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[[Image:Torii Kiyomasu - Ichikawa Danjuro I in role of Takenuki Goro.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[Ichikawa Danjuro I|Ichikawa Danjûrô I]] as Soga Gorô, in an ''[[ukiyo-e]]'' print by [[Torii Kiyomasu]] (1697-1722).]]

[[Image:Torii Kiyomasu - Ichikawa Danjuro I in role of Takenuki Goro.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[Ichikawa Danjuro I|Ichikawa Danjûrô I]] as Soga Gorô, in an ''[[ukiyo-e]]'' print by [[Torii Kiyomasu]] (1697-1722).]]

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.

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. In many of these texts, the brothers seek their father's sword Tomokirimaru, which had been stolen by his killer.<ref>Constantine Vaporis, "A Hero for the Masses: The Kabuki Play Sukeroku: Flower of Edo (1713)," in Vaporis (ed.), ''Voices of Early Modern Japan'', Westview Press (2012), 195-196.</ref>

Soga Gorô came to be a role strongly associated with the [[Ichikawa Danjuro|Ichikawa Danjûrô]] line, and most especially with [[Ichikawa Danjuro I|Ichikawa Danjûrô I]], seen here in a [[ukiyo-e|woodblock print]] by [[Torii Kiyomasu]] in that role.

Soga Gorô came to be a role strongly associated with the [[Ichikawa Danjuro|Ichikawa Danjûrô]] line, and most especially with [[Ichikawa Danjuro I|Ichikawa Danjûrô I]], seen here in a [[ukiyo-e|woodblock print]] by [[Torii Kiyomasu]] in that role.

==References==

==References==

*Mills, D.E. "Kataki-uchi: The Practice of Blood Revenge in Pre-Modern Japan." ''Modern Asian Studies'' 10:4 (1976). pp530-531, 536.

*Mills, D.E. "Kataki-uchi: The Practice of Blood Revenge in Pre-Modern Japan." ''Modern Asian Studies'' 10:4 (1976). pp530-531, 536.

[[Category:Kamakura Period]]

[[Category:Kamakura Period]]