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Oshiegusa Yoshiwara Suzume ["The Lesson of the Yoshiwara Sparrow"]
[Sakurada, Jisuke I (original text by)].
Kobunachō, [Tōkyō]: Igaya Kan'emon, [ca. mid Edo period (1800-30s)?]
A nagauta shōhon (booklet of lyrics for a "long song" dance-drama) for a performance of Oshiegusa Yoshiwara Suzume, a composition which likened courtesans to caged sparrows and used puns popular in the pleasure quarters. The piece was first performed at the Ichimura-za theatre in 1768. The dense font is characteristic of shōhon for jōruri performances.
One volume, complete, on double leaves, fukurotoji style. Original wrappers, small losses to margins and narrow 3 cm loss to upper. Leaves thumbed, lower margin trimmed, binding holes to gutter. [4] leaves, including wrappers. 19.7 x 14.2 cm.