Igagoe Dochu Sugoroku - Igagoe Dochu Sugoroku

Joruri Gidayubushi. Historical piece. 10 stages. Collaboration between Chikamatsu Hanji and Chikamatsu Kasuke. First performed in April 1783 (Tenmei 3) at the Takemotoza Theater in Osaka. This dramatizes the incident in 1634 (Kan'ei 11) when Araki Mataemon helped his brother-in-law Watanabe Kazuma to kill Kawai Matagoro, the enemy of his father-in-law. The play is based on the kabuki play "Iga-goe Norikake Gappa" (first performed in 1776) written by Nagakawa Kamesuke, and as the title suggests, the process of revenge is likened to a road game of sugoroku, with the protagonist passing through Kamakura, Koriyama, Numazu, Okazaki, and other places, and ending with the revenge in Iga Ueno. In September of the same year, it was adapted into a Kabuki play, and has since become a representative work of the "Iga Koshimono" series.

Chapter 1 (Kamakura) to Chapter 5 (Koriyama): Sawai Matagoro, a vassal of the Uesugi clan, kills Wada Yukie, an old vassal of the clan, and flees. Karaki Masaemon, the husband of Yukie's daughter Otani, is given leave by his lord Honda Naiki to assist his brother-in-law Shizuma. Chapter 6 (Numazu): Shizuma's lover Oyone is searching for Tekimatagoro under her father Kumosuke Heisaku's care in Numazu. One day, Heisaku's son Jubei, a kimono shop owner who was adopted by another family a long time ago, comes to stay at the house. Heisaku learns that Jubei has ties to Sawai and tries to find out where the enemy is in Senbonmatsubara, but Jubei, who is loyal, refuses to reveal anything, so he commits suicide and asks for the whereabouts of Matagoro with his dying ears, and has Okome listen in. Chapter 8 (Okazaki) - Searching for the enemy and breaking through the Fujikawa checkpoint, Masaemon happens to stay at the home of his old teacher, Yamada Kobei, in Okazaki. Kobei initially asks Masaemon for help in siding with his daughter's fiancé, Matagoro, but is touched by Masaemon's sense of loyalty, having driven away his wife, Otani, and even killed his infant child, and gives up on the idea. "Numazu" is a famous scene that dramatically depicts Heisaku's spirit and Jubei's agony, caught between duty and love, and in Kabuki, in particular, the hanamichi and the audience seats are used to vividly express the sentiments of the journey. "Okazaki" is a profound tragedy set against a snowy backdrop, and is one of the most difficult pieces in the history of Gidayu.

[Toshiaki Matsui]

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浄瑠璃義太夫節(じょうるりぎだゆうぶし)。時代物。10段。近松半二、近松加助合作。1783年（天明3）4月大坂・竹本座初演。1634年（寛永11）荒木又右衛門(またえもん)が義弟渡辺数馬(かずま)を助けて舅(しゅうと)の仇(あだ)河合又五郎を討った事件を脚色。奈河亀輔(ながわかめすけ)作の歌舞伎(かぶき)脚本『伊賀越乗掛合羽(のりかけがっぱ)』（1776初演）を土台にした作で、題名どおり仇討の過程を道中双六に見立て、鎌倉から郡山(こおりやま)、沼津、岡崎などを経て伊賀上野の敵討(かたきうち)で終わる。同年9月には歌舞伎に移され、以後「伊賀越物」の代表作になった。

　第一（鎌倉）～第五（郡山）―上杉の臣沢井股五郎(さわいまたごろう)は同藩の老臣和田行家(ゆきえ)を殺して逐電する。行家の娘お谷の夫唐木政右衛門(からきまさえもん)は義弟志津馬(しづま)の助太刀(すけだち)をするため、主君誉田内記(ほんだないき)から暇(いとま)をもらう。第六（沼津）―志津馬の愛人お米(よね)は、沼津に住む父親の雲助平作(へいさく)のもとで敵股五郎の行方を探している。ある日、平作が昔、他家へ養子にやった息子の呉服屋十兵衛がこの家に泊まる。平作は十兵衛が沢井にゆかりある者と知り、千本松原で敵のありかを聞こうとするが、義心厚い十兵衛が明かそうとしないので、自害して末期の耳に股五郎の行方を聞き、お米に立ち聞きさせる。第八（岡崎）―敵を尋ね、藤川の関所を破った政右衛門は、岡崎で偶然にも旧師の山田幸兵衛の家に泊まる。幸兵衛は娘の許婚(いいなずけ)の股五郎に味方しようと、いったんは政右衛門に助太刀を頼むが、妻のお谷を追い返し嬰児(えいじ)のわが子まで殺した政右衛門の義心に感じ、助太刀を断念する。「沼津」は平作の気骨と、義理と恩愛の板挟みになる十兵衛の苦衷を劇的に描いた名場面で、とくに歌舞伎では花道と客席を使って旅の情趣を色濃く表現する。「岡崎」は雪を背景にした重厚な悲劇で、義太夫では有数の難曲になっている。

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