Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (義経千本桜) or Yoshitsune and the Thousand Cherry Trees is a Japanese play one of the three most popular and famous in the Kabuki repertoire. Originally written in 1747 for the jōruri puppet theater by Takeda Izumo II Miyoshi Shōraku and Namiki Senryū I it was adapted to kabuki the following year.Adapted to Kabuki the play premiered in that mode in January 1748 in the city of Ise in Mie Prefecture.
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