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Japanese: 小袖曾我薊色縫 - こそでそがあざみのいろぬい

Kabuki kyogen. Sewamono (domestic story). 4 acts. Written by Kawatake Shinshichi II (→ Kawatake Mokuami). First performed at the Edo Ichimuraza in 1859 (Ansei 6). Commonly known as Izayoi Seishin. Based on the thief Oni-bozu Seikichi, this work is a tale of the break-in at the treasure house of Chiyoda Castle that took place in 1855 (Ansei 2). After an attempted double suicide with Izayoi, the monk Seishin becomes the thief Oni-Azami Seikichi, and is reunited with Izayoi. Both commit crimes, but their sense of duty leads to their suicide. A representative Shiranami (thief) story from the end of the Edo period.

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Japanese:

歌舞伎狂言。世話物。4幕。2世河竹新七 (→河竹黙阿弥 ) 作。安政6 (1859) 年江戸市村座初演。通称『十六夜清心 (いざよいせいしん) 』。盗賊鬼坊主清吉をモデルに，安政2 (55) 年に起きた千代田城御金蔵破りをあてこんだ作品。僧清心は十六夜との心中未遂ののち盗賊鬼薊清吉となり，十六夜と再会。ともに悪事を働くが，義理につまり自殺。江戸時代末期の白浪 (盗賊) 物の代表作。

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