Ejima Incident - Ejima Jiken

Japanese: 江島事件 - えしまじけん

A morals disturbance incident occurred in the Ooku in 1714. It was discovered that Ejima (Ejima) (1681-1741), a maid who served Shogun Tokugawa Ietsugu's mother Gekkoin, and others were having fun at the Yamamura Theatre in Kobiki-cho. Ejima was placed in the care of Naito Kiyokazu, the lord of Takato Domain in Shinshu, and Yamamura Chotayu and Kabuki actor Ikushima Shingoro (1671-1742) were also exiled. The shogunate used this incident to crack down on public morals in the Ooku, imposing particularly severe punishments on the perpetrators, with 1,500 people implicated, and the Yamamura Theatre was abolished. This incident became the subject of Kabuki and Kyogen plays from the Meiji period onwards, and many works known as "Ejima and Ikushima-mono" were created, including "The Tale of Hourai Sogashima" (Kawatake Mokuami).
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Japanese:

1714年大奥で起こった風紀紊乱(びんらん)事件。将軍徳川家継の生母月光院に仕えていた奥女中江島（絵島）〔1681-1741〕らが木挽(こびき)町山村座で遊興していたことが発覚，江島は信州高遠(たかとお)藩主内藤清枚(きよかず)に預けられ，山村長太夫・歌舞伎俳優生島新五郎〔1671-1742〕も遠島となった。幕府は大奥の風紀を取り締まるためこの事件を利用し，特に厳罰に処し，連座した者1500人に及び，山村座は廃絶。この事件は明治期以降歌舞伎狂言の題材となり，《宝莱曾我島(ほうらいそがしま)物語》（河竹黙阿弥）ほか〈江島生島物〉といわれる多くの作品がつくられた。
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