This play was performed by players at Hon-za and by those at Shin-za at Shijo Gawara, and was visited and viewed by Sei taishogun (literally, "great general who is to subdue the eastern barbarians") Takauji ASHIKAGA and Yoshimoto NIJO, chief adviser to the Emperor. 四条河原で本座・新座両座の出演で行われたものであり、征夷大将軍足利尊氏、関白二条良基なども観劇に訪れている。 |