Agemaki/Tosakano - Agemaki

Japanese: 揚巻∥総角 - あげまき

The name of a prostitute in the Edo period. (1) A prostitute from Tanbaya in Shimabara, Kyoto. Some say that she committed suicide with a man named Yorozuya Sukeroku before the Hoei era (1704-11), or that she shaved her head and became a nun after avenging Sukeroku's death, but this is not certain. In November 1706 (Hoei 3), her story was performed at the Soun-za in Kyoto as "Sukeroku Shinju Kamiko Sugata" and at the Kataoka Nizaemon-za in Osaka as "Kyo Sukeroku Shinju." Around 1709, Yorozuya Sukeroku Doyuki (Itchu-bushi) and Sennichiji Shinju (Gidayu-bushi) were performed. (2) A prostitute from Miuraya in Yoshiwara, Edo. It is said that there have been three generations of this Agemaki ("Seji Hyakudan"), and it was associated with Sokaku Sukeroku from Kamigata and introduced to Edo in 1713 ("Hanakata Aigo no Sakura"), becoming the heroine of the "Sukeroku" play, one of the 18 major Kabuki plays, which represents the spirit and spirit of Edo courtesans.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

江戸時代の遊女の名。(1)京島原丹波屋の遊女。宝永年間(1704‐11)以前，万屋助六という男となじみ心中したとも，助六の仇を討ってのち薙髪し尼となったとも伝えるがさだかでない。1706年(宝永3)11月，京の早雲座《助六心中紙子姿》，大坂の片岡仁左衛門座《京助六心中》で同時に舞台化され，09年ころに一中節《万屋助六道行》，また義太夫節《千日寺心中》が上演された。(2)江戸吉原三浦屋の遊女。この揚巻には3代ほどあるといわれ(《世事百談》)，上方の総角助六に付会して，13年(正徳3)以来江戸に移入され(《花館愛護桜（はなやかたあいごのさくら）》)，江戸遊女の張りと意気地を代表する歌舞伎十八番《助六》劇のヒロインとなった。

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