TOKAIYA - FUNAYAGURA - DAIMOTSU NO URA


Play title	Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura Yoshitsune and the Thousand Cherry Trees
Authors	Takeda Izumo II Miyoshi Shôraku Namiki Senryû I
History	The play "Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura" was originally written for the puppet theater (Bunraku) and staged for the first time in the 11th lunar month of 1747 in Ôsaka at the Takemotoza. It was adapted for Kabuki the following year and staged for the first time in the 1st lunar month of 1748 in Ise with Kataoka Nizaemon IV (Tokaiya Ginpei, Yokawa no Zenji Kakuhan) and Yamamoto Koheiji (Tadanobu). It was performed for the first time in a city licensed theater in the 5th lunar month of 1748, in Edo at the Nakamuraza [casting].
Structure	The "Tokaiya", "Funayagura" and "Daimotsu no Ura" scenes are the second, third and fourth scenes of the second act of "Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura". They are either staged independently of the rest of the play or as part of a tôshi kyôgen production of "Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura".
Key words	Genpei Kassen Genpei-kassenmono Genji Gidayû Kyôgen Giri/Ninjô Heike Jidaimono Minamoto Yoritomo Minamoto Yoshitsune Musashibô Benkei Tachimawari Taira Kiyomori Tsubone
Summary	Previous scene: "Torii Mae" Tokaiya At the Tokaiya Funayagura In the Sea-Observation Room Daimotsu no Ura At the Daimotsu Bay Next scene: "Ko-no-Mi"

The actor Ichikawa Danjûrô IX playing the role of Taira no Tomomori in the drama "Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura" in a print made by Toyohara Kunichika in August 1898