Chronicle of the Battle of Ichinotani

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Chronicle of the Battle of Ichinotani

Japanese play

Also known as: “Ichinotani Futaba gunki”

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Japanese performing arts
Tokugawa period
Ichinotani futaba gunki (1751; Chronicle of the Battle of Ichinotani) contains a migawari (“child substitution”) scene, typical of puppet history plays, which is, if anything, even more tear-provoking: in response to the wishes of his lord Yoshitsune, General Kumagai slays his own son, so that the son’s head may…
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Ichinotani futaba gunki (1751; Chronicle of the Battle of Ichinotani) contains a migawari (“child substitution”) scene, typical of puppet history plays, which is, if anything, even more tear-provoking: in response to the wishes of his lord Yoshitsune, General Kumagai slays his own son, so that the son’s head may…
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