Tsuruhachi Tsurujiro - Tsuruhachi Tsurujiro

A shinpa play by Kawaguchi Shotaro. The original story was published in the October 1934 issue of All Dokumono, which won the first Naoki Prize the following year. The author adapted the story himself and premiered it at the Meijiza Theater in Tokyo in January 1938. Shinnai tayu Tsurujiro and shamisen player Tsuruhachi are in love, but they have a fight over something trivial, and Tsuruhachi becomes the wife of a traditional Japanese restaurant owner. When they reunite at the Masters' Association, Tsuruhachi decides to return to the arts, but Tsurujiro, thinking of his wife's happiness, deliberately starts a fight over the art, shattering Tsuruhachi's dream and returning to a wandering life. The interesting material of the Edo-style Shinnai storytelling and the fast-paced performance captured the hearts of the public, and this was a representative play by the Hanayagi Shotaro and Mizutani Yaeko duo.

[Toki Michiko]

"Tsuruhachi Kakujiro" (Chuko Bunko)

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川口松太郎の新派戯曲。原作は1934年（昭和9）10月号の『オール読物』に載った小説で、翌年第1回の直木賞を受賞したものを作者自ら脚色し、38年1月東京・明治座初演。新内の太夫(たゆう)鶴次郎と三味線弾きの鶴八は相愛の仲だが、ささいなことから喧嘩(けんか)別れをし、鶴八は料亭の女房に納まる。名人会でふたたびコンビを組むと鶴八は芸道復帰を思い立つが、鶴次郎は女の幸せを思ってわざと芸のうえの喧嘩をふっかけて鶴八の夢を打ち砕き、放浪の生活に戻る。江戸気質(かたぎ)の新内語りという材料のおもしろさ、テンポのある芝居運びなどが大衆の心をとらえ、花柳(はなやぎ)章太郎と水谷八重子のコンビの代表的な演目であった。

［土岐迪子］

『『鶴八鶴次郎』（中公文庫）』

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