Sumo wrestler's 1,000 ryo flag - Sekitori Senryo nobori

Joruri Gidayubushi. Sewamono (domestic drama). 9 acts. Commonly known as "Senryo Nobori." A collaboration between Chikamatsu Hanji, Miyoshi Shouraku, Takeda Bunkichi, Takeda Koizumo, Yatami Heishichi, and Takemoto Saburobei. First performed at the Takemotoza Theater in Osaka in August 1767 (Meiwa 4). Modeled after the sumo wrestlers Inagawa and Sendagawa, who were popular in Osaka at the time, it is a sumo piece, and the second act, "Iwakawa (Inagawa in Kabuki) Nai" and "Sumojo" are still performed today. The sumo wrestler Iwakawa is trying to win a match against Tetsugatake, the backer of his love rival Kuhei, in order to raise 200 ryo for Reizaburo, the young master of Tsuruya, to whom he is indebted, to buy the prostitute Nishikigi. However, his wife Otowa finds out and sells herself to make money. In the middle of the match on the ring, someone calls out, "200 ryo presented, from your favor," and Iwakawa bravely defeats Tetsugatake. The story is known for the emotional droning of "Kami-Kusuki," in which Otowa combs her husband's hair while trying to console him in his troubles. The following year, a revised version of the work was co-written by Yatami Heishichi and Namiki Shoza, titled "Sekitori ni Daisho Buzuke," which premiered.

[Toshiaki Matsui]

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浄瑠璃義太夫節(じょうるりぎだゆうぶし)。世話物。9段。通称「千両幟」。近松半二(はんじ)・三好松洛(みよししょうらく)・竹田文吉・竹田小出雲(こいずも)・八民(やたみ)平七・竹本三郎兵衛合作。1767年（明和4）8月大坂・竹本座初演。当時大坂で人気のあった力士稲川と千田川をモデルにした相撲(すもう)物で、うち二段目の「岩川（歌舞伎(かぶき)では稲川）内」と「相撲場」が今日でも上演される。力士岩川は、恩ある鶴屋の若旦那(わかだんな)礼三郎が遊女錦木(にしきぎ)を身請けする200両を調達するため、恋敵(こいがたき)九平太の後ろ盾鉄ヶ嶽(てつがたけ)との取り組みに勝ちを譲ろうとするが、女房おとわはこれを知り、身を売って金をつくる。土俵上の取り組みの最中、「二百両進上、ひいきより」の声がかかり、岩川は勇躍して鉄ヶ嶽を倒す、という筋。おとわが夫の髪を梳(す)きながら、その悩みを慰めようとする「髪梳き」の情緒的なクドキが知られる。なお、改作に翌年初演の八民平七・並木正三(しょうざ)合作の『関取二代勝負附(せきとりにだいしょうぶづけ)』がある。

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