The Confrontation at the Golden Gate EXPLAINED・Sanmon Gosan no Kiri (1778)

We take a look at one of the most spectacular scenes in kabuki, the encounter at the Nanzen-ji temple in Kyoto between Ishikawa Goemon and Mashiba Hisayoshi in the 1778 drama Sanmon Gosan no Kiri (/”The Golden Gate and the Paulownia Crest/”).

You can read an english translation of this play in the book /”Kabuki Plays on Stage Vol 2: Villainy and Vengeance/

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