Kusazuribiki - Kusazuribiki

A common name for a style of Kabuki performance, or a dance drama based on it. It is an adaptation of a passage from "Soga Monogatari" and the Kōwaka dance "Wada no Sakamori," in which Soga Goro grabs his brother Juro's armor and runs off to save him from danger, but Kobayashi Asahina holds him back, but as they pull against each other, the armor's lacing is torn off due to their great strength. It was first made into a Kabuki play in 1688 (Genroku 1), and the rough play "Tsuwamono Kongen Soga," performed by Goro played by Ichikawa Danjūrō ​​I and Asahina played by Nakamura Denkurō I at the Nakamuraza in Edo in May 1698, is the basis for the performance. Afterwards, many versions were created as Nagauta dance dramas, but the definitive version that has been passed down to this day is "Shofudatsuki Kongen Kusazuri" (commonly known as "Shofudatsuki"; music by Kineya Rokusaburo IV and choreography by Fujima Daisuke), performed in January 1814 (Bunka 11) at the Morita-za in Edo by Goro of Danjūrō ​​7th and Asahina of Ichikawa Omezo 1st. Incidentally, the first time Asahina was cast in a female role was in "Kikuju no Kusazuri" (commonly known as "Ikioi") in 1787 (Tenmei 7), but even in "Shofudatsuki", the form in which Wada's Maizuru is used instead of Asahina due to the actor's convenience is still often performed today.

[Toshiaki Matsui]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

歌舞伎(かぶき)演出の一系統、またはこれに基づく舞踊劇の通称。『曽我(そが)物語』の一節、および幸若舞(こうわかまい)『和田酒盛(わだのさかもり)』にある、曽我五郎が兄十郎の危難を救おうと鎧(よろい)をつかんで駆け出すのを、小林朝比奈(あさひな)が引き留めるが、引き合ううちに2人とも大力なので、鎧の草摺がちぎれるという話を脚色したもの。1688年（元禄1）初めて歌舞伎に扱われ、98年5月江戸・中村座で初世市川団十郎の五郎、初世中村伝九郎の朝比奈によって演じられた荒事(あらごと)の『兵根元曽我(つわものこんげんそが)』が演出の基盤。その後長唄(ながうた)の舞踊劇として多くつくられたが、1814年（文化11）1月江戸・森田座の7世団十郎の五郎、初世市川男女蔵(おめぞう)の朝比奈による『正札附根元(しょうふだつきこんげん)草摺』（通称「正札附」。4世杵屋(きねや)六三郎作曲・藤間大助振付け）が決定版として今日に伝わった。なお、朝比奈を女の役にしたのは1787年（天明7）の『菊寿(きくじゅ)の草摺』（通称「いきおい」）が最初だが、「正札附」でも俳優の都合で朝比奈のかわりに和田の舞鶴(まいづる)で演じる型が現代でもよく行われている。

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