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Sanmon Gosan no Kiri (樓門五山桐), or The Golden Gate and the Paulownia Crest, is a kabuki play written by Namiki Gohei I and first performed in 1778. Originally...

Kinmon Gosan no Kiri (The Golden Gate and the Paulownia Crest), a five-act play written by Namiki Gohei in 1778. The most famous act is "Sanmon Gosan no Kiri"...

called "kiri" (桐) or "shirogiri (白桐)" in Japanese. Mon (emblem) National seals of Japan Order of the Paulownia Flowers Sanmon Gosan no Kiri Amimoto,...

which was the setting for a famous scene in the 1778 Kabuki play Sanmon Gosan no Kiri inspired by the story of the criminal Ishikawa Goemon who is said...

(Kyoto-Osaka) actor Nakamura Utaemon III. He was also known as Eiki Mitsugorõ or Eiki-no Mitsugorõ. His disciples included Bandõ Mitsue. Like most Kabuki actors, and...

dynasty for the crimes of his Japanese associates. In the kabuki play Sanmon Gosan no Kiri, Song Suqing's name is invoked by the character of Sō Sokei (宋蘇卿;...