Osode resigns herself to death in atonement and convinces Naosuke and Yomoshichi that they should kill her. Yomoshichi appears and accuses Osode of adultery. On the embankment above the canal Iemon, Yomoshichi, who is not dead (Naosuke killed another man mistakenly in his place), and Naosuke appear to fumble as they struggle for possession of a note which passes from hand to hand in the darkness.Īt the opening Naosuke is pressuring Osode to consummate their marriage, to which she seems oddly averse. Iemon contemplates his prospects while fishing at the Onbô canal. Naosuke arrives in disguise as Gonbei, an eel vendor, and blackmails Iemon into handing over a valuable document. Iemon kicks Oyumi, the mother of Oume, into the Onbô Canal and Omaki, the servant of Oyumi, drowns by accident. The remaining members of the Itô household are annihilated. Act 2 closes with Iemon being tricked by Oiwa's ghost into slaying both Oume and her grandfather on the night of the wedding.
Not long after, Iemon becomes engaged to Oume. As she lies bleeding to death before a stunned Takuetsu, she curses Iemon's name. Takuetsu moves to grab her but Oiwa, attempting to evade him, accidentally punctures her own throat with the sword's tip. Realizing that she has been deceived, Oiwa becomes hysterical and, picking up a sword, runs towards the door. Takuetsu cannot bring himself to do this so, instead, he simply shows Oiwa her reflection in a mirror. He asks Takuetsu to rape Oiwa so that he will have an honorable basis for divorce. Upon seeing his wife's ghastly new countenance, Iemon decides he can no longer remain with her. Oiwa, unbeknownst to her at the time, is instantly scarred by the cream when she applies it. Sympathizing with Oume's plight, the Itôs scheme to have Oiwa disfigured by sending her a topical poison disguised as a facial cream. However, believing herself to be less attractive than Oiwa, she doesn't think Iemon will ever want to become her husband. Oume, the granddaughter of Itô Kihei, has fallen in love with Iemon. It is at this point that Iemon and Naosuke unite and conspire to mislead Oiwa and Osode into believing that they will exact revenge on the people responsible for their father's death. Shortly afterwards he kills his former master, whom he mistakes for Yomoshichi, at the precise time of the slaying of Samon. Unable to pay a fee demanded by Takuetsu, he is mocked by both Yomoshichi and Osode and forcibly removed. As this scene begins, Naosuke is at the local brothel making romantic advances toward Osode when Yomoshichi and the brothel's owner, Takuetsu, enter. The next scene focuses on the character Naosuke who is sexually and obsessed with Oiwa's sister, the prostitute Osode, despite her being already married to another man, Satô Yomoshichi. After it is suggested by Samon that Iemon and his daughter should separate, the ronin becomes enraged and murders Samon. Tamiya Iemon, a rōnin, is having a heated exchange with his father-in-law, Yotsuya Samon, concerning Samon's daughter Oiwa. As such, it does not detail the numerous subplots and characters added to the story over the intervening years.) (Note: the following summary is of the original 1825 Nakamuraza production. However, the base story usually remains the same and recognizable. The story tapped into people’s fears by bringing the ghosts of Japan out of the temples and aristocrats' mansions and into the home of common people, the exact type of people who were the audience of his theater.Īs the most-adapted Japanese ghost story, the details of Yotsuya Kaidan have been altered over time, often bearing little resemblance to the original kabuki play, and sometimes removing the ghostly element altogether. The play was incredibly successful, and forced the producers to schedule extra out-of-season performances to meet demand.
The following day started with the Onbo canal scene, followed by Kanadehon Chushingura from Act VII to Act XI, then came Act IV and Act V of Tōkaidō Yotsuya Kaidan to conclude the program.
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However, in the case of Yotsuya Kaidan it was decided to interweave the two dramas, with a full staging on two days: the first day started with Kanadehon Chushingura from Act I to Act VI, followed by Tōkaidō Yotsuya Kaidan from Act I to Act III. Normally, with a Kabuki double-feature, the first play is staged in its entirety, followed by the second play. First staged in July 1825, Yotsuya Kaidan appeared at the Nakamuraza Theater in Edo (the former name of present-day Tokyo) as a double-feature with the immensely popular Kanadehon Chushingura.
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