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*''Debuted: [[1879]]/7/16, [[Shintomi-za]]''
*''Playwright: [[Kawatake Mokuami]]''
*''Japanese'': 後三年奥州軍記 ''(Gosan'nen Oushuu Gunki)''
''Gosannen Ôshû Gunki'' was a [[kabuki]] play specially written by [[Kawatake Mokuami]] specifically for former US President [[Ulysses S. Grant]], who visited Japan in 1879. Performed at the [[Shintomi-za]] on July 16, 1879, as part of a special gala night, with Grant as the guest of honor, it was the first kabuki play to be seen by a foreign head of state, sitting or former. The Shintomi-za, the only Western-style theater in Japan at the time, was adorned with American flags for the occasion.
The play was meant to relate events in the life of General Grant, including elements of the American Civil War, metaphorically represented by a tale of the historical [[Gosannen War]] of the 1080s, with [[Minamoto no Yoshiie]] standing in for Gen. Grant, and [[Kiyohara no Takehira]] for Robert E. Lee.
[[Ichikawa Danjuro IX|Ichikawa Danjûrô IX]] starred as Minamoto no Yoshiie, while [[Nakamura Sojuro|Nakamura Sôjûrô]] played Kiyohara no Takehira. The program also featured [[Iwai Hanshiro VIII|Iwai Hanshirô VIII]], [[Ichikawa Sadanji I]], [[Nakamura Nakazo III|Nakamura Nakazô III]], [[Bando Kakitsu I|Bandô Kakitsu I]] and [[Ichikawa Kodanji V]].
A dance-drama featuring [[Onoe Kikugoro V|Onoe Kikugorô V]], Ichikawa Sadanji I, and Bandô Kakitsu I concluded the evening, after which Grant formally presented [[Morita Kanya XII]], ''[[zamoto]]'' of the theater, with a stage curtain<ref>Chang, Richard. "General Grant's 1879 Visit to Japan." Monumenta Nipponica 24:4 (1969). pp388.</ref>, bringing considerable prestige to the institution.
==References==
*"[http://www.kabuki21.com/moritaza.php Moritaza - Shintomiza]." Kabuki21.com. Accessed 4 January 2010.
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[[Category:Meiji Period]]
[[Category:Poetry and Theater]]
*''Playwright: [[Kawatake Mokuami]]''
*''Japanese'': 後三年奥州軍記 ''(Gosan'nen Oushuu Gunki)''
''Gosannen Ôshû Gunki'' was a [[kabuki]] play specially written by [[Kawatake Mokuami]] specifically for former US President [[Ulysses S. Grant]], who visited Japan in 1879. Performed at the [[Shintomi-za]] on July 16, 1879, as part of a special gala night, with Grant as the guest of honor, it was the first kabuki play to be seen by a foreign head of state, sitting or former. The Shintomi-za, the only Western-style theater in Japan at the time, was adorned with American flags for the occasion.
The play was meant to relate events in the life of General Grant, including elements of the American Civil War, metaphorically represented by a tale of the historical [[Gosannen War]] of the 1080s, with [[Minamoto no Yoshiie]] standing in for Gen. Grant, and [[Kiyohara no Takehira]] for Robert E. Lee.
[[Ichikawa Danjuro IX|Ichikawa Danjûrô IX]] starred as Minamoto no Yoshiie, while [[Nakamura Sojuro|Nakamura Sôjûrô]] played Kiyohara no Takehira. The program also featured [[Iwai Hanshiro VIII|Iwai Hanshirô VIII]], [[Ichikawa Sadanji I]], [[Nakamura Nakazo III|Nakamura Nakazô III]], [[Bando Kakitsu I|Bandô Kakitsu I]] and [[Ichikawa Kodanji V]].
A dance-drama featuring [[Onoe Kikugoro V|Onoe Kikugorô V]], Ichikawa Sadanji I, and Bandô Kakitsu I concluded the evening, after which Grant formally presented [[Morita Kanya XII]], ''[[zamoto]]'' of the theater, with a stage curtain<ref>Chang, Richard. "General Grant's 1879 Visit to Japan." Monumenta Nipponica 24:4 (1969). pp388.</ref>, bringing considerable prestige to the institution.
==References==
*"[http://www.kabuki21.com/moritaza.php Moritaza - Shintomiza]." Kabuki21.com. Accessed 4 January 2010.
<references/>
[[Category:Meiji Period]]
[[Category:Poetry and Theater]]