Kosan Kingoro Mono - Kosan Kingoro Mono

Japanese: 小さん金五郎物 - こさんきんごろうもの

A type of puppet theater and kabuki/kyogen. This is a group of works based on the love story between the famous Osaka kabuki actor Kanaya Kingoro and the bathhouse girl Osan, who is famous for being the subject of popular songs and kasaibun. Kanaya Kingoro died of an illness in November 1700 (Genroku 13), but their love affair is sung in the kasaibun "Kanaya Kingoro Gaku no Osan Kasaibun," and in the joruri "Namba Yakusha Hyohyo" by Uji Kaga no Jō. Around the same time, "Kanaya Kingoro Ukinagaku" (performed at the Toyotakeza in Osaka in 1703) and "Kanaya Kingoro Atohi Hinagata" (performed at the Toyotakeza in Osaka in 1705) were created as Gidayu-bushi plays, and the Kabuki play "Tokorobai Kaikoi no Nukigaki" (July 1780 at the Kaku-za in Osaka) was produced. These plays were eventually moved to Edo and rewritten in various ways, with the content adapted to the Edo era.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

人形浄瑠璃，歌舞伎狂言の一系統。流行歌（はやりうた），歌祭文などに扱われて名高い大坂の歌舞伎役者金屋（かなや）金五郎と額風呂（がくぶろ）の湯女（ゆな）小さんとの情話に取材した作品群。金屋金五郎は1700年(元禄13)11月に病没したが，歌祭文《金屋金五郎額の小さん歌祭文》にその浮名がうたわれ，また宇治加賀掾の浄瑠璃《難波役者評判》などが現れた。これに前後して《金屋金五郎浮名額》(1703年大坂豊竹座上演)，《金屋金五郎後日雛形》(1705年大坂豊竹座上演)が義太夫節として成立，また歌舞伎では《南詠恋抄書（ところばいかいこいのぬきがき）》(1780年7月大坂角座)があり，やがて江戸に移って種々に書き替えられ，内容も江戸化した。

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