| This was a sewamono (play dealing with the lives of ordinary people) story newly written by Shinshichi KAWATAKE for Kodanji ICHIKAWA (the fourth), who was Kawatake's sworn friend but was distressed due to the popularity of Shikan NAKAMURA (the fourth). |
中村芝翫 (4代目)の人気に押されて困っていた盟友市川小團次 (4代目)のために、河竹新七が書下ろした世話物の狂言。 |