Poisonous woman - poisonous woman

Japanese: 毒婦物 - どくふもの

A type of Kabuki kyogen. A general term for works with a "poisonous woman" as the protagonist who, despite being a woman, is a tomboyish blackmailer and murderer. In Kabuki, the role of a poisonous woman is called an "evil woman," so these plays are also called "evil woman stories." The origin of the "evil woman" is said to be in November 1792 (Kansei 4) at the Edo Kawarazakiza Theater, where Iwai Hanshiro IV played a prostitute named Mikazuki Osen, but it is suggestive that most of the evil women who live proactive lives as women come from brothels (such as brothels).

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

歌舞伎狂言の一系統。女だてらに男勝りの強請（ゆすり）や人殺しをする〈毒婦〉を主人公とした作品の総称。歌舞伎では毒婦の役柄を〈悪婆〉というので，悪婆物とも称する。1792年(寛政4)11月江戸河原崎座上演の《大船盛鰕顔見世（おおふなもりえびのかおみせ）》で4世岩井半四郎が三日月おせんという私娼を演じたのが悪婆の始まりとされるが，女性として積極的な生き方をする悪婆のほとんどが悪所(岡場所など)の出身であることは暗示的である。

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