"Oh, alright. I'll call you Shuku, then." Genji said. "Oh, the show's about to start!"
Ren Jidian and Watanabe Endo looked at each other. Now he not only acted differently from the Beppu Shukumeiyo they once knew, but also used a different nickname.
The sound of the beating drums came as the play begun, and people filed into their positions. What they were actually watching was not a full play, but the last part.
It was because this was a 15 scene, 5-act play called Yoshitsune Senbonzakura. And it was not recommended to perform it all in an entire day, so it was divided to pieces.
In English it translates to Yoshitusune and the Thousand Cherry Blossoms, adapted from the world of the classic epic Heike Monogatari.
A play that also features the titular main character Yoshitsune was the most famous kabuki play ever based from the Noh performance Ataka, called Kanjincho.
