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[[File:Shirokoya-grave.jpg|right|thumb|320px|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 ''[[ningyo joruri|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]]<!--外記座--> 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 ''[[karo|karô]]'' Shûgetsu Ikkaku, the family's precious tea container is stolen from him.

==References==
*"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%81%8B%E5%A8%98%E6%98%94%E5%85%AB%E4%B8%88 Koi musume mukashi hachijô]," ''Sekai daihyakka jiten'' 世界大百科事典, Hitachi Solutions, 2012.

[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Poetry and Theater]]
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