Blind Tenement Plum Blind Kaga Tobi - Blind Tenement Plum Blind Kaga Tobi

A Kabuki play. A domestic drama. Seven acts. Written by Kawatake Mokuami. Commonly known as "Kaga Tobi." It was first performed in March 1886 (Meiji 19) at the Chitose-za Theatre in Tokyo by Onoe Kikugoro V and others. It is based on a fight that took place during the Kyowa era (1801-04) between the feudal fire brigade Kaga Tobi employed by Lord Maeda of Kaga in Hongo and the town fire brigade of Shitaya in Asakusa, and interweaves the evil deeds of the masseur Dogen. Osuga, the wife of Umeyoshi, the head of the Kaga Tobi clan, is accused of adultery by his subordinate Goroji, who is also his subordinate, and is sent to the care of his elder brother Matsuzo, but she is relieved when Goroji, threatened by the Grim Reaper, changes his mind and she is saved. Dogen, a masseuse living in a tenement for the blind, conspires with his mistress Okane to blackmail the pawn shop Iseya, where his niece Oasa works, by making up accusations. However, Matsuzo, who had once killed someone in Ochanomizu and stole their money, confronts them with the tobacco case that he dropped at the scene, and they retreat. Later, their crimes are exposed and they are arrested in front of Akamon Gate. At the premiere, Kikugorou V played the three roles of Umeyoshi, Dogen and Shinigami and was well received, but later Kikugorou VI showed exquisite acting skills especially in the role of Dogen, so Dogen's storyline was often performed separately. However, the scene where the Kaga roofers gather in front of the gate, in which Umeyoshi stops them from starting a fight with the town fire brigade, is usually performed in addition to Dogen's storyline, because the roofer's customs are unusual and spectacular. In recent years, Onoe Matsuroku II and Nakamura Kanzaburo 17th have excelled in this role.

[Toshiaki Matsui]

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歌舞伎(かぶき)脚本。世話物。七幕。河竹黙阿弥(もくあみ)作。通称「加賀鳶」。1886年（明治19）3月、東京・千歳(ちとせ)座で5世尾上(おのえ)菊五郎らにより初演。享和(きょうわ)年間（1801～04）にあった本郷の加賀前田侯お抱えの大名火消加賀鳶と浅草下谷(したや)の町火消の喧嘩(けんか)を題材にして、按摩道玄(あんまどうげん)の悪事を織り交ぜたもの。加賀鳶の頭分(かしらぶん)梅吉の女房おすがは、子分巳之助(みのすけ)との仲を同じく子分の五郎次から密通と言い立てられ、兄貴分松蔵のもとに預けられるが、死神に脅かされた五郎次の改心により、身が晴れる。盲長屋に住む按摩道玄は、情婦お兼と共謀して、姪(めい)のお朝が奉公する質店伊勢(いせ)屋へ難癖をつけて強請(ゆすり)に行くが、かつてお茶の水で人を殺して金を奪った現場に落とした煙草(たばこ)入れをきあわせた松蔵に突きつけられて退散し、のち悪事露顕して赤門前で捕らえられる。初演の5世菊五郎は梅吉・道玄・死神の三役を勤めて好評だったが、その後6世菊五郎はとくに道玄の役に絶妙な生世話(きぜわ)芸を示したので、道玄の筋(すじ)だけが独立して演じられることが多くなった。ただし、加賀鳶連中が町火消と喧嘩を始めようとして梅吉に制せられる「木戸前勢揃(せいぞろ)い」の場は、鳶の風俗が珍しくて壮観なので、たいてい道玄の筋に付け加えて上演される。近年では2世尾上松緑、17世中村勘三郎が得意とした。

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