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Jealousy (Uwanari)
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Jealousy (Uwanari)

The script has been lost, but it seems to have focused on the jealousy displayed by the spirit of Fujitsubo. Ichikawa Sansho revived it in 1936 with a script by Yamazaki Shiko. It was again revived in 1986 by Onoe Shoroku II and Tobe Ginsaku. In the absence of the original script, both versions drew upon old prints of the play.

Premiere : Seventh month, 1699
Original title : The Jewel of Five Worlds (Isshin Gokai no Tama)
Actor : Danjuro I
Theatre : Nakamura-za, Edo
Text : Hattori Yukio, Ichikawa Danjuro Daidai. Tokyo: Kodansha, 2002.
Prints : Collection of the National Diet Library
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