Dyed pattern imose no kadomatsu - Somemoyo imose no kadomatsu

Joruri Gidayubushi (a type of Japanese recital). Sewamono (a domestic story). Two acts. Written by Suga Sensuke. First performed in December 1767 (Meiwa 4) at the Kita-Horie-za Theater in Osaka. Based on the love story of Osome Hisamatsu, this work is an adaptation of Kino Kaion's "Osome Hisamatsu's White-dyed Sleeves" (1710). Osome, the daughter of pawnbroker Aburaya Tarobei of Osaka Higashibori, is deeply in love with apprentice Hisamatsu. As her marriage to Yamagaya Seibei approaches, she worries, and at first she tries to make a bold decision, but in the end she commits a double suicide with Hisamatsu, who has been locked up in the storehouse. The first volume, "Aburaya," centers on the humor of lecherous clerk Zenroku, who has unrequited love for Osome. The lower volume, "Pawnshop," is notable for the passage in which Hisamatsu's Chikahisaku visits the shop and gives his opinion while wearing leather tabi socks that he received as a gift, and is commonly referred to as "Hisaku in Leather Tabi." It has also been adapted into kabuki, and "Aburaya" in particular is a script that emphasizes Zenroku's clownishness and is commonly called "Choinose." It is often performed under the title "Kore wa Hyoban Ukina no Yomiuri," which includes the "Kuramae" scene.

[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。二段。菅(すが)専助作。1767年（明和4）12月、大坂・北堀江座初演。お染久松の情話に取材した作で、紀海音(きのかいおん)の『お染久松袂(たもと)の白絞(しらしぼり)』（1710）の改作。大坂東堀の質店油屋太郎兵衛の娘お染は丁稚(でっち)久松と深い恋仲で、山家屋(やまがや)清兵衛への嫁入りが近づくのを悩み、いったんは思い切ろうとするが、結局は蔵に入れられた久松としめし合わせ、内と外とで心中を遂げる。上の巻「油屋」は、お染に横恋慕する好色な手代善六のおかしみが中心。下の巻「質店」は久松の親久作が訪れ、みやげの革足袋(たび)を用いて意見するくだりが眼目で、俗に「革足袋の久作」といわれる。歌舞伎(かぶき)にも移され、とくに「油屋」は善六の道化ぶりを強調した脚本で俗に「ちょいのせ」とよばれ、これに「蔵前」の場をつけ、『是評判浮名読売(これはひょうばんうきなのよみうり)』の外題(げだい)でしばしば上演される。

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