Koito Sasichimono - Koito Sasichimono

Japanese: 小糸佐七物 - こいとさしちもの

It is a type of puppet theater, Kabuki, and Kyogen. It is based on a popular song about the sisters of the thread shop in Honcho 2-chome ("Thread Shop Daughter Dance" in volume 4 of "Ochiyoshu" published in 1704), which was sung in the Genroku period (1688-1704), but the actual story is unclear. Based on this song, the original Joruri work "Nisei no Kumi Obi" by Bungo Miyakoji was created at the end of the Kyoho period or around the Genbun period (1730-40), with the elder daughter Ofusa, the younger daughter Koito, and the husband of Ofusa who becomes deeply intimate with Koito as Sadashichi. The first kabuki adaptation of this love story was Satsukimatsu Soga no Tachibana (written by Horikawa Jiji, January 1754 at the Edo Ichimura-za), which was adapted from the world of the Sogas. This was followed by the puppet theatre adaptations Itozakura Honmachi Iku (written by Kigami Taro, March 1777 at the Edo Gaiki-za) and Edo Prideful Love Merchant (written by Tomosaburo and Onikane, March 1777 at the Edo Hizen-za). An adaptation of the former, Honmachi Iku Ukina no Hanako, was performed at the Nakamura-za in May 1777.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

人形浄瑠璃，歌舞伎狂言の一系統。元禄(1688‐1704)のころ俗謡にうたわれた本町二丁目糸屋の姉妹(1704年刊《落葉集》巻四所収〈糸屋娘踊〉)を原拠とするが，実説に関しては明らかでない。この唄を核として宮古路豊後の浄瑠璃正本《二世の組帯》が享保末か元文ころ(1730‐40)に成立し，姉娘をおふさ，妹娘を小糸，おふさの婿で小糸と深い仲となる相手を左七としている。この情話を最初に歌舞伎化したのが《皐需曾我橘（さつきまつそがのたちばな）》(壕越二三治作，1754年1月江戸市村座)で，曾我の世界にからめて脚色，ついで人形浄瑠璃に《糸桜本町育》(紀上太郎作，1777年3月江戸外記座)と《江戸自慢恋商人》(友三郎･鬼眼作，1777年3月江戸肥前座)が上演され，歌舞伎では前者を脚色した《本町育浮名花聟》が中村座で1777年5月に演じられた。

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