ÔSAKA KAOMISE 1756
   
Play title Taihei Yamato Monogatari  In Japanese
Theater Kado no Shibai
Producer Anegawa Daikichi I
Playwrights Namiki Eisuke I, Katsura no Kichi, Sawamura Shôzaemon, Sakurayama Shinkurô

The kaomise drama "Taihei Yamato Monogatari" was produced in the 11th lunar month of 1756 in Ôsaka at the Kado no Shibai by Anegawa Daikichi I. The opening day was the 21st (or the 9th) day of the 11th lunar month of the 6th year of the Hôreki era, which was the 12th of December 1756 in the western calendar. "Taihei Yamato Monogatari" was staged with the following casting:

Code Actors Roles
1 Hiraoka Mansuke [2] ???
2 Bandô Toyosaburô I Kurofune Ihachi
3 ??? ???
4 Fujikawa Heikurô The manzai entertainer Nejiemon (in realiy Gotobê)
5 Ôtani Hirohachi I Kajiwara Heizô Kagetoki
6 Bandô Ikuzô [3] Kajiwara Genta Kagesue
7 Sawamura Nisaku [4] The mekake Kokonoe (in reality Yamabuki Gozen)
8 Bandô Toyosaburô I Minamoto no Yoritomo
9 Sawamura Sukejûrô [5] The manzai entertainer Yojiemon
10 Sanjô Namie I Gotobê's nyôbô Sekijo
11 Fujikawa Hachizô I Date no Jirô
12 Sawamura Sukejûrô [5] Yojiemon
13 Nakamura Jûzô I The togiya Tôsaku, in reality Miura Shirô
14 Ichinokawa Hikoshirô II Minamoto no Yoshitsune
15 Fujikawa Heikurô Izumi no Saburô
16 Nakamura Jûzô I Miura Shirô
17 Anegawa Daikichi I Tôsaku's nyôbô Oshizu (in reality Shizuka Gozen)

[2] This dôkegata actor was not recorded in Nojima Jusaburô's book "Kabuki Jinmei Jiten". Hiraoka Mansuke's rank in the 1757 Ôsaka hyôbanki, dôkegata section, was jô-jô (superior - superior) [visual].

[3] This tachiyaku actor was not recorded in Nojima Jusaburô's book "Kabuki Jinmei Jiten". Bandô Ikuzô's rank in the 1757 Ôsaka hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, was jô-jô-(shiro)hankichi (superior - superior - (white) half excellent) [visual].

[4] This wakaonnagata actor was not recorded in Nojima Jusaburô's book "Kabuki Jinmei Jiten". Sawamura Nisaku's rank in the 1757 Ôsaka hyôbanki, wakaonnagata section, was jô-jô (superior - superior) [visual].

[5] This tachiyaku actor was not recorded in Nojima Jusaburô's book "Kabuki Jinmei Jiten". Sawamura Sukejûrô's rank in the 1757 Ôsaka hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, was jô-jô-hankichi (superior - superior - half excellent) [visual].

 
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