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[[Image:義経千本桜sm.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Detail from an ''[[ukiyo-e]]'' woodblock print, depicting [[Sukedakaya Takasuke]] as Yoshitsune.]]

*''Genre: [[Jidaimono]]''

*''Jôruri Premiere: [[1747]]/11 [[Takemoto-za]], [[Osaka]]''

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*''Writers: [[Takeda Izumo II]], [[Miyoshi Shoraku|Miyoshi Shôraku]], [[Namiki Senryu I|Namiki Senryû I]]

*''Japanese'': 義経千本桜 ''(Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura)''

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~~[[Image:義経千本桜sm.jpg|right|thumb|Detail from an ''[[ukiyo-e]]'' woodblock print, depicting [[Sukedakaya Takasuke]] as Yoshitsune.]]~~

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''Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura'', or "Yoshitsune and the Thousand Cherry Trees", is a Japanese play, one of the three most popular and famous in the [[Kabuki]] repertoire<ref>The other two are ''[[Kanadehon Chushingura|Kanadehon Chûshingura]]'' and ''[[Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami]]'', which were written and premiered in 1746 and 1748 respectively.</ref>. Originally written in [[1747]] for the [[joruri|jôruri]] puppet theater by [[Takeda Izumo II]], [[Miyoshi Shoraku|Miyoshi Shôraku]] and [[Namiki Senryu I|Namiki Senryû I]], it was adapted to kabuki the following year.

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