Koi musume mukashi hachijo

Marker for the grave of Shirokoya Okoma at Jôshô-in, in the Shiba neighborhood of Tokyo

• Playwrights: Matsu Kanshi, Yoshida Kadomaru
• Premiere: 1775/8, Geki-za (Edo)
• Japanese: 恋娘昔八丈 (koi musume mukashi hachijou)

Koi musume mukashi hachijô is a fifth-category ningyô jôruri play.

Co-written by Matsu Kanshi and Yoshida Kadomaru, it premiered in the middle of the 8th month, 1775, at the Geki-za in Edo. The script was first published on 9/25 that year.

The plot centers on Chigusa-no-suke, the young lord of the Ogiwara family, who has become infatuated with a courtesan named Jûrokuya. As a result of the schemes of the evil karô Shûgetsu Ikkaku, the family's precious tea container is stolen from him.

References

• "Koi musume mukashi hachijô," Sekai daihyakka jiten 世界大百科事典, Hitachi Solutions, 2012.