Sukeroku 助六由縁江戸桜く | |
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Written by | Tsuuchi Jihei II and Tsuuchi Han'emon |
Characters | Sukeroku, Agemaki, Ikyû, Manko, Shinbei |
Date premiered | 1713 |
Place premiered | Japan |
Original language | Japanese |
Subject | "blood revenge" |
Setting | Yoshiwara |
Sukeroku (助六由縁江戸桜) is a play in the Kabuki repertoire, and one of the celebrated Kabuki Jūhachiban ("Eighteen Great Plays"). The play is known in English as The Flower of Edo.
The play is super strongly associated with the Ichikawa Danjūrō family of actors.