Tsuchijibei (Tsuchijibei) - Tsuchijibei

Japanese: 津打治兵衛(津打次兵衛) - つうちじへえ

Kabuki playwright. In "Kuchi Shamisen Touhensha Shitatsu" (Kuchi Shamisen Answering Actor Shitatsu), "Tsuuchi" is pronounced "Tsuuts". (1) First Generation: Date of birth and death unknown. He started out as a Kabuki actor in the Chikahito category, but in the early Genroku period (1688-1704) he was recognized as a playwright in Osaka, and some of his Kyogen plays remain, including "Nihon Ajatashatu Taishi" (1694, Iwai-za). In 1700 (Genroku 13), he moved to the Edo Ichimura-za, and in 1701 he had success with "Empress Jitō Moves the Capital" and "Kyosei Nyubo Sakura". He skillfully incorporated the special skills of the actors into his plays, but his distinctive feature is that he often borrowed ideas from other Kyogen plays.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

歌舞伎作者。《口三味線返答役者舌鞁》などに〈津打〉を〈つうつ〉とよむ。(1)初世　生没年不詳。はじめ親仁方の歌舞伎役者であったが，元禄(1688‐1704)初年には大坂で作者として認められており，《日本阿闍世太子》(1694年岩井座)などの狂言本も残る。1700年(元禄13)江戸市村座へ下り，01年に《持統天皇都移》《傾城乳母桜》で当りをとった。役者の得意芸をたくみに採り入れて作劇するが，他の狂言からの趣向どりが非常に多いのが特色である。

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