Return Bridge - Modoribashi

A Kabuki dance drama. Tokiwazu. The original title is "Kou no Tsuno Moji of Koi on Modoribashi." Written by Kawatake Mokuami. It was first performed in October 1890 (Meiji 23) at the Kabukiza in Tokyo, with the 5th Onoe Kikugoro Sayuri as a demon woman and the 1st Ichikawa Sadanji Watanabe no Tsuna. Music composed by the 6th Kishizawa Shikisa, choreography by the 1st Hanayagi Jusuke. Watanabe Tsuna becomes companions with a beautiful woman named Ogiori Sayuri on the Ichijo Modoribashi Bridge at night, and when she makes a kudoki pattern, he recognizes her as the incarnation of the demon of Atagoyama, and they start a fight and cut off one of her arms. This was selected by Kikugorou as one of his family's "Ten Kinds of New and Old Drama," and was later made into a specialty by the 6th Onoe Baiko, who passed it down to the present day. The highlights are Sayuri's kudoki and the miarawashi, and at the end of the act, the demon woman grabs the collar of the rope and jumps into the air.

[Toshiaki Matsui]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

歌舞伎(かぶき)舞踊劇。常磐津(ときわず)。本名題(ほんなだい)『戻橋恋(こい)の角文字(つのもじ)』。河竹黙阿弥(もくあみ)作。1890年（明治23）10月、東京・歌舞伎座で5世尾上(おのえ)菊五郎の小百合(さゆり)実は鬼女、初世市川左団次の渡辺綱(わたなべのつな)による初演。作曲6世岸沢式佐(しきさ)、振付け初世花柳寿輔(はなやぎじゅすけ)。渡辺綱が夜の一条戻橋で、扇折小百合という美女と道連れになり、女のクドキ模様のうち、これを愛宕山(あたごやま)の悪鬼の化身と見破って立回りとなり、その片腕を切り落とす。菊五郎が家の芸「新古演劇十種」に選んだもので、その後は6世尾上梅幸(ばいこう)が得意とし、現代に伝わった。小百合のクドキ、見あらわしなどが眼目で、幕切れには鬼女が綱の襟(えり)をつかんで宙乗りになる演出もある。

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