The Morioka bunshi-geki began in 1949 with Hikojiro SUZUKI, a writer, as a central figure and had been performed thirteen times until 1962 at the Morioka Theater (old Morioka Theater) as a Morioka's annual year-end attraction.
盛岡文士劇は、昭和24年、作家の鈴木彦次郎を中心に始まり、歳末恒例の盛岡名物として第13回の昭和37年まで盛岡劇場（旧盛岡劇場）で上演された。