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Japanese: 身替りお俊 - みがわりおしゅん

The title of a Kabuki dance piece. Its original title in Tomimoto was "Hanakawado Migaeri no Dan." Lyricist: Sakurada Jisuke I. Composer: Misaki Tokuji (Tokujusai). It was the second joruri piece to be released in March of the Edo Nakamuraza New Year's Kyogen "Edo no Hana Misogata" in 1783 (Tenmei 3). It was transferred to Kiyomoto in 1825 (Bunsei 8) and its original title was "Sono Uwasa Sakura no Irodoki." O-Shun, a geisha from Hanakawado, who is actually Kagekiyo's daughter Hitomaru, breaks off her relationship with her beloved Izutsuya Denbei (who is actually a Genji samurai). Denbei has a mission to kill O-Shun's former master, Sonomae.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

歌舞伎舞踊の曲名。富本で本名題《花川戸身替の段》。作詞初世桜田治助。作曲名見崎徳治(得寿斎)。1783年(天明3)江戸中村座正月狂言《江戸花三升曾我（えどのはなみますそが）》の3月から出た二番目浄瑠璃。1825年(文政8)清元に移して本名題は《其噂桜色時（そのうわささくらのいろどき）》。花川戸の芸者お俊，実は景清の娘人丸は，相愛の井筒屋伝兵衛(実は源氏の侍)と縁を切る。伝兵衛には，お俊の前の主人園生の前を討ち取る使命があった。

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