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The Kabuki, Sakura Hime Azuma Bunshō (Princess Sakura and her Story in the East), with Tsuruya Nanboku IV as chief playwright, was first performed at Edo Kawarazakiza Theater in the third month of Bunka 14 (1817). The opening scene, “Enoshima Chigogafuchi” differs from the legend of Chigogafuchi set in geography, changing the story so that Shiragikumaru and priest Jikyū, who are in a homosexual relationship, plan double suicide, but Jikyū, who follows Shiragikumaru in jumping off the cliff, survives. It is possible that it took some influence from the gōkan, Futari Komusō (by Santō Kyōden) of Bunka 9 (1812), in which Chigo Umemaru survives drowning at Chigogafuchi. However, neither is this a story where Jikyū survives. The aohon, Enoshima Monogatari (The Tale of Enoshima) of Meiwa 6 (1769) contains a kyōka poem of an acolyte jumping to his death and a priest of the same temple surviving. It has been noted to resemble a kyōka composed by an Enoshima guide in the haikai poetry travelogue Kikō Kasa no Hae (Travelogue: Fly on the Bamboo Hat) published in Genroku 14 (1710). It is possible that Sakura Hime Azuma Bunshō shaped Jikyū based on this poem. The fact that two Kabuki plays by Nanboku of the Bunsei era (1818-1830) cite the poem is also suggestive of this.

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