface and the second Danjūrō in the main text, in order of performance, and shows Edo people's favoritism towards Danjūrō. The article on the second Danjūrō is thought to have been written based on many kyogen books and rankings, and is considered to be fairly accurate, but the article on the first Danjūrō, although quoted in various books, contains many errors and is not very reliable.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

書名。役者評判記の一種。近藤清春著･画。1728年(享保13)1月，奥村源六刊。1巻1冊。数多い市川団十郎関係の出版物のうち，最初のもの。前文に初世，本文に2世の主演した狂言を上演順に記した絵入り年表で，江戸人の団十郎贔屓（びいき）がしのばれる。2世に関する記事は，多くの狂言本や番付などに基づいて記されたものと思われ，ほぼ正確と認められるが，初世に関する記事は従来諸書に引用されているが，誤りが多く，信憑性が薄い。

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