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[[Image:Sukeroku.JPG|right|thumb|300px|Mannequin of Ichikawa Danjûrô XII as Sukeroku, at the Edo-Tokyo Museum.]]
*''Premiere: [[1713]], [[Yamamura-za]]''
*''Premiere: [[1713]], [[Yamamura-za]]''
*''Playwrights: ''
*''Playwrights: ''
==Characters==
==Characters==
[[Image:Agemaki.JPG|right|thumb|300px|Mannequin as Agemaki in display of the play's costumes, set, and props at the Edo-Tokyo Museum.]]
*Sukeroku - a samurai, frequent patron of the Yoshiwara, especially of Agemaki of the Miura-ya, and a street tough, who often starts fights on the streets of the pleasure quarters. Secretly Soga Gorô
*Sukeroku - a samurai, frequent patron of the Yoshiwara, especially of Agemaki of the Miura-ya, and a street tough, who often starts fights on the streets of the pleasure quarters. Secretly Soga Gorô
*Agemaki - the top courtesan of the Miura-ya, famous and popular throughout the district; she is known to be especially close to Sukeroku, but Ikyû has his eyes on her as well
*Agemaki - the top courtesan of the Miura-ya, famous and popular throughout the district; she is known to be especially close to Sukeroku, but Ikyû has his eyes on her as well
