Keisei Mibu Dainenbutsu

Japanese: 傾城壬生大念仏 - けいせいみぶだいねんぶつ

Kabuki Kyogen. Three consecutive plays. Written by Chikamatsu Monzaemon. First performed at the Miyato Mandayu-za Theatre in Kyoto in January 1702 (Genroku 15). The cast includes Sakata Tojuro I as Takato Tamiya, Nakamura Shirogoro as Miyake Hikoroku, Kaneko Kichizaemon as the servant Chobei, Kirinami Chiju as the courtesan Doshiba, and Asao Jujiro as the princess. In anticipation of the Mibu-dera Jizo statue public viewing in March, the play incorporates Mibu Kyogen and the miraculous power of Jizo at Mibu Temple. In the Takato family, the young lord Tamiya falls in love with the courtesan Doshiba and leaves the house, causing a family turmoil, which causes the loyal retainer Miyake Hikoroku to worry. Tamiya appears as a fiancee and a vassal of the princess's house, performing a solitary Kyogen performance as the courtesan.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

歌舞伎狂言。三番続き。近松門左衛門作。1702年(元禄15)正月京の都万太夫座上演。配役は高遠民弥を初世坂田藤十郎，三宅彦六を中村四郎五郎，下人長兵衛を金子吉左衛門，傾城道芝を霧波千寿，かつ姫を浅尾十次郎。3月からの壬生寺地蔵尊開帳を当て込んで，壬生狂言と壬生地蔵の霊験を組み入れている。高遠家では若殿民弥が傾城道芝との愛におぼれて家を出たため，お家騒動が起こり，忠臣三宅彦六が心を砕く。民弥は言号（いいなずけ）かつ姫の邸に糟買（かすがい）となって現れ，傾城買いの独り狂言をする。

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