AKIBA GONGEN KAISEN BANASHI


Play titles	Akiba Gongen Kaisen Banashi Nihon Zaemon Kaisen Banashi
Authors	Takeda Haruzô^[1]
History	Takeda Haruzô's ni-no-kawari drama "Akiba Gongen Kaisen Banashi" was premiered in the 12th lunar month of 1761^[2] at the Naka no Shibai [casting]. It was the first drama in Kabuki history using gandô-gaeshi on stage.
Key words	Akiba Gongen Akiba Jinja Enshû Gandô-gaeshi Keisei Kuruwa Ni-no-Kawari Mishima-juku Nippon Daemon Nippon-daemonmono Ôigawa Sewamono Tôtômi Wakatô
Summary
Notes	[1] The others sakusha working for Takeda Haruzô were Namiki Ôsuke and Hagawa Sôsuke. [2] The opening day was the 24th day of the 12th lunar month of the 11th year of the Hôreki era, which was the 18th of January 1762 in the western calendar.

Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII playing the role of Nippon Daemon in the drama "Akiba Gongen Kaisen Banashi" in a mitate-e print made in 1861 by Utagawa Kunikazu