Push back - push back

Japanese: 押戻 - おしもどす

A kabuki aragoto performance and the role it plays. One of the 18 major kabuki plays. Near the end of plays such as "Dojoji," "Futaomote," and "Onnarukami," the actor appears in an aragoto costume with makeup, wig, and costume, wearing a straw raincoat, carrying a bamboo hat and a thick green bamboo, and pushes vengeful spirits and monsters back onto the stage from the runway. There is a theory that it was first performed by Ichikawa Danjūrō II in March 1727 (Kyōhō 12) at the Nakamuraza in Edo as "Kokusen'ya Takenukigoro," but this is unclear. In 1934, Ichikawa Sanjūrō V (10th Danjūrō) performed it as a one-act play at the Tokyo Kabukiza.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

歌舞伎荒事の一演出，およびその役。歌舞伎十八番の一つ。《道成寺》《双面（ふたおもて）》《女鳴神》などの幕切れ近く，隈取，鬘，衣装など荒事の扮装に簑を着，竹笠と太い青竹を持って登場し，怨霊，妖怪を花道から舞台に押し戻す。1727年(享保12)3月江戸中村座の《国性爺竹抜五郎（こくせんやたけぬきごろう）》で2世市川団十郎が初演したとの説があるが不明。1934年東京歌舞伎座で5世市川三升(10世団十郎)が一幕物として上演している。

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