Yatappe of Seki - Yatappe of Seki

Japanese: 関の弥太っぺ - せきのやたっぺ

Hasegawa Shin wrote this play for Shin Kokugeki, which was in a crisis following the sudden death of its head, Sawada Shojiro, in 1929 (Showa 4). It premiered at the Imperial Theater in August and was well received. The main character, Seki no Yataro, was later played by Shimada Shogo. The storyteller Hattori Shin (1880-1974, whose name was also given to him by Hasegawa), who was an ardent admirer of Hasegawa Shin, took over the play and turned it into a kodan (traditional Japanese story), making it his specialty. It was also adapted into a rokyoku (traditional Japanese folk song) and performed by Kasugai Okame (retired in 1957), known as the genius young rokyoku performer, because the typical subject matter of the Matatabimono (traveling woman lover) was suited to these art forms.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1929年(昭和4)，総帥の沢田正二郎が急死して危機にあった新国劇のために長谷川伸が書き下ろした戯曲で，8月，帝国劇場で初演され好評を博した。主人公の関の弥太郎は，のちに島田正吾の当り役になった。長谷川伸に心酔していた講釈師服部伸(1880‐1974。この名も長谷川から1字もらったもの)がゆずりうけて講談化し，十八番としたほか，浪曲化もされて天才少女浪曲家といわれた春日井おかめ(1957引退)が演じたりしたのも，股旅ものの典型である題材が，これらの芸にふさわしかったからである。

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