船弁慶

Also known as: Benkei aboard a Ship

Author

Kanze Nobumitsu

Language

Classical Japanese

Year

c. 1490

Country

Japan

Genre

Drama / Comedy / Theatrical Work

east asia

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Funa Benkei is a Japanese Noh play written by Kanze Kojirô Nobumitsu, eventually adapted to Kabuki by Kawatake Mokuami in 1885. It was staged for the first time in November that year and starred Ichikawa Danjūrō IX.