Two characters vow to be “husband and wife stars for eternity” on their way to an unusually double-barrelled one of these objects. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this sort of object, which Tokubei and Ohatsu bind themselves to at the end of a sewamono play. In a play titled for one of these objects, The courtesan Azuma is asked to drink with Hard Luck Yohei.
ANSWER: trees [accept pine tree or The Uprooted Pine or Aioi]
[10m] Tokubei and Ohatsu tie themselves to a half-palm, half-pine tree in a play titled for this two-word action. Another play by the same author is titled for this action “at Amijima.”
ANSWER: love suicides [or Shinjū]
[10e] Chikamatsu’s love suicide plays are traditionally performed in the bunraku style, meaning these humanoid handheld objects are used in place of actors.
ANSWER: puppets
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