Chinamikai - Chinamikai

Japanese: 因会 - ちなみかい

This was the name of one school during the time when Bunraku puppet theatre was split into two factions. In 1949, the formation of a labor union by Bunraku troupe members led to conflict between the union faction and the non-union faction, and the union faction left Shochiku as the Mitsuwa-kai. Those who remained with Shochiku were Toyotake Yamashiro Shojo, who was in the yagurashita position, along with the 4th Tsuruzawa Seiroku and Yoshida Bungoro, and called themselves the In-kai. They continued to perform at the Bunraku-za, but with the retirement and death of key members including Yamashiro Shojo, they fell into financial difficulties, and in 1963 Shochiku announced their abandonment, which became the catalyst for the two factions to merge and establish the Bunraku Association.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

人形浄瑠璃の文楽が2派に分裂していた時代の一派の名称。1949年，文楽座員の労働組合結成に起因して組合派と非組合派が対立，組合派は〈三和（みつわ）会〉として松竹を離脱した。松竹に残ったのは櫓下の豊竹山城少掾（やましろのしようじよう）以下，4世鶴沢清六，吉田文五郎らで因会と称した。文楽座を拠点に興行を続けたが，山城少掾をはじめ中心の人たちの引退や死去で経営不振に陥り，63年に松竹が放棄を宣言，これが契機となって両派合同，文楽協会設立となった。

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