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*''Japanese'': 曽我物語 ''(Soga monogatari)''
''Soga Monogatari'', or "The Tale of the Soga Brothers," is the story of the Soga brothers, Soga Gorô and Soga Jûrô, who seek their father's murderer in order to kill the murderer and avenge their father. The story has been told and retold with much variation and elaboration, in a variety of forms, including medieval storytelling performance, ''[[kowaka mai|kôwaka mai]]'', illustrated books, [[Noh]], [[kabuki]], and [[bunraku]] puppet theatre, but is based originally on a true historical incident, in which two brothers by the name of [[Soga clan|Soga]], on [[1193]]/5/28, killed [[Kudo Suketsune|Kudô Suketsune]], their father's killer.
The Soga Brothers story was first related in the ''[[Azuma kagami]]'', first compiled after [[1266]]; texts known by the name "Soga Monogatari" came sometime afterwards, along with ''kôwaka mai'' (medieval ballad-dramas), and later Noh plays, and, in the 17th century, kabuki plays.
[[Image:Danjuro as Soga Goro.jpg|right|thumb|300px|[[Ichikawa Danjuro I|Ichikawa Danjûrô I]] as Soga Gorô, in an ''[[ukiyo-e]]'' print by [[Torii Kiyomasu]] (1697-1722).]]
Soga Gorô came to be a role strongly associated with the [[Ichikawa Danjuro|Ichikawa Danjûrô]] line, and most especially with , seen here in a [[ukiyo-e|woodblock print]] by [[Torii Kiyomasu]] in that role.
The Soga story came to be incorporated into a number of kabuki plays with their own separate and distinct characters and plots, but in which characters are then revealed to be Soga Gorô and Jûrô, hunting for their father's killer. One of the most famous and most popular of these plays, known as ''Soga-mono'', is [[Sukeroku]]. Despite being set in contemporary 18th century [[Edo]], and more specifically in the [[Yoshiwara]] pleasure district, where ruffian Sukeroku seeks the love of the courtesan Agemaki, and seeks his father's killer, Sukeroku is later revealed to have been Soga Gorô all along.
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==References==
*Mills, D.E. "Kataki-uchi: The Practice of Blood Revenge in Pre-Modern Japan." ''Modern Asian Studies'' 10:4 (1976). pp530-531.
[[Category:Kamakura Period]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Poetry and Theater]]
[[Category:Events and Incidents]]
''Soga Monogatari'', or "The Tale of the Soga Brothers," is the story of the Soga brothers, Soga Gorô and Soga Jûrô, who seek their father's murderer in order to kill the murderer and avenge their father. The story has been told and retold with much variation and elaboration, in a variety of forms, including medieval storytelling performance, ''[[kowaka mai|kôwaka mai]]'', illustrated books, [[Noh]], [[kabuki]], and [[bunraku]] puppet theatre, but is based originally on a true historical incident, in which two brothers by the name of [[Soga clan|Soga]], on [[1193]]/5/28, killed [[Kudo Suketsune|Kudô Suketsune]], their father's killer.
The Soga Brothers story was first related in the ''[[Azuma kagami]]'', first compiled after [[1266]]; texts known by the name "Soga Monogatari" came sometime afterwards, along with ''kôwaka mai'' (medieval ballad-dramas), and later Noh plays, and, in the 17th century, kabuki plays.
[[Image:Danjuro as Soga Goro.jpg|right|thumb|300px|[[Ichikawa Danjuro I|Ichikawa Danjûrô I]] as Soga Gorô, in an ''[[ukiyo-e]]'' print by [[Torii Kiyomasu]] (1697-1722).]]
Soga Gorô came to be a role strongly associated with the [[Ichikawa Danjuro|Ichikawa Danjûrô]] line, and most especially with , seen here in a [[ukiyo-e|woodblock print]] by [[Torii Kiyomasu]] in that role.
The Soga story came to be incorporated into a number of kabuki plays with their own separate and distinct characters and plots, but in which characters are then revealed to be Soga Gorô and Jûrô, hunting for their father's killer. One of the most famous and most popular of these plays, known as ''Soga-mono'', is [[Sukeroku]]. Despite being set in contemporary 18th century [[Edo]], and more specifically in the [[Yoshiwara]] pleasure district, where ruffian Sukeroku seeks the love of the courtesan Agemaki, and seeks his father's killer, Sukeroku is later revealed to have been Soga Gorô all along.
{{stub}}
==References==
*Mills, D.E. "Kataki-uchi: The Practice of Blood Revenge in Pre-Modern Japan." ''Modern Asian Studies'' 10:4 (1976). pp530-531.
[[Category:Kamakura Period]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Poetry and Theater]]
[[Category:Events and Incidents]]
