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*''Date: [[1714]]''

The Ejima-Ikushima Affair which took place in [[1714]] was among the most (in)famous scandals to strike the shogun's [[Ooku|Ôoku]], and the [[kabuki]] world. The incident concerns a romantic affair between Ejima, a lady in the service of [[Shogun]] [[Tokugawa Ietsugu|Tokugawa Ietsugu's]] mother, and [[Ikushima Shingoro|Ikushima Shingorô]], a kabuki actor.

The Ejima-Ikushima Affair which took place in [[1714]] was among the most (in)famous scandals to strike the shogun's [[Ooku|Ôoku]], and the [[kabuki]] world. The incident concerns a romantic affair between Ejima,<ref>絵島 or 江島, sometimes read as Enoshima.</ref> a lady in the service of [[Shogun]] [[Tokugawa Ietsugu|Tokugawa Ietsugu's]] mother, and [[Ikushima Shingoro|Ikushima Shingorô]], a kabuki actor.

The events of the incident inspired numerous popular retellings, leaving the authenticity of the details unclear. However, one version of the narrative relates that on 1714/1/12, Ejima led a group of ladies from the Ôoku on a proxy pilgrimage to the [[Tokugawa clan]] family temple of [[Zojo-ji|Zôjô-ji]], in the Shiba district of [[Edo]]. Afterwards, they were meant to enjoy tea or food with the abbot, but instead Ejima and eleven others snuck away to the [[Yamamura-za]], where they watched a kabuki performance, and called upon a number of actors to join them in their box, to eat, drink, and chat. These actors included Ikushima Shingorô, with whom Ejima had already been romantically involved for something like nine years. According to some accounts, the court ladies gifted to the actors a number of fine robes and other things which were meant to be given as offerings to the temple.

The events of the incident inspired numerous popular retellings, leaving the authenticity of the details unclear. However, one version of the narrative relates that on 1714/1/12, Ejima led a group of ladies from the Ôoku on a proxy pilgrimage to the [[Tokugawa clan]] family temple of [[Zojo-ji|Zôjô-ji]], in the Shiba district of [[Edo]]. Afterwards, they were meant to enjoy tea or food with the abbot, but instead Ejima and eleven others snuck away to the [[Yamamura-za]], where they watched a kabuki performance, and called upon a number of actors to join them in their box, to eat, drink, and chat. These actors included Ikushima Shingorô, with whom Ejima had already been romantically involved for something like nine years. According to some accounts, the court ladies gifted to the actors a number of fine robes and other things which were meant to be given as offerings to the temple.