Kinmon Gozan Paulownia - Kinmon Gozan Paulownia

Kabuki script. Historical piece. Five acts. Written by Namiki Gohei. First performed by Arashi Hinasuke I and others at a theater in Kado, Osaka, in April 1778 (An'ei 7). A representative Kabuki work that dramatizes the story of the great thief Ishikawa Goemon. The story is about Konomura Oinosuke, a vassal of Hisatsugu, the adopted son of Mashiba Hisayoshi (Toyotomi Hideyoshi), who is actually a Ming Dynasty nationalist, Sosokei. After his plot to take control of Japan is foiled and he is destroyed, his orphaned son, Ishikawa Goemon, takes up his father's ambition and sets his sights on Hisayoshi. In recent years, the second act of the original story, "Nanzenji Sanmon," has been separated and is often performed under the title "Roumon Gosan Kiri." Commonly known as "Mountain Gate." Goemon, who was admiring the view from the top of the Nanzenji Sanmon tower, learns that he is the orphaned son of Sosokei from a silk letter in blood that a white hawk has flown in its mouth. Goemon realizes that the pilgrim below him is Hisayoshi, his father's enemy, in disguise, and throws a shuriken at him, but Hisayoshi takes it lightly and they part ways. Although it is a short scene of just a dozen minutes, it is a culmination of stylized beauty, with Goemon's famous line, "What a magnificent view, what a magnificent view," and the spectacular display of the luxurious mountain gate props. Recent full-length performances include the research performance "Shunjukai" (1967) by Ennosuke Ichikawa III, and an independent performance by the National Theatre.

[Toshiaki Matsui]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

歌舞伎(かぶき)脚本。時代物。5幕。並木五瓶(ごへい)作。1778年（安永7）4月、大坂・角(かど)の芝居で初世嵐雛助(あらしひなすけ)らにより初演。大盗賊石川五右衛門(ごえもん)を脚色した代表的な歌舞伎作品。真柴久吉(ましばひさよし)（豊臣(とよとみ)秀吉）の養子久次(ひさつぐ)の臣此村大炊之助(このむらおおいのすけ)が実は明(みん)国人宋蘇卿(そうそけい)で、日本掌握の陰謀が破れて自滅したあと、遺児石川五右衛門が父の志を継いで久吉をねらう話であるが、近年は原作の二幕目返し「南禅寺山門」だけが独立、『楼門(さんもん)五三桐』の名題(なだい)でしばしば上演される。通称「山門」。南禅寺山門の楼上で景色に見とれていた五右衛門は、飛んできた白鷹(はくたか)のくわえた絹の血書から、自分を宋蘇卿の遺児と知る。五右衛門は眼下に現れた巡礼を父の敵(かたき)久吉の変装と見破り、手裏剣を打つが、久吉は軽く受け止めて別れる。十数分の短い場面であるが、五右衛門の「絶景かな絶景かな」の名台詞(せりふ)と、豪華な山門の大道具をセリ上げるスペクタクルで、様式美を結集した一幕。なお、近年の通し上演として3世市川猿之助の研究公演「春秋会」（1967）と、国立劇場の自主公演によるものがある。

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