Mitsuwakai

Japanese: 三和会 - みつわかい

Bunraku The name of one faction during the time of the split. In 1949, the formation of a labor union by Bunraku troupe members caused conflict between the union faction and the non-union faction, and the union faction left Shochiku to form the Sanwa-kai, which began to perform independently. The central figure was puppeteer Kiritake Monjuro, with Toyotake Rotayu, Takemoto Sumitayū, Tsurusawa Tsunazo and Nozawa Kizaemon also participating. Without a home theater, the company struggled to stay afloat, but in 1963, Shochiku announced that it would abandon management of Bunraku, which led to the two factions joining together to form the Bunraku Association. The non-union faction was called Chinami-kai.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

文楽派分裂時代の一派の名称。1949年，文楽座員の労働組合結成に起因して組合派と非組合派が対立，組合派は松竹を離脱して三和会を結成，自主興行を行うことになった。中心は人形遣いの桐竹紋十郎で，豊竹呂太夫，竹本住太夫，鶴沢綱造，野沢喜左衛門らが参加した。本拠とする劇場もなく苦しい経営を続けたが，63年に松竹が文楽の経営放棄を宣言したのが契機となって両派が合同，文楽協会の設立となった。非組合派は因会（ちなみかい）を称した。

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