Door of Seki - Sekinoto

Japanese: 関の扉 - せきのと

Kabuki dance piece. Tokiwazu. Original title: "Tsumorukoiyukinosekinoto (The Door of Love and Snow on the Pass)". It is the second most important piece of "Junihitoe Komachizakura" at Edo Kiriza in 1784, and was first performed by Nakamura Nakazo I and others. Words by Takada Hisaki, music by Tobaya Satocho I (also known as Kishizawa Shikisa II). Choreography by Nishikawa Senzo II. A two-volume, 90-minute long piece that conveys the atmosphere of the old-fashioned Edo face-showing show known as Tenmei-buri. Set at Osaka Pass, it describes the conspiracy that took place after the death of Emperor Ninmei, using the names of famous poets of the time such as Otomo no Kuronushi and Ono no Komachi. The story is absurd and fictional, but the action parts were a big hit, and it is said to be one of the best Tokiwazu pieces.

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Japanese:

歌舞伎舞踊曲。常磐津。本名題『積恋雪関扉 (つもるこいゆきのせきのと) 』。天明4 (1784) 年江戸桐座『重重人重 (じゅにひとえ) 小町桜』の2番目大切で，1世中村仲蔵らにより初演。宝田寿来作詞，1世鳥羽屋里長作曲 (2世岸沢式佐とも) 。2世西川扇蔵振付。天明ぶりと呼ばれる江戸の古風な顔見世の雰囲気を伝える，上下2巻，90分の長編。逢坂関 (おうさかのせき) を舞台に，仁明帝崩御後の陰謀事件を，大伴黒主，小野小町など往時の有名歌人の名をかりて描く。筋は荒唐無稽な虚構であるが，この所作事の部分は大当りをとり，常磐津中屈指の名曲といわれる。

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