Ogibyooshi Ooka's Political Discussion - Ogibyooshi Ooka's Political Discussion

Japanese: 扇音々大岡政談 - おうぎびょうしおおおかせいだん

Kabuki kyogen. Sewamono. Written by Kawatake Mokuami. It was first performed at the Shintomiza Theater in Tokyo on January 28, 1875 (Meiji 8), with Bando Hikosaburo V as Ooka Echizen no Kami, Onoe Kikugoro V as Tenichibo, and Ichikawa Sadanji I as Yamauchi Iga no Suke. During the Kyoho era (1716-36), a man named Genjibo Tenichi, who lived at the home of a mountain ascetic Jorakuin in Minami-Shinagawa, claimed to be an illegitimate son of the 8th Shogun, Yoshimune, and gathered ronin and collected money from people. After investigation, the magistrate Ina Hanzaemon was found to be a counterfeiter and beheaded. This incident was linked to Ooka Echizen no Kami and became one of the Ooka Benevolent Politics Records. The storyteller Kanda Hakusan read it night after night as Tenichibo Ooka Seidan, and it became a huge hit.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

歌舞伎狂言。世話物。河竹黙阿弥作。1875年(明治8)1月28日から東京新富座で，大岡越前守を5世坂東彦三郎，天一坊を5世尾上菊五郎，山内伊賀亮を初世市川左団次によって初演。享保年間(1716‐36)，南品川の山伏常楽院方に寄寓する源氏坊天一という者が，時の将軍8代吉宗の落胤と名乗って，浪人を集め，人々から金を集めた。代官伊奈半左衛門が取調べの結果，贋者と判明，梟首になったという。この事件は，大岡越前守と結びつけられ，〈大岡仁政録〉の一つになり，講談師神田伯山が《天一坊大岡政談》として連夜読みつぎ，大ヒットした。

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