Chronicles of the Osaka War

Japanese: 大坂軍記物 - おおさかぐんきもの

A type of puppet theater and kabuki kyogen. Also called Naniwa Senkimono. A group of works based on the Winter Siege of Osaka and the Summer Siege of Osaka (the Siege of Osaka), which are handed down in a popular book called "Osaka Gunki" that was popular in the early modern period. However, since it was not permitted to dramatize it directly during the Edo period, many of the plays are adaptations of the exploits of Sanada Yukimura, Kimura Shigenari, Goto Matabei, and others, which are substituted for characters from the world of Yoshitsune's exodus from Oshu and the Omi Genji clan in the Kamakura period. This method was established mainly in puppet theater, and included "Yoshitsune Shintakadachi" at the Toyotake Theater in Osaka in January 1719 (Kyoho 4), "Nanban Tetsu Goto Menuki" at the Toyotake Theater in February 1702, "Omi Genji Senjin Yakata" at the Takemoto Theater in Osaka in December 1716 (Meiwa 6), and "Omi Genji Senjin Yakata" at the Takemoto Theater in Osaka in May of the following year. His works included "Taihei Kabuto no Kazari" for the main theater, "Koinonenjubunbu no Jindate" for the Takemoto Theater in November 1890 (Kansei 2), "Nitsupon Kenjiyo Kagami" for a side theater in Kitahorie City, Osaka in October 1894, and "Ninoumi Kou Miyou Suzuri" for the Dotonbori East Theater in Osaka in December 1800.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

人形浄瑠璃，歌舞伎狂言の一系統。難波戦記物ともいう。近世に流布した《大坂軍記》という俗書に伝えられている大坂冬の陣，夏の陣(大坂の陣)に題材を得た作品群。ただし江戸期にはそれを直接劇化することは許されていなかったので，その多くは，真田幸村，木村重成，後藤又兵衛らの活躍を，鎌倉時代の義経奥州落ちや近江源氏の世界の人物たちに仮託，脚色したものとなっている。このような方法はもっぱら人形浄瑠璃において確立されたもので，1719年(享保4)1月大坂豊竹座の《義経新高館（よしつねしんたかだち）》以下，35年2月豊竹座の《南蛮鉄後藤目貫（なんばんてつごとうのめぬき）》，69年(明和6)12月大坂竹本座の《近江源氏先陣館（おうみげんじせんじんやかた）》，翌年5月竹本座の《太平頭鍪飾（たいへいかぶとのかざり）》，90年(寛政2)11月竹本座の《恋伝授文武陣立（こいのでんじゆぶんぶのじんだて）》，94年10月大坂北堀江市の側芝居の《日本賢女鑑（につポんけんじよかがみ）》，1800年12月大坂道頓堀東芝居の《鳰湖高名硯（におのうみこうみようすずり）》などが作られた。

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