Chushingura (The Treasure of Loyal Retainers) / act06-385



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The Kabuki version of the three hunters entering with the body they have discovered.  In Kabuki, they carry the body in through the door, but in Bunraku, they go to the front of the house and place it on the low wall (tesuri) that serves as the floor.

Source: Brazell, Traditional Japanese Theater (Columbia University Press, 1998) p. 385.