''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. | ''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. |