Ibaraki

A Kabuki dance drama. Nagauta. One act. Written by Kawatake Mokuami. Based on the legend of the demon Ibaraki Doji from Rashomon, this piece is a Matsubamemono (a traditional Noh play) in the style of a Noh play. It was first performed in April 1883 (Meiji 16) at the Shintomiza Theater in Tokyo, with the fifth Onoe Kikugoro as Ibaraki Doji and the first Ichikawa Sadanji as Watanabe No Tsuna. Music composed by the third Kineya Shojiro, choreography by the first Hanayagi Jusuke. Watanabe Tsuna, who cut off one arm of the demon Ibaraki Doji in Rashomon, is closing the door to his house in a state of taboo when his aunt Mashiba comes to see him. After the banquet, the aunt asks to see the demon's arm, and when she finds an opportunity, she snatches it, which immediately reveals its true form as an evil spirit and flies away. Kikugorou V was selected as one of the "Ten Kinds of New and Old Drama," following "Tsuchigumo." It was succeeded by Onoe Baiko VI and Kikugorou VI, and many others have performed it since. Highlights include the dance that tells the story of the time when the aunt was denied a meeting and raised Tsuna outside the gate, the dance at the banquet, the moment when the demon's true nature is revealed, and the one-handed six-way retreat of the after-jite. Baiko VI performed it using the same piece of nagauta, "Tsunayakata."

[Toshiaki Matsui]

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歌舞伎(かぶき)舞踊劇。長唄(ながうた)。1幕。河竹黙阿弥(もくあみ)作。羅生門(らしょうもん)の鬼神伝説に取材、能にはない曲を能形式の松羽目物(まつばめもの)に仕立てたもの。1883年（明治16）4月東京・新富座で5世尾上(おのえ)菊五郎の茨木童子、初世市川左団次の渡辺綱(わたなべのつな)により初演。3世杵屋(きねや)正次郎作曲、初世花柳寿輔(はなやぎじゅすけ)振付け。羅生門で鬼神茨木童子の片腕を切り取った渡辺綱が物忌みで固く門戸を閉じているところへ、伯母真柴(ましば)が訪れる。酒宴ののち、鬼の腕を見せてくれと頼んだ伯母は、すきをうかがって腕を奪うや、たちまち悪鬼の正体を現して飛び去る。5世菊五郎は『土蜘(つちぐも)』に次いで「新古演劇十種」に選定。6世尾上梅幸(ばいこう)、6世菊五郎が継承し、その後も多くの人が上演している。面会を断られた伯母が門の外で綱を養育した昔を物語る振り、酒宴での舞、鬼の本性を現すところ、後ジテの片手六方の引っ込みなどが見せ場。なお、6世梅幸は同工異曲の長唄『綱館(つなやかた)』を使って演じた。

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