Wada Battle Woman Maizuru - Wada Battle Woman Maizuru

Japanese: 和田合戦女舞鶴 - わだがっせんおんなまいづる

Ningyo joruri. Historical piece. Five acts. Written by Namiki Sosuke. First performed at the Toyotakeza Theater in March 1736 (Genbun 1). There is a popular legend that when Wada Yoshimori's clan was attacked by the Hojo clan, his third son, Asahina Saburo Yoshihide, a hero of superhuman strength, broke down the castle gates by himself, and this work replaces that legend with a female heroine of the same era, a wooden frame. It is said to have been influenced by the female heroine Toshi in "Hiyoku no Utena" (written by Ki Kaito) performed at the Toyotakeza Theater in July 1721 (Kyoho 6), but the main story and world are based on "Egara no Heita" (written by Chikamatsu Monzaemon, Takemotoza Theater, Osaka), which is estimated to have been written before January 1692 (Genroku 5).

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

人形浄瑠璃。時代物。5段。並木宗輔作。1736年(元文1)3月大坂豊竹座初演。和田義盛一族が北条方に攻められたとき，和田義盛の三男朝比奈三郎義秀という怪力の豪傑がひとりで城門を破ったという俗説があり，それを同時代の女丈夫，板額（はんがく）にかえた作である。1721年(享保6)7月豊竹座の《呉越軍談比翼台（ひよくのうてな）》(紀海音作)中の女丈夫東施の影響があるといわれているが，本筋や世界は，1692年(元禄5)正月以前の作と推定される《悦賀楽平太（えがらのへいた）》(近松門左衛門作，大坂竹本座)に拠っている。

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