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Shinotmiza Tsuji banzuke 1899 32 09 16 (16th Sept 1899)450 670

Programme

First was ( ) Ichinotani kaiga no ktai Ichinotani Triumphal Song in two acts, written by Kawatake Mokuami. A kotai (or ykyoku orNoh chant) refers to the vocal section of the music associated with classical Noh drama and issometimes performed as a tribute at the end of a successful tour or to celebrate an event. In thecontext of the tragic death of Suketakaya Kodenji the previous month, August1899, and his siblings tribute performance of Karukaya Doshin Tsukushi noIezuto next on the same programme it is highly likely that this play was staged in his honour

and quite possible that the entire show was dedicated to his memory

Ichinotani Kaiga Kotai 7 Meiji 7 (1874 ) by Toikara Kunichika

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Before the next, commemorative, play there was a kj, a ceremonial announcement, duringwhich, in accordance with the traditions of Kabuki, his memorial portrait (National Theatre ofJapan, Nishiki-e Database), or shini-e, appeared on stage and a commemorative speech wasmade by the leading actor.

The second, memorial play, was ( ) ThePriest Karukaya - Karukaya Doshin Tsukushi no Iezuto by Namiki Ssuke . Amemorial portrait of Suketakaya Kodenji I can be seen in the in the upper left hand side of thenishiki-e. This was a memorial performance.

RolesMonk Karukaya - Sawamura Snosuke I Isshi (child) Ishidmaru Sawamura Chnosuke (later SawamuraChjr VII)Memorial insert Suketakaya Kodenji

Left - Ishidmaru Sawamura Chnosuke (later Sawamura Chjr VII)Right - Karikaya Dshin Sawamura Snosuke I

Memorial performance print to the memory of Suketakaya Kodenji I who passed away theprevious month on 32 08 24 aged 16Artist hsai

From the performance at the Shintomiza dated 32 09 16 (16th Sept 1899) which this tsuji banzukeadvertised

To escape being hen-pecked by his jealous wife, Kato Sayemon Shige-uji, a Feudal Lord, hasfled to Mount Koya and become a priest called Karukaya Doshin. His wife follows searching forhim accompanied by her son. Arriving at the priests retreat his son Ishidmaru recognises hisfathers birthmark. Resolving to remain true to his priestly vocation in spite of his love for his sonhe denies that he is the father and tells his son to return home. Though longing for his fatherIshidmaru agrees to return home and vows not to tell his mother the truth so that Karukayacan continue his peaceful priestly life. The play was staged with the younger brothers ofSuketakaya Kodenji I - Sawamura Snosuke in the role of Monk Karukaya and Sawamura

Chnosuke (later Sawamura Chjr VII) in the role of the monks son Ishidmaru.

Note: Suketakaya Kodenji I - : 1884 1899, was a Meiji era Kabuki actor.He was born in Tky on 17 5 2 (2 May 1884) Ito Masayoshi was theeldest son of Sawamura Tosshi VII. He debuted aged 4 in 20 (1887) on the occasion of

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the opening of Tkys Azumaza Theatre () (3-chome, Asakusa, Taito-ku), subsequentlyrenamed the Miyatoza in 1896. He became the zagashira ( ) leader of the Miyatozaschildrens troupe. He performed to great acclaim at the Shintomiza () and was expectedto become a great Kabuki actor. However on 32 8 24 (24th August 1899) he diedaged 16 and was interred in Saikoji Temple in Chitose-cho just south of Ryogoku, Tkyalongside generations of the Sawamura line of Kabuki actors.

The third play ( ) Shiranui Monogtari Tale of Shiranui (1874performance, National Theatre of Japan, Nishiki-e Database) was a supernatural drama writtenby Kawatake, Mokuami in which during a feud with the Kikuchi clan the family of Princess

Wakana are all killed. She is rescued by a giant magic spider and given the gift of spider magicand decides to take revenge by using a magic scroll to defeat one of the Kikuchi retainers,Akisaku

The fourth and final part of the performance was : - Ashiya Dman uchi Kagami -A Courtly Mirror of Ashiya

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Doman written by Takeda Izumi. Kuzunoha, Act four in three scenes from the playAshiya Dman uchi Kagami - A Courtly Mirror of Ashiya Dman (1881 performance at theNamauraza, National Theatre of Japan, Nishiki-e Database)written by Takeda Izumi. The storyrevolves around the character of Kuzunoha, a beautiful woman who meets and rescues theyoung Lord Abe no Yasuna after he has freed a white fox from a hunter in Shinoda forest. Shehelps him return home where they fall in love and marry. She bears him a child called Seimeiwho inherits some of her powers. Sometime later her son accidentally sees the tip of her fox tailprotruding from her kimono. She has been discovered. In one of the most famous scenes inKabuki with the brush in her mouth and holding her child in her arms she writes a poem on a

sliding screen inviting her husband to find her in Shinoda forest. She appears to them andreveals that she is spirit of Shinoda Shrine and bestows on her son the ability to understand thespeech of animals.

32 09 16 (16th Sept 1899)Programme( ( ( ( )

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