漫談"Donald Keene 譯/著的日本文學" 19： 近松門左衛門 (国性爺合戦) The Battles of Coxinga: Chikamatsu's Puppet Play, Its Background and Importance

 

The Battle of Coxinga

(国性爺合戦) (Kokusen'ya kassen)

First Staged: 1715
Reference: Four Major Plays of Chikamatsu, translated by Donald Keene (New York: Columbia University Press, 1961); Hironaga, Shūzaburō, The Bunraku Handbook (Tokyo: Maison des Arts, 1976); Bunraku February 1980 Performance Program

Written By: Chikamatsu Monzaemon (近松門左衛門)

Performances:

•  October 1973: The Battle of Coxinga
•  November 1973: The Battle of Coxinga
•  January 1978: The Battle of Coxinga
•  February 1980: The Battle of Coxinga
•  February 1982: The Battle of Coxinga
•  July 1984: The Battle of Coxinga
•  February 1986: The Battle of Coxinga
•  February 1996: The Battle of Coxinga
•  January 2002: The Battle of Coxinga
•  December 1992: The Battle of Coxinga

Kashira:

•  Fukeoyama (老女形)
•  Musume (娘)
•  Kiichi (鬼一)
•  Baba (婆)
•  Ōdanshichi (大団七)
•  Hagataki (端敵)
•  Kenbishi (検非違使)
•  Tsume (つめ)
•  Kintoki (金時)
•  Yokanbei (与勘平)
•  Bunshichi (文七)
•  Tsurifune (釣船)
•  Baba (jidai) (婆（時代）)
•  Nemuri no musume (ねむりの娘)

Characters:

•  Emperor Shisoretsu (大明皇帝)
•  Ri Toten (右軍将李蹈天)
•  Prince Bairoku (使者梅勒王)
•  Go Sankei (司馬将軍呉三桂)
•  Princess Sendan (栴檀皇女)
•  Ryukakun (柳哥君)
•  An Taijin (安大人)
•  Watonai (和藤内)
•  Komutsu (女房小むつ)
•  Ro Ikkan (鄭芝龍老一官)
•  Ro Ikkan's wife (老一官妻)
•  Kinshojo (錦祥女)
•  Gojogun Kanki (五常軍甘輝)
•  Ladies-in-waiting (腰元)
•  Court ladies (女官)
•  Beaters (勢子)
•  Watonai's mother (和藤内母)
•  Retainers (軍兵)

The Battles of Coxinga: Chikamatsu's Puppet Play, Its Background and Importance 近松門左衛門 Taylor's Foreign Press, 1951 - English drama - 205 pages

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Contents

a A Short History of the Jōruri	12
b Chikamatsus Career and the Place in it of The Battles of Coxinga	31

A Literary History of Coxingas Life	44
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Bibliographic information

Title	The Battles of Coxinga: Chikamatsu's Puppet Play, Its Background and Importance Issue 4 of Cambridge Oriental series
Author	近松門左衛門
Editor	Donald Keene
Contributor	Mark Van Doren
Publisher	Taylor's Foreign Press, 1951
Original from	the University of Michigan
Digitized	14 May 2008
Length	205 pages