Seven lucky things - Oshichikichisamono

Japanese: お七吉三物 - おしちきちさもの

A type of puppet theater and kabuki-kyogen. Also called "Yaoya Oshichimono." A general term for works based on Oshichi, the daughter of a greengrocer in Hongo, Edo, who was burned at the stake for arson in the spring of 1683 (Tenwa 3). The story focuses on the innocence of the town girl who becomes reckless because of her love for the handsome temple page Kichisaburo. This incident, which had been widely known through Saikaku's novel "Koshoku Gonin Onna" and "Utasaibun," was first dramatized in January 1706 (Hōei 3) at the Osaka Arashi Sanemon Theater in the kabuki-kyogen "Oshichi Utasaibun."

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

人形浄瑠璃，歌舞伎狂言の一系統。〈八百屋お七物〉ともいう。1683年(天和3)春に放火の罪で火刑に処せられた江戸本郷の八百屋の娘お七を題材にした作品の総称。寺小姓吉三郎への可憐な恋のために無分別へと走る町娘の純情さに焦点の合わされたものとなっている。西鶴の小説《好色五人女》や歌祭文を通して一般に流布していたこの事件が初めて劇化されたのは，1706年(宝永3)1月大坂嵐三右衛門座の歌舞伎狂言《お七歌祭文》である。

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