One of the great masterpieces of the repertoire of domestic dramas adapted from the bunraku puppet theatre, Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami ("The Summer Festival, A Mirror of Naniwa") was written in 1745, by the same group of playwrights who wrote Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami, Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura and Kanadehon Chūshingura.
You can read a full english translation by Julie A. Iezzi of the acts covered here in the book "Kabuki Plays on Stage Vol 1: Brilliance and Bravado", and read the synopsis of many of the missing scenes here: http://www.kabuki21.com/nmnk.php
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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:42 Act III
05:05 Act VI
08:36 Act VII
14:53 Ending