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Commonly known as "Kezoori (Hair Shaving)". Joruri. Sewamono (domestic drama). 3 volumes. Written by Chikamatsu Monzaemon. First performed at the Takemotoza Theater in Osaka in 1718 (Kyoho 3). This dramatization is based on a case decided by the Osaka Nishimachi Magistrate's Office in the same year, in which Ishigaki Yaemon and others were involved in illegal smuggling. Kyoto merchant Komachiya Soushichi joined the pirate Kezori Kuemon's gang in order to marry a prostitute from Yanagimachi, Hakata, and made a lot of money, but on his parents' warning, he and the prostitute flee the country, but are surrounded by police and commit suicide. The first volume, "Motofune Okudaya", is often performed as a kabuki play.

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Japanese:

通称『毛剃 (けぞり) 』。浄瑠璃。世話物。3巻。近松門左衛門作。享保3 (1718) 年大坂竹本座初演。同年大坂西町奉行所で判決のあった事件で，禁制の密貿易に関係した石垣八右衛門らを題材に脚色。京の商人小町屋惣七は博多柳町の遊女小女郎と添いとげるために，海賊毛剃九右衛門の一味に加わり，大金を得たが，親に意見されて小女郎とともに落延びる途中，捕手に囲まれ，自殺する。歌舞伎では上の巻「元船・奥田屋」をたびたび上演。

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