page_title: Yaoya Oshichi
section_title: Bunraku and Kabuki
hierarchical_section_title: Yaoya Oshichi / Bunraku and Kabuki
caption_attribution_description: English: Scene from Date Musume Koi no Higanoko (伊達娘恋緋鹿子) depicting Yaoya Oshichi climbing the tower
context_page_description: Yaoya Oshichi, literally "greengrocer Oshichi", was a daughter of the greengrocer Tarobei, who lived in the Hongō neighborhood of Edo at the beginning of the Edo period. She was burned at the stake for attempting to commit arson. The story became the subject of joruri plays. The year of her birth is sometimes given as 1666.
context_section_description: A kabuki play about her uses the technique called ningyo buri, where the actor moves around as if a puppet. This in turn is taken from the bunraku play.
caption: Bunraku scene from Date Musume Koi no Higanoko (伊達娘恋緋鹿子) depicting Yaoya Oshichi climbing the tower
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