Keyamura Rokusuke

Japanese: 毛谷村六助 - けやむらろくすけ

The protagonist of Joruri and Kabuki.
He rescued the daughter of his teacher, Yoshioka Ichimisai, who had been ambushed, and succeeded in avenging his enemy, leading to him being given the name Kida Muneharu by Tachibana Munetora, lord of Kokura Castle in Buzen (Fukuoka Prefecture). The Joruri piece "Hikosan Gongen Chikai no Suketachi" was first performed in 1786. The name was taken from a real person who was a woodcutter from Keya Village, Hikosan, Buzen (Fukuoka Prefecture), who later served Kato Kiyomasa and was killed in battle in Korea.

Source: Kodansha Digital Japanese Name Dictionary +Plus Information | Legend

Japanese:

浄瑠璃(じょうるり),歌舞伎の主人公。
だまし討ちにされた師の吉岡一味斎の娘をたすけて仇(あだ)を討たせ,豊前(ぶぜん)小倉城(福岡県)城主立花統虎(むねとら)に貴田統治(きだ-むねはる)の名をあたえられる。浄瑠璃「彦山権現誓助剣(ひこさんごんげんちかいのすけだち)」は天明6年(1786)初演された。名は豊前英彦山(ひこさん)(福岡県)毛谷村の樵(きこり)で,のち加藤清正につかえ朝鮮で戦死した実在の人物からとられた。

出典　講談社デジタル版日本人名大辞典+Plusについて　情報 | 凡例

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