Master Craftsman Kakiemon

Japanese: 名工柿右衛門 - めいこうかきえもん

Play. 3 acts. Written by Enomoto Torahiko. First performed at the Tokyo Kabukiza in November 1912. The cast included Kataoka Nizaemon XI as the potter Kakiemon, Ichimura Uzaemon 15 as his disciple Kurisaku, and Nakamura Utaemon V as his younger sister Otane. It is an adaptation of the third volume of the Western History, translated by Nakamura Masanao, entitled "The Legend of the Three Potters." However, the play was already performed in 1872 in a play in the northern part of Kyoto, with a version adapted by Sahashi Tomisaburo called "The Trade in Powder-Colored Pottery," and Eugène Briu's "Bernard Palissy" (1880), so the influence of both can be inferred.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

戯曲。3幕。榎本虎彦作。1912年11月東京歌舞伎座初演。配役は陶工柿右衛門を11世片岡仁左衛門，弟子栗作を15世市村羽左衛門，妹娘おたねを5世中村歌右衛門など。中村正直訳《西国立志編》第3編〈三陶工の伝〉の翻案脚色であるが，すでに1872年京都北の芝居に佐橋富三郎脚色《其粉色陶器交易（そのいろどりとうきのこうえき）》が上演され，ユジェーヌ･ブリウの《ベルナール･パリッシー》(1880)もあって，両者の影響も推察される。

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