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[[Image:弁天小僧2sm.jpg|right|thumb|300px|[[Yakusha-e|Woodblock print]] depicting [[Onoe Kikugoro]] as Benten Kozô.]]
*''Genre: [[Shiranamimono]], [[Kizewamono]]''
*''Genre: [[Shiranamimono]], [[Kizewamono]]''
*''Premiere: [[1862]]/3, [[Ichimura-za]], [[Edo]]''
*''Premiere: [[1862]]/3, [[Ichimura-za]], [[Edo]]''
*''Japanese'': 青砥稿花の錦絵 ''(Aoto Zôshi Hana no Nishiki-e)''
*''Japanese'': 青砥稿花の錦絵 ''(Aoto Zôshi Hana no Nishiki-e)''
"''Aoto Zôshi Hana no Nishiki-e''", as the original and fullest version of this play is known, is a tale in five acts of the ''shiranamimono'' (tales of thieves) sub-category of the ''kizewamono'' (rough contemporary piece) genre of kabuki plays. Written by [[Kawatake Mokuami]], it first premiered at the [[Ichimura-za]] in [[Edo]] in the third month of 1862.
"''Aoto Zôshi Hana no Nishiki-e''", as the original and fullest version of this play is known, is a tale in five acts of the ''shiranamimono'' (tales of thieves) sub-category of the ''kizewamono'' (rough contemporary piece) genre of kabuki plays. Written by [[Kawatake Mokuami]], it first premiered at the [[Ichimura-za]] in [[Edo]] in the third month of 1862.
==Characters==
==Characters==
[[Image:Bentenkozoposter.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Poster for a May 2008 performance at [[Kabuki-za]] starring [[Ichikawa Danjuro|Ichikawa Danjûrô XII]] as Nippon Daemon (left) and [[Onoe Kikugoro|Onoe Kikugorô VII]] as Benten Kozô (right).]]
*Benten Kozô Kikunosuke - a young thief
*Benten Kozô Kikunosuke - a young thief
*Nippon Daemon - leader of the band of thieves
*Nippon Daemon - leader of the band of thieves