Gonpachi Komurasakimono

Japanese: 権八小紫物 - ごんぱちこむらさきもの

It is a branch of Kabuki and Kyogen. Hirai Gonpachi, a samurai of the Tottori domain, killed Honjo Sukedayu and fled to Edo, where he committed a robbery and murder, turned himself in, and was executed on November 3, 1679 (Enpo 7). His lover, Komurasaki, a prostitute from the Miuraya in Yoshiwara, committed suicide in front of his grave. This is the origin of the Hiyokuzuka that remains in Meguro. There are many dramatizations that link this to the gangster Banzuiin Chobei, who should have no connection due to the difference in time period. The first of these was Edo Meisho Midori Soga at the Edo Morita Theater in May 1779 (An'ei 8), and the puppet play Meguro Hiyokuzuka appeared at the Edo Hizen Theater in July.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

歌舞伎狂言の一系統。鳥取藩士平井権八は本庄助太夫を殺して江戸へ逃げ，強盗殺人を犯して自首し，1679年(延宝7)11月3日処刑され，愛人である吉原三浦屋の遊女小紫がその墓前で自害した。以上，目黒に残る比翼塚の由来による。これに，時代にずれがあって関係ないはずの俠客幡随院長兵衛を結びつけて脚色したものが多い。その最初は1779年(安永8)5月江戸森田座の《江戸名所緑曾我（えどめいしよみどりそが）》で，7月江戸肥前座には人形浄瑠璃の《驪山比翼塚（めぐろひよくづか）》が登場した。

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