Yari no Gonza Kasane Katabira - Yari no Gonza Kasane Katabira

Joruri Gidayu-bushi (a type of Japanese drama with a story of a family). Two volumes. Written by Chikamatsu Monzaemon. First performed at the Takemotoza Theater in Osaka in August 1717 (Kyoho 2). This dramatizes the female revenge that took place at Koraibashi Bridge in Osaka in July of the same year, using the name of a handsome spearman from a popular song as the male protagonist. While her husband is away in Edo, Osai, the wife of tea ceremony master Asaka Ichinoshin, is asked by her disciple Sasano Gonzo to teach her the secrets of tea ceremony on the condition that she becomes his daughter's husband. During this time, an argument breaks out over Yuki, the younger sister of Kawazura Bannojo, with whom Gonzo has had a long-standing relationship. Bannojo, who has been hiding in the garden, calls them out for adultery and takes away their obi as evidence. Osai accepted the stigma of infidelity and ran away with Gonzaburo, only to be killed by Ichinoshin at Kyobashi in Fushimi. This is one of Chikamatsu's three great adultery stories, along with "Daikyoji Mukashigoyomi" and "Horikawa Naminotsuzumi." It is notable for the way it portrays the intense passion of the female protagonist, who takes advantage of the daughter to become jealous, and in recent years it has been adapted into Bunraku, Kabuki, new theater, and film.

[Toshiaki Matsui]

"Complete Collection of Japanese Classical Literature 44: Chikamatsu Monzaemon Collection II" (1975, Shogakukan)

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浄瑠璃義太夫節(じょうるりぎだゆうぶし)。世話物。二巻。近松門左衛門作。1717年（享保2）8月、大坂・竹本座初演。同年7月に大坂高麗橋(こうらいばし)であった女敵討(めがたきうち)を、流行歌にうたわれた美男の槍(やり)使いの名を男主人公に使って脚色したもの。茶道師範浅香市之進の妻おさゐは、夫が江戸詰めで不在中、門弟笹野権三に乞(こ)われ、娘の婿になることを条件に茶道の秘伝を伝授することになる。その際、権三がかねて言い交わしている川側伴之丞(かわづらばんのじょう)の妹ゆきのことからいさかいとなるが、それを庭に忍んでいた伴之丞に不義密通と呼び立てられ、二人の帯を証拠に持ち去られる。おさゐは不義の汚名を身に引き受け、権三とともに駆け落ちし、伏見(ふしみ)京橋で市之進に討たれる。『大経師昔暦(だいきょうじむかしごよみ)』『堀川波鼓(ほりかわなみのつづみ)』とともに近松三大姦通(かんつう)物の一つ。娘にかこつけて嫉妬(しっと)する女主人公の激しい情念の描き方に特色があり、近年は文楽(ぶんらく)、歌舞伎(かぶき)をはじめ、新劇や映画にも扱われている。

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『鳥越文蔵校注・訳『日本古典文学全集44　近松門左衛門集　二』（1975・小学館）』

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