Tanuma noisy animals - Tanuma noisy animals

Japanese: 田沼騒動物 - たぬまそうどうもの

A type of Kabuki and Joruri. A group of plays dealing with the incident in Edo Castle in 1784 (Tenmei 4) when Sano Zenzaemon (Sano Masanori) stabbed Tanuma Okitomo, a young councilor, and Sano committed seppuku. The people were strongly opposed to the tyranny of Tanuma and his son, and a flag of the Great God of Reform was dedicated to Sano's grave. Shortly after the incident, in August of the same year, "Inabikari Tagoto no Tsuki" (Lightning in the Fields Every Month) (written by Nagakawa Shimesuke) was performed at a theater in Osaka, and was dramatized as an unusual piece, with the setting being the world of the Soga clan.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

歌舞伎，浄瑠璃の一系統。1784年(天明4)江戸城内で佐野善左衛門(佐野政言)が若年寄田沼意知（おきとも）を刃傷，佐野が切腹した事件を扱った作品群。田沼親子の専横に民衆の反感は強く，佐野の墓所には世直し大明神の幟（のぼり）が奉納された。事件後まもない同年8月に，大坂中（なか）の芝居で《稲光田毎月（いなびかりたごとのつき）》(奈河七五三助（ながわしめすけ）作)が上演され，〈曾我〉の世界に仮託し，際物（きわもの）として脚色された。

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