Setsu Gappo-tsuji - Setsu Gappo-tsuji

A Joruri Gidayu piece. Historical piece. Two-section. Commonly known as "Gopou." A collaboration between Suga Sensuke and Wakatake Fuemi. It premiered in February 1773 (An'ei 2) at the Ichinosato Theater in Kita-Horie, Osaka. It is based on the Noh play "Yoroboshi," the story of the blind Yoroboshi depicted in the sekkyobushi "Shintokumaru," and the story of a stepmother's love featured in the sekkyobushi "Aigo no Waka," and was directly influenced by the Joruri "Futabareijin Azuma no Hinagata" (1733), a collaboration between Namiki Sosuke and Namiki Josuke. Takayasu Saemon, the lord of Kawachi Province, had two sons, Shuntokumaru and Jiromaru, a son from a concubine. Jiromaru conspired with Tsuboi Heima to kill Shuntokumaru and seize the family headship. Gobo Doshin's daughter Otsuji became Saemon's second wife and was called Tamate Gozen. She made Shuntoku fall in love with her and made him drink poisoned sake, making him ill. Now blind, Shuntoku escapes from home and is hidden in Gobo's hermitage at the west gate of Tennoji Temple with his fiancee, Princess Asaka. Tamate pursues Shuntoku and relentlessly pursues him, so Gobo becomes angry and stabs his daughter. Tamate reveals her true feelings: her illicit love affair and giving him poisoned alcohol were desperate measures to protect Shuntoku from Jiromaru, and she cures his incurable disease with her own blood, the same blood that Tora was born with, and dies satisfied. Although it is set up as a scheme, it is a unique work that mysteriously depicts the stepmother's passionate love, and the second volume, "Gohoanshitsu," is one of the most famous Gidayu pieces. From the end of the Edo period, it was adapted into Kabuki, and Tamate was played one after another by female actors representing the era, passing on this excellent performance to the present day.

[Toshiaki Matsui]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

浄瑠璃義太夫(じょうるりぎだゆう)節。時代物。二段。通称「合邦」。菅(すが)専助・若竹笛躬(ふえみ)合作。1773年（安永2）2月大坂・北堀江市ノ側芝居初演。謡曲『弱法師(よろぼし)』、説経節『信徳丸(しんとくまる)』に描かれた盲目の弱法師の話、説経節『愛護若(あいごのわか)』に扱われた継母の恋の話などに基づき、直接には並木宗輔(そうすけ)・並木丈輔合作の浄瑠璃『莠伶人吾妻雛形(ふたばれいじんあづまのひながた)』（1733）の影響を受けた作。河内(かわち)国主高安左衛門には先妻の子俊徳丸と妾腹(しょうふく)の子次郎丸がいて、次郎丸は壺井(つぼい)平馬と共謀、俊徳丸を殺して家督を奪おうとたくらむ。合邦道心の娘お辻は左衛門の後妻になり玉手(たまて)御前とよばれていたが、俊徳に恋をしかけ毒酒を飲ませて病にする。盲目となった俊徳は家を逃れて許嫁(いいなずけ)の浅香姫とともに、天王寺西門の合邦の庵室(あんじつ)にかくまわれる。玉手は俊徳を追ってきて執拗(しつよう)に言い寄るので、怒った合邦は娘を刺す。玉手は、不倫の恋も毒酒を飲ませたのも、俊徳を次郎丸の手から守るための苦肉の手段だったと本心を明かし、寅(とら)の年月日刻そろった誕生の自分の生き血によって難病を治し、満足して死ぬ。計略のためという設定ながら、継母の恋の情念を妖(あや)しく描いた異色作で、下の巻「合邦庵室」は義太夫としても有数の名曲。幕末から歌舞伎(かぶき)にも移され、時代を代表する女方(おんながた)が玉手を次々に演じ、優れた演出を現代に伝えている。

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