The Flower of Edo EXPLAINED・Sukeroku (1713)

Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura ("Sukeroku, The Flower of Edo") is a masterpiece of early Edo sewamono drama, first performed in 1713 by Ichikawa Danjūrō II and refined into its final during his lifetime. It is now part of Kabuki Jūhachiban collection of play, but a few other acting houses have also successfully made the role of the otokodate Sukeroku theirs.
Since the beginning of the Heisei period in 1989, the role of Sukeroku has been played 25 times, most often by Ichikawa Danjūrō XII (8 times) or his son, Ichikawa Ebizō XI (8 times), followed by Kataoka Nizaemon XV (6 times). Onoe Kikugorō VII and Bandō Mitsugorō X attempted once each, in 1989 and 2001, respectively.
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[@MicahBenally]

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[@Janka007]

Thank you again! It's so great that I can learn more and more about kabuki and understand Japanese culture through your work. :)

[@SuperGingerBickies]

Thank you once again, Kabuki ID. You are spoiling us with these uploads. This is lovely, lovely and lovely some more! I saw extracts of this Kabuki and am so delighted that you covered it.
Thank you for all your hard work, putting all this together and the fine details - the more, the merrier. It makes everything equally as enjoyable to watch. PS: I, too, would love to know the alternative ending.
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[@T4G0E]

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[@jonathanleblanc2140]

I had no idea Sukeroku was really Soga no Goro! I’ve seen this play before, but I didn’t know it was part of the sogamono. Thanks for your work!

[@chwhite6886]

This was the first play I knew of, long before the internet was invented. Thanks so much for the video! I too would be interested in the alternate ending

[@kagamisan9952]

Crawl through is a great highlight
Of it and of course always cover more of this play one of my favorites
At least 1st or 2nd rank!

[@franl5395]

Thank you for these exquisite gems I love kabuki thank you it's wonderful !!please keep up with the good work.

[@Iohannes_the_Orthodox]

Thank you so much for this spectacular production involving Ichikawa Danjuro
And the alternative ending to this spectacular sogamono would be well liked, since I don't like cliff hangers

[@田舎の高校生-b5b]

同じ助六由縁江戸桜でも十一代目市川團十郎の助六では意休が甲羅台を友切丸で切ったところで幕になるので個人的に十一代目市川團十郎の助六が好きです！

[@sashahsu2045]

I want to know more of the alternative finale.

[@nhungtran-uo2ud]

“Snake Eyes”!!!👍❤️👀

[@Thetriumphantanaconda]

Sukeroku was the play which Drew me to kabuki!!!! What a splendid play!! The costumes are fabulous toooo!! Could you tell us more about the comedy part in between ? When he has to pass between their legs? The people laugh so much in this very play but I don’t know what is happening. Also do you know who is the actor playing the role?

[@helenatremblay956]

Hello, thank you so much for this video. I was wondering if you could tell me the year of this play (in the video)? It would be really helpful thank you very much again.

[@KabukiInDepth]

Of course! This was recorded in April 2010 at the Kabuki-za theatre in Tokyo.

[@helenatremblay956]

Thank you very much 🙂

[@thedolphin5428]

You might have "explained" it, but I still don't understand it.