Jiraiya

Japanese: 児雷也 - じらいや

Also written as Jiraiya. A phantom thief who appears in kusazoshi (Japanese traditional writings) and kabuki. In a Chinese Ming Dynasty novel, there is a phantom thief named Garaiya who can appear and disappear at will, writing "I am coming" on the gate of the house he attacks before leaving. This protagonist was created by adapting this novel. Jiraiya uses toad magic and engages in a three-way battle of supernatural magic with Orochimaru, who uses snake magic, and Tsunade (Otsuna), who uses namekuji magic. In kabuki, Kawatake Mokuami adapted a kusazoshi by Mizukaki Egao and premiered it in 1852 at the Kawarazakiza Theater under the title "The Tale of Jiraiya the Hero."

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Japanese:

自来也とも記す。草双紙(くさぞうし)，歌舞伎に現れる怪盗。中国明代の小説に，出没自在で，襲った家の門扉に〈我来也(われきたれるなり)〉と記して去る我来也(がらいや)という怪盗のことがあり，これを翻案してこの主人公が作られた。児雷也は蝦蟇(がま)の術を使い，蛇(へび)の術を使う大蛇(おろち)丸，蛞蝓(なめくじ)の術を使う綱手（お綱）といわゆる三すくみの妖術(ようじゅつ)争いを展開する。歌舞伎では，美図垣笑顔作の草双紙を河竹黙阿弥が脚色し，《児雷也豪傑物語》と題して1852年河原崎座で初演。

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