Tobun Fujimoto

Date of birth and death unknown. Kabuki playwright. As a disciple of the famous actor Sawamura Sojuro I, he worked at the Nakamuraza in Edo under the name Sawamura Tobun. In 1737 (Genbun 2), he changed his surname to Fujimoto. He took up writing for Ichikawa Danjuro II, established himself as a playwright, and completed the script for "Sukeroku." In 1752 (Horeki 2), he wrote "Akazawayama Sumo Nikki," a kyogen play about the sumo wrestling of Otani Hiroji and Nakamura Sukegoro, who were all the rage at the time. However, it seems that he had trouble with an actor around this time, and began writing kyogen under the name of his student Sawai Chuzo. He retired from the theater world at the end of the Horeki era (1751-64), and disappeared at the end of the Meiwa era (1764-72). The script for the play "Otokodate Hatsukai Soga" has been passed down to this day. Other works that remain include Tomimoto's "Imosedori Meisho no Yuugure."

[Hideo Furuido]

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生没年不詳。歌舞伎(かぶき)作者。名優初世沢村宗十郎(そうじゅうろう)門下として沢村斗文を名のり江戸・中村座に出勤。1737年（元文2）に藤本と改姓。2世市川団十郎のために筆をとり立(たて)作者としての地位を確立、『助六(すけろく)』の台本を完成させる。52年（宝暦2）に当時一世を風靡(ふうび)した大谷広次、中村助五郎の相撲(すもう)の狂言『赤沢山相撲日記(あかざわやますもうにっき)』を書くが、このころから俳優とトラブルをおこしたらしく、門人沢井注蔵の名前で狂言を書くようになり、宝暦(ほうれき)（1751～64）末に劇界を退き、明和(めいわ)（1764～72）末に消息を絶つ。台本は『男伊達初買曽我(おとこだてはつかいそが)』が今日まで伝わる。ほかに富本の『妹背鳥名所夕暮(いもせどりめいしょのゆうぐれ)』などを残す。

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