Tenpo Rokkasenmono

Japanese: 天保六花撰物 - てんぽうろっかせんもの

A type of Kabuki work. A group of works based on the Tenpo Rokkasen, a favorite work of the second-generation storyteller Shorin Hakuen. It dramatizes the story of six villains: Kawachiyama Soshun (Shun), who died in prison in 1823 (Bunsei 6), Naojiro (Nao Samurai), who was implicated with him, Onao, a tea lady from Okuyama, Asakusa, who was close to him, Michitose, who later became a prostitute in Yoshiwara, and others, including Kaneko Ichinojo, Morita Seizo, and Kurayami no Ushimatsu. The first work was Kumo no Ueno San'e no Sakumae, written by Kawatake Mokuami, which was performed at the Kawarazakiza Theater in Tokyo in October 1874.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

歌舞伎作品の一系統。講談の2世松林伯円（しようりんはくえん）が得意とした《天保六花撰》を題材にした作品群。1823年(文政6)に獄死した河内山宗春(俊)（こうちやまそうしゆん），彼と連座した直次郎(直侍（なおざむらい）)，彼となじんだ浅草奥山の茶酌女お直，のちの吉原の遊女三千歳（みちとせ），その他金子市之丞，森田清蔵，暗闇の丑松を加えた6人の悪党をめぐる物語を脚色した。その最初の作は1874年10月東京河原崎座上演の河竹黙阿弥作《雲上野三衣策前（くものうえのさんえのさくまえ）》であった。

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