nntsuzu/KFTT huggingface dataset:
English: As Enya Hangan and Wakasanosuke MOMONOI are appointed to kyooyaku (person in charge of entertainment) and Moronao KO is in charge of instructing them, these three men also visit Hachiman-gu shrine together with Naoyoshi, and the three men wait behind him.
Japanese: 直義の饗応役に塩冶判官と桃井若狭介が任ぜられ、その指導を高家高師直が受持つ関係上、三人も直義に従って八幡に詣で、御前に控えている。
English: Because Kaoyo Gozen (the wife of Hangan) has seen the Emperor giving a helmet to Yoshisada while she was working at the Imperial palace, she is summoned in order to find Yoshisada's helmet out of many helmets, and she finds the helmet.
Japanese: そこへ、数多く集めた兜のうちより義貞のものを見分けるために、かつて宮中に奉仕し、天皇より義貞に兜が下賜されるのを目にしたことのある、顔世御前（判官の奥方）が召され、見事に兜を見分ける。
English: When Naoyoshi and the two kyooyaku men step away in order to place the helmet at the alter, Moronao, who has fallen in love at first sight with beautiful Kaoyo, makes advances on her.
Japanese: 直義および饗応役の二人が兜を神前にささげるためにその場を離れると、顔世の美貌に一目ぼれした師直が横恋慕のあまり言寄る。
English: Wakasanosuke, who happens to come by, saves Kaoyo and gets her to leave, but Moronao gets angry and speaks insulting words to Wakasanosuke.
Japanese: そこへ折りよく来合わせた若狭介が顔世を救い、その場を去らせると、怒り心頭に発した師直は若狭介に悪口を言いかける。
English: Short-tempered Wakasanosuke tries to slash Moronao, but Hangan, who happens to pass by, successfully mediates the squabble.
Japanese: 短気な若狭介は刃傷に及ぼうとするが、通りがかった判官の仲裁によって事なきを得る。
English: The play starts with joruri saying "空も弥生のたそかれ時、桃井若狭之助安近の、館の行儀、掃き掃除、お庭の松も幾千代を守る勘の執権職、加古川本蔵行国、年の五十路の分別ざかり、上下ためつけ書院先".
Japanese: 「空も弥生のたそかれ時、桃井若狭之助安近の、館の行儀、掃き掃除、お庭の松も幾千代を守る勘の執権職、加古川本蔵行国、年の五十路の分別ざかり、上下ためつけ書院先」の床の浄瑠璃で始まる。
English: Honzo KAKOGAWA, chief retainer of Wakasanosuke, hears a rumor from his servants that his master was humiliated by Moronao.
Japanese: 若狭之助の家老加古川本蔵は、主人が師直から辱めをうけたと使用人らが噂しているのをききとがめる。
English: Then, Honzo's wife, Tonase, and his daughter, Konami, appear and they worry that the master's wife already knows about it.
Japanese: そこへ本蔵の妻戸無瀬と娘小浪が出てきて、殿の奥方までも知っていると心配する。
English: Honzo scolds them by saying, "why didn't you come up with words to patch things up," and he enters into the mansion in order to reassure her.
Japanese: 本蔵は「それほどのお返事、なぜとりつくろうて申し上げぬ」と叱り奥方様を御安心させようと奥に入る。
English: The mother tries to make Konami, who is in love with Rikiya, receive the message, but Konami cannot even say a word because she is rapt in fascination.
Japanese: 力弥に恋心を抱く小浪は母の配慮もあって、口上の受取役となるがぼうっとみとれてしまい返事もできない。
English: Instead of trying to stop Wakasanosuke, Honzo instigates him by slashing a branch of a pine tree located off the veranda, saying, "it will be refreshing, like this."
Japanese: 本蔵は止めるどころか縁先の松の片枝を切り捨て「まずこの通りに、さっぱりと遊ばせ」と挑発する。
English: After seeing him off, Honzo shouts to the retainers, "bring my horse" and rides away on his horse, leaving behind his wife and daughter who are in a shock.
Japanese: 見送った本蔵は「家来ども馬引け」と叫んで、驚く妻や娘を尻目に馬に乗って一散にどこかへ去っていく。
English: It is said that this scene was created by Danjuro ICHIKAWA (the seventh) at the end of the Edo period and that the script was handed over to Sojuro NAKAMURA in Kamigata (Kyoto and Osaka region).
Japanese: 幕末の市川團十郎(7代目)が始め、その台本が上方の中村宗十郎に伝わったという。
English: This scene is about an exchange of words between Wakasanosuke and Honzo regarding the letters written on the hanging scroll.
Japanese: 掛け軸に記されている文字をめぐって若狭之助と本蔵とがやりとりをするという脚色。
English: Wakasanosuke makes up his mind to kill Moronao, but Honzo KAKOGAWA, the chief retainer of Wakasanosuke, uses his quick thinking to offer a bribe to Moronao.
Japanese: 若狭助は師直を斬る覚悟をするが、若狭助の家老加古川本蔵が機転を利かせて師直に賄賂を贈る。
English: Wakasanosuke comes to the castle saying, "koikuchi (carp's mouth, the open end of the scabbard) of my sword, hold your breath, I will split Moronao in two," and he tries to slash Moronao.
Japanese: 「おのれ師直真っ二つと、刀の鯉口息をつめ」と、登城した若狭助は師直を斬ろうとする。
English: Moronao, however, grovels and apologizes by saying, "Master Wakasanosuke, you come to castle so early."
Japanese: しかし、師直は「これはこれは若狭之助殿、さてさてお早いご登城」と卑屈に謝る。
English: Hangan retorts by saying, "What an insult to call me a Funa-samurai, are you drunk," but Moronao further insults him saying, "whether I am drunk or not, Musashi no kami (the governor of Musashi Province) performs his duty."
Japanese: 判官が「鮒侍とはあまり雑言、師直殿には御酒召されたか」と言うと、「何だ、酒は飲んでも飲まいでも、勤るところはきっと勤る武蔵守」とさんざんに罵りいたぶる。
English: Hangan finally loses his temper and slashes Moronao, but he is held back by Honzo.
Japanese: たまりかねた判官はついに師直へ刃傷におよぶが、本蔵に抱き止められる。
English: Though not a part of "Kanadehon Chushingura," this act it is now integrated into the play.
Japanese: この段のみ、「仮名手本忠臣蔵」ではないが、現在は一体化されて上演されている。
English: This scene depicts the events that occur in Totsuka (present-day Yokohama City) while Okaru and Kanpei are on their way from Kamakura to Yamazaki, an area near Kyoto.
Japanese: おかる・勘平が駆け落ちを決行し、鎌倉から京都付近の山崎まで落ち延びる中途、戸塚（現在の横浜市）での出来事を描いている。
English: It is boorish to say that Totsuka doesn't locate on the way or that going to Totsuka means going back.
Japanese: 戸塚は中途にはないはず、それでは逆戻りになるではないかなどというのは野暮というもの。
English: The script has "night time" as its original setting, but the words that are supposed to be used only in the daytime are used.
Japanese: もともとの設定は「夜」だったが、どう考えても「昼」としか言いようがない科白も出てくる。
English: These are reminiscent of the Edo period performance style, in which jidaimono (historic drama) and sewamono were always combined on the stage.
Japanese: これらはすべて時代物と世話物を必ず合わせて上演した江戸時代の興行形態の名残りである。
English: There are scenes that make sense when they are performed independently within the framework of 'Midori kyogen' (select performance pieces), but these scenes become nonsensical when they are performed as a 'toshi kyogen' (performance of the entire play) because the content becomes too obvious.
Japanese: 通常の「見取り狂言」の枠内でその場その場のみを上演すればまったく問題のない設定でも、「通し狂言」で上演すると前後のつながりが明白なので無理矛盾が生じてしまう。
English: As "Kanadehon Chushingura" is often performed in the form of toshi kyogen, such a problem becomes relatively conspicuous.
Japanese: 『仮名手本忠臣蔵』は通し狂言で上演されることが比較的多い演目なので、これが目立ってしまうのだ。
English: Incidentally, the verse used in this scene is a rehash of a portion of "Meido no hikyaku" (The Courier for Hades) written by Chikamatsu.
Japanese: なおこの場で語られる浄瑠璃の詞章は、実は近松作の『冥途の飛脚』の一節の焼き直しである。
English: They are: the one in which hanayoten (constable in colorful uniform) appear in front of asagimaku (light-blue curtain), the one in which only asagimaku is shown without hanayoten (when asagimaku is drawn, Okaru and Kanpei are walking together), and the one in which Okaru, followed by Kanpei, runs out from hanamichi (passage through audience to the stage) after hanayoten leaves in grief.
Japanese: 引き幕が引かれると浅黄幕の前で花四天が現れるもの、花四天を省略して浅黄幕だけを見せるもの（浅黄幕が引かれると、おかると勘平が連れ立って歩いている）、そして花四天が嘆き去った後に、花道からまずおかるが、次いで勘平が息荒げに走って現れるもの。
English: Kanpei says, "Let's take a rest here, Okaru. I can live no more since I have put my master (Hangan) in the corner. Please hold a memorial service after my death."
Japanese: おかるよ、ここで休もう。俺は主君（判官）を窮地に陥れてしまい、とても生きてはいられない。死後の弔いを頼むと勘平。
English: Okaru says, "Don't say such a thing. Please come to my family home (Yamazaki in Kyoto)."
Japanese: そんなこと言っていないで、私の実家（京・山崎）に来て欲しいとおかる。
English: Okaru further says, "For you, I don't mind working as a weaver or a laborer."
Japanese: あなたのためなら、機も織ります、賃労働も苦ではありませんとまで言わせる。
English: Then, Bannai SAGIZAKA, Okaru's superior and the retainer of Moronao, appears along with hanayoten.
Japanese: すると、おかるの上司で、師直の部下である鷺坂伴内が花四天とともに登場。
English: He says, "I will block your journey. Hand over Okaru to me (Bannai intended to obtain Okaru)."
Japanese: 二人の旅路の邪魔をして、おかるをこちらによこせという（伴内はおかるを我が物にするつもり）。
English: When the two are about to go toward the hanamichi, Bannai, who is supposed to have been beaten, appears again.
Japanese: 二人が花道へ去ろうとすると、やっつけられてしまったはずの伴内が現れる。
English: Bannai becomes almost hidden behind the curtain, but he begins to draw the curtain by himself from halfway.
Japanese: 伴内が幕に隠されそうになるが、途中から自分で幕を引く係になってしまう。
English: Bannai SAGIZAKA was originally a hando gataki (a comic evil man), but he is a perfect clown in this act, and his costume is also different from that of other acts.
Japanese: 鷺坂伴内はもともと半道敵だが、この段に関しては完全な道化となっており、拵えも異なっている。
English: As shown by its name, only for this section, the doors of the auditorium are closed when the play starts, and people are not allowed to enter the auditorium in the middle of the play.
Japanese: その名の通り、この段のみ上演開始以後は客席への扉を閉じて、遅刻してきても途中入場は許されない。
English: According to kuden (oral instruction), the actor who plays the role of Enya Hangan must return home immediately after the play ends, without seeing or speaking to other people (this instruction was observed during the Edo period).
Japanese: また、塩冶判官役にも口伝があり、出が終わった後には誰にも顔を合わせず口をきかず、すぐに家に帰らなければならない（江戸時代ではこれが守られていた）。
English: Each of koshimoto offers a piece of flower to Hangan who is being confined to his house.
Japanese: 蟄居して悶々と暮らしている判官に、腰元たちが一輪ずつ花を献上して慰める。
English: Yuranosuke arrives when Hangan thrusts a short sword into his belly while saying, "Rikiya, Rikiya, where is Yuranosuke," "he is not here yet," "tell him that I am sorry that I could not see him while I was still alive. Everyone, please have a good look at how I end my life."
Japanese: 「力弥、力弥、由良之助は」「未だ参上仕りませぬ」「存命に対面せで、無念なと伝えよ。方々いざ、ご検分くだされ」と遂に短刀を腹に突き立てたときに由良之助が駆けつける。
English: "Is it you, Yuranosuke?" "Yes." "I have been waiting for you, you must have heard about the state of things." "I am at a loss for words, I hope you finish your life in a dignified manner."
Japanese: 「由良之助か」「ハハッ」「待ちかねたわやい、何かの様子はきいたであろうな」「今はただ申すべきこともなく、尋常なるご最期を願わしゅう存じまする」。
English: Becoming unconscious, Hangan puts forth his final effort and hands his short sword to Yuranosuke saying, "this is a keepsake from me. Use it to carry out my revenge."
Japanese: 判官は薄れゆく意識の中で最後の力を振り絞り「この九寸五分は汝が形見。切って恨みを晴らせわやい」と由良之助に短刀を形見に渡す。
English: After Hangan's dead body is removed, ISHIDO offers a word of comfort to Yuranosuke and enters the mansion with YAKUSHIJI.
Japanese: 判官の死体が片づけられ、石堂は由良之助に慰めの言葉をかけ薬師寺とともに奥に下がる。
English: Yuranosuke confronts another chief retainer, Kudayu ONO, regarding the distribution of money, and Kudayu leaves the scene.
Japanese: 由良之助はもう一人の家老斧九太夫と金の分配のことで対立し、九太夫は立ち去る。
English: Yuranosuke conveys the master's order to the remaining vassals, including Goemon HARA and Yagoro SENZAKI, and tells them to wait for the right timing for the revenge.
Japanese: ここで由良之助は、残った原郷右衛門、千崎弥五郎ら家臣たちに初めて主君の命を伝え、仇討のためにしばらく時節を待つように話す。
English: Yuranosuke and others leave the scene reluctantly saying, "This is the last time for us to see the castle where we, as well as our ancestors, worked around-the-clock."
Japanese: 由良之助たちは「先祖代々、我々も代々、昼夜詰めたる館のうち」もう今日で終わりかと名残惜しげに去る。
English: At the front gate, his son Rikiya and other vassals, who are worked up about the revenge, are enraged and making a commotion.
Japanese: 表門では仇討に意気込む息子力弥ら家臣達が険悪な雰囲気で立ち騒いでいる。
English: He takes a short sword, with which his master committed seppuku, out of a purple-colored fukusa (wrapping cloth) and vows to avenge while licking the blood at the tip.
Japanese: 紫の袱紗から主君の切腹した短刀を取りだし、切っ先についた血をなめて復讐を誓うのである。
English: Amid the sounds of a hanging bell and cawing of crows, Yuranosuke walks and sits down facing the gate a third of the way down the hanamichi, and he puts both of his hands on the floor.
Japanese: 釣鐘の音、烏の声に見送られ、由良之助は花道の七三のあたりで座って門に向かい両手を突く.
English: Yuranosuke wipes off tears and blows his nose with a tissue paper, stands up feebly and leaves the scene with the accompaniment of "okurisanju," a music played by nagauta (long epic song) shamisen (a three-stringed Japanese banjo), whose player appears from stage right (in kamigata, the scene continues with the signal of ki (wooden clappers)).
Japanese: （上方は柝を打ち続く）懐紙で涙をふき鼻をかみ、力なく立ちあがって、下手から登場した長唄三味線の送り三重によって去って行く。
English: In kamigata, the scene where the gate becomes distant is staged by using a technique called "aori," in which the gate is painted on a board, and when the upper half of the board is flipped open a smaller version of the painted gate appears.
Japanese: 上方では、1枚の板に門が描かれ、上半分をかえすと門が小さく描かれる「アオリ」を用い、どんどん門が遠くなっていく様を表している。
English: At this point, Kanpei already knows about the plot to kill Moronao and wants to take a part in it.
Japanese: 勘平はこの時点で、師直への仇討ち謀議を知っており、その仲間に加わりたがっている。
English: Without telling Kanpei, Okaru's father, Yoichibei, successfully makes an arrangement with Ichimonji-ya, a red-light district in Kyoto, to sell Okaru at 100 ryo (currency unit during the Edo period) for the sake of Kanpei.
Japanese: おかるの父与市兵衛は、勘平のために、勘平には内緒で京の遊郭一文字屋におかるを百両で売り飛ばす交渉に成功した。
English: Yoichibei leaves Kyoto for home with the advance payment of 50 ryo in his pocket.
Japanese: 与市兵衛は遊郭から支払われた前金の半金五十両を手にして、京から自宅への帰途につく。
English: It is raining very hard (this point is not emphasized because of the stage set).
Japanese: 天気は雨、強烈に打ちつける雨が降っている（舞台構成上、これは強調されていない）。
English: The man thinks that Kanpei is a bandit because Kanpei has a gun, and he shoos him off saying, "I will not be deceived by such a trick (a trick to put a person off guard by speaking to him light-heartedly), go away."
Japanese: しかし、男は銃を所持している勘平を山賊だと思い込み、「俺はその手（軽く話しかけておいて、油断させる手口）は食わない、あっちに行け」と追いやる。
English: Kanpei says, "I am a hunter, but I can understand why you mistake me for a bandit in a place like this," and he gives his gun to the man.
Japanese: 勘平は、「自分は猟師だがこういう場所では盗賊と間違われるのも無理はない」と言い、鉄砲を男に渡してしまう。
English: Kanpei asks SENZAKI by saying, "Let me take a part in the plot to revenge, let me seal renpanjo (a covenant with joint signatures)."
Japanese: 勘平は、「仇討ちの謀議にぜひ加わらせてくれ、連判状に自分も加えてくれ」と頼む。
English: SENZAKI intentionally plays innocent by saying, "Well, well, Kanpei, what do you mean with your talk of nonsense about the plot and the renpanjo?"
Japanese: 千崎は「コレサ、コレサ、勘平、はてさて、お手前は身の言いわけに取り混ぜて、御くわだての、連判などとは、何のたわごと」とわざととぼける。
English: Kanpei understands everything, promises to come up with the money and tells SENZAKI where he lives.
Japanese: 勘平は、すべてを飲み込み、金を用立てすると約束し、現在の住処を教える。
English: There are two types of staging for this scene, namely the one prior to Nakazo NAKAMURA (the first) (it still remains in Kamigata kabuki at present) and the one created by Nakazo NAKAMURA the first (Edo kabuki).
Japanese: この部分は、本行、中村仲蔵(初代)以前の演出（現在でも上方歌舞伎に残る）、初代中村仲蔵以後の演出（江戸歌舞伎）がそれぞれ異なった演出となる。
English: After Act Six, the Edo style and the Kamigata styles become very different.
Japanese: すなわち、六段目に次いで、江戸・上方の型が大きく異なるところである。
English: There are three characters, and in many cases the same actor plays the role of the three characters by hayagawari (quick change in roles).
Japanese: 三人の登場人物が出てくるが、この三人を一人の役者が早替わりで勤めるというのも繰り返しとられる形である。
English: By chance, Kanpei happens to be hunting nearby at the time, and he mistakes the robber for an inoshishi (a wild boar), shoots him and kills him.
Japanese: たまたまそのとき、勘平はその付近で猟をしており、盗賊をイノシシ（しし）と間違えて偶然に誤射し、これも殺してしまう。
English: By accident, Kanpei realizes that the robber has a wallet with a large sum of money inside, and he takes the wallet.
Japanese: 勘平は盗賊が大金の入った財布を持っていることに偶然に気づき、持ち主を失ったその財布を横領してしまう。
English: Thus, 50 ryo becomes stolen money because it went through the hands of a robber rather than directly into Kanpei's hands.
Japanese: かくして、金五十両は勘平に直接渡らず盗賊を経由したがために、犯罪の金となってしまう。
English: In other words, all of the three characters die either in this act or in the following act.
Japanese: すなわち、三人の登場人物はこの段、またはその次の段で全員死ぬことになる。
English: Only the inoshishi, which Kanpei the hunter was pursuing, survives.
Japanese: 唯一死なないのは、猟師勘平に獲物として狙われていたはずの猪だけである。
English: Jorui was played : "又も振りくる雨の足、人の足音とぼとぼと、道の闇路に迷わねど、子ゆえの闇に突く杖も。直ぐなる心、堅親父"
Japanese: 「又も振りくる雨の足、人の足音とぼとぼと、道の闇路に迷わねど、子ゆえの闇に突く杖も。直ぐなる心、堅親父」の床の浄瑠璃となる。
English: A suspicious character chases him saying, "Hey mister, wait up."
Japanese: そこへ「おーい親父殿、待って下され」の声とともに怪しげな男が追いかけてくる。
English: He tries to take the wallet by force from Yoichibei's inside pocket saying, "I have followed you as I know you have 40 to 50 ryo in your wallet. Please lend me money."
Japanese: 「こなたの懐に金なら四五十両のかさ、縞の財布にあるのを、とつくりと見、つけてきたのじゃ、貸してくだされ」と無理やり懐から財布を取りだす。
English: Yoichibei resists, but Sadakuro slashes and kills him saying, "You are being unreasonable. I didn't want to be cruel, but you are taking advantage of my mercy and you leave me no choice. Hand over your money. Hurry up or I will slash you."
Japanese: 抵抗する与市兵衛に「エエ聞き分けのない。むごい料理をするが嫌さに、手ぬるう言えばつき上がる。サア、この金をここに出せ。遅いとたつた一討ちと、二尺八寸拝み打ち」と無残に斬りつけ、むごたらしく殺す。
English: (while counting money piece by piece) (charin…charin…charin…)…50 ryo…much appreciated.
Japanese: （金を一枚ずつ数えながら）（チャリン…　チャリン…　チャリン…）…　五十両…　かたじけない。
English: Inoshishi dashes out while the toko (musicians) narrate, 'はねはわが身にかかるとも、知らず立ったるうしろより、逸散に来る手負い猪。これはならぬと身をよぎる。駆け来る猪は一文字.'
Japanese: 「はねはわが身にかかるとも、知らず立ったるうしろより、逸散に来る手負い猪。これはならぬと身をよぎる。駆け来る猪は一文字」の床の言葉どおり、猪が走ってくる。
English: He walks down the hanamichi, holding a burning match cord in one hand and spinning its tip around.
Japanese: 片手で火のついた火縄の真ん中を持ち、先端をぐるぐると回しながら花道を通る。
English: Like the wind, he runs down the hanamichi as fast as he can ahead of the inoshishi (this performance is technically very difficult) and exits the stage.
Japanese: 猪より先へ逸散に、飛ぶがごとくに花道を引っ込む（非常に技巧的に難しい）。
English: When Yoichibei squats down at the opening scene, two hands suddenly appear and grasp Yoichibei's feet.
Japanese: 冒頭、与市兵衛が現れてしゃがみこんだところ、突如二本の手が現れ、与市兵衛の足元をつかむ。
English: Enjaku JITSUKAWA (the second) adopted the style of hayagawari of Kanpei, Yoichibei and Sadakuro.
Japanese: 實川延若(2代目)は勘平、与市兵衛、定九郎三役早変わりの演出を行っていた。
English: This style was inherited by Enjaku JITSUKAWA (the third), and Tojuro SAKATA (the fourth) is adopting at present.
Japanese: この型は實川延若(3代目)を経て今日では坂田藤十郎(4代目)に伝わっている。
English: As a result, the number of Sadakuro's line became only one throughout the entire play.
Japanese: つまり、全編を通して、定九郎の科白がたった一つだけになったのである。
English: In Kamigata, the meaning of "futatsudama" is interpreted as "futatsudama no tsuyogusuri," which means "a powerful bullet using double the amount of gunpowder," and therefore, only a single bullet is fired.
Japanese: 上方では、二つ玉の意味を二つ玉の強薬（つよぐすり）、すなわち「火薬が二倍使われている威力の強い玉」と解釈し、一発しか撃たない。
English: Existing staging of "Chushingura" was completed by Kikugoro ONOE (the fifth), and there are no other styles besides this one in Edo kabuki.
Japanese: 現行の『忠臣蔵』の演出は、尾上菊五郎(5代目)が完成させたもので、江戸歌舞伎にこれ以外の型はない。
English: Kikugoro ONOE the fifth was a great actor who was called, along with Danjuro ICHIKAWA the ninth, "dangiku" (legendary actor).
Japanese: 五代目尾上菊五郎は九代目市川團十郎とともに「團菊」とならび称される名優である。
English: A long time ago, a utility actor who stood ready to play the role of the inoshishi at the edge of hanamichi fell asleep.
Japanese: 昔、ある大部屋俳優が猪役に出ることになって、花道のかかりで待機していたら寝てしまった。
English: He heard the voice saying "shishi, shishi" in his dream, and he thought he had missed his cue and he rushed out onto the stage.
Japanese: 夢うつつに「シシ、シシ」と叫ぶ声がするので、さあ大変出る場面を過ぎてしまったと大慌てで花見から舞台に走り出した。
English: When a utility actor played the role of the inoshishi, the person in charge of drawing the curtain said that he would call out like Nakamuraya or Naritaya.
Japanese: ある大部屋俳優が猪役で出た時、揚幕係がお前にも中村屋や成田屋みたいに声をかけてやろうといった。
English: At that time, the person in charge of drawing the curtain called out "Momonjiya!" and all the staff and audience burst into laughter (Momonjiya was the name of a restaurant serving inoshishi).
Japanese: すると揚幕係が「ももんじ屋！」場内も舞台裏も大爆笑だった（ももんじ屋は猪料理店の名）。
English: Another time, an actor playing the role of the inoshishi touched a pine tree on the stage and said, "I can see a sweet potato field. I think I'm going to eat one."
Japanese: ある猪役の役者は本舞台にかかると、松の木に手をかけ見得をして「あすこに見えるは芋畑。どりゃひとつ食べてみるべえかい」との科白を吐いた。
English: The Yamazaki road is the name of the Saigoku-kaido road seen from the Kyoto side, and the Saigoku-kaido road refers to the Sanyo-do road.
Japanese: 山崎街道とは西国街道を京都側から見たときの呼び名であり、西国街道とは山陽道のことである。
English: The neighboring areas of Yamazaki have been known for a long time as an important traffic position, and this area became the battle field of many wars, including the Battle of Yamazaki, which is famous for "tenka wakeme no Tennozan" (the deciding battle of Tenno-zan Mountain).
Japanese: 山崎の周辺は、古くから交通の要衝として知られ、「天下分け目の天王山」で名高い山崎の戦いなど、幾多の合戦の場にもなってきた。
English: This scene is set not to Oyamazaki-cho but to Yokoyama-toge, namely, present-day Tomooka 2-chome, Nagaokakyo City, Kyoto Prefecture.
Japanese: この段の舞台は、横山峠、すなわち現在の京都府長岡京市友岡二丁目の周辺であり、大山崎町ではない。
English: Although Yoichibei is a fictional character, what is believed to be 'Yoichibei's grave remains in Tomooka 2-chome.
Japanese: 与市兵衛はまったくの創作上の人物だが、友岡二丁目に「与市兵衛の墓」なるものが残っている。
English: Because of the wallet Kanpei is holding, he is suspected by Okaya, his mother-in law, of killing his father-in-law.
Japanese: 勘平が持っていた財布から、射殺したのは舅ではないかと姑のおかやに疑われてしまう。
English: Because Kanpei took the wallet in the dark from an unknown person, he is convinced that he killed his father-in-law and becomes upset.
Japanese: 勘平も夜の闇の中で何者か知らないで取った財布だけに、自身が義父を殺害したものと思い込んで動転してしまう。
English: His comrades (the two samurai, Yagoro SENZAKI and Goemon HARA), who are visiting him, also blame him by saying, "We can't take money from someone who eloped, let alone money obtained by doing evil things."
Japanese: そして訪れた同志（二人侍千崎弥五郎、原郷右衛門）からも、「駆け落ち者からの金は受け取れない、ましてやそのために悪事を働くとは何事か」とさんざんに責められる。
English: "A virtuous man advises us not to drink water from a stolen well even if we are thirsty. The money obtained by killing your father-in-law cannot be used for our deceased master. What you did is a shame to our deceased master. You are possessed by an evil spirit."
Japanese: 「喝しても盗泉の水を飲まずとは義者のいましめ、舅を殺し取ったる金、亡君の御用金となるべきか。亡君の御恥辱。いかなる天魔が見入れし。」
English: The scene ends with a woeful Joruri saying, "it's sad to see people who are shedding tears and saying farewell."
Japanese: 「さらば、さらば、おさらばと見送る涙、見返る涙、涙の、波の立ち帰る人も、哀れはかなき」という悲痛な浄瑠璃で幕となる。
English: Kanpei's words "because Kanpei was addicted to love affairs," which he says on the verge of his death after committing seppuku, is well-known.
Japanese: 切腹し瀕死の勘平が後悔にふける「いかばかりか勘平は色にふけったばっかりに」という科白が有名。
English: In Kanto, for example, Kanpei thrusts a sword into his belly when he says, "I killed my father-in-law," and his comrades shout, "Oh, no, can that be true?"
Japanese: たとえば、勘平が刃を腹につきたてるのは、関東では「うちはたしたは舅どの」の科白で同志が「なな何と」と叫ぶのをきっかけに行われる。
English: In Kamigata, Kanpei thrusts a sword while his comrades are checking the wound, in other words, immediately before Kanpei is cleared of suspicion.
Japanese: 上方では同志が与市兵衛の傷を改めている間、勘平の無実が晴れる寸前に行う。
English: The above means to perform in accordance with the words of Joruri, "isuka's beak" (discrepancy as in the beak of Common Crossbill).
Japanese: これは「いすかの嘴の」という浄瑠璃の言葉どおりに行うという意味である。
English: According to the current staging style, there is a sound effect at "aware" (what a pity), and Kanpei cuts his throat with the signal of "hakanaki'" (ephemeral) and dies while being held by Okaya and putting his hands together.
Japanese: また勘平の死の演出は、「哀れ」で本釣鐘「はかなき」で喉を切りおかやに抱かれながら手を合わせ落ちいるのが現行の型である。
English: In Kamigata, Kanpei wears a costume of cotton, and haori (a Japanese half-coat) is put on after committing suicide.
Japanese: また、上方は、勘平の衣装は木綿の衣装で、切腹ののち羽織を上にはおる。
English: This implies that he returns to a samurai at this moment, and the staging emphasizes the beauty of committing seppuku with the costume of glossy silk.
Japanese: この時点で武士に戻るという意味であり、光沢のある絹の衣装で切腹するという美しさを強調している。
English: Uzaemon ICHIKAWA (the 15th), Ganjiro NAKAMURA (the first), Enjaku JITSUKAWA the second and Kanzaburo NAKAMURA (the 17th) all performed the role of Kanpei well, but the best performance was that of Kikugoro ONOE (the sixth).
Japanese: 勘平は市村羽左衛門(15代目)、中村鴈治郎(初代)、二代目實川延若、中村勘三郎(17代目)がそれぞれ名舞台だったが、抜群なのは尾上菊五郎(6代目)の型である。
English: Kikugoro expressed Kanpei's desperation with exquisite skill, and his performance became the standard of the current style.
Japanese: 菊五郎は絶望の淵に墜ちていく心理描写を卓抜した表現で演じ、現在の基本的な型をなっている。
English: The role of Okaya is a rather difficult role since it can emphasize Kanpei's tragedy if performed by an experienced supporting actor.
Japanese: おかやは老巧な脇役が演じることで勘平の悲劇が強調されるのでかなりの難役である。
English: Enjo ICHIKAWA (the first) in the pre-war period as well as Taganojo ONOE (the second) and Kichiya UEMURA (the fifth) in the post-war period are famous.
Japanese: 戦前は市川延女(初代)、戦後は尾上多賀之丞(2代目)、上村吉彌(5代目)が有名。
English: The role of Osai, okami of Gion Ichiriki, is performed by an actor called hanaguruma-yaku, who is good at playing the role of women in the red-light district.
Japanese: 祇園一力の女将お才は花車役という遊里の女性役を得意とする俳優が演じる。
English: Gado KATAOKA (the 13th) and Sojuro SAWAMURA (the ninth) performed this role very well by creating sensual atmosphere.
Japanese: 片岡我童(13代目)や澤村宗十郎(9代目)が艶やかな雰囲気でよかった。