Title from disc la Originally written by Chikamatsu Monzaemon as a puppet play and was later adapted as a kabuki play by Chikamatsu Hanji. 880-06 Nakamura Ganjirō (gen Sakata Tōjūrō), Kataoka Hidetarō, Nakamura Tomijūrō. Taped in March, 1997 at Kabukiza, Tokyo, Japan. 880-07 Special features: Kabuki meisakusen zen 50 sakuhin shōkai.
Summary:
"The year is 1720. The curtain opens on the Kawashō teahouse in the Kita Shinchi pleasure quarters of Osaka. At such establishments customers could hire the services of courtesans and one girl in particular, named Koharu, is the subject of much gossip. Despite having a loving wife and two children, the paper merchant Jihē has fallen in love with her and has spent so much money on visiting her that his business faces fanancial ruin. Jihē's rival, the wealthy merchant Tahē, however, has made arrangements to redeem Koharu's contract so that she can be his wife. Now desperate, Jihē and Koharu have agreed to commit suicide together"--Leaflet.
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