GODAIRIKI

The illustrated playbill for the premiere in the 5th lunar month of 1794 at the Nishi no Shibai (Kyôto) of Namiki Gohei I's masterpiece "Godairiki Koi no Fûjime" (Click on the pictures to enlarge them!)

Roles	Actors
Sasano Sangobê	Arashi Koroku III
Katsuma Gengobê	Onoe Shinshichi I
The courtesan Kikuno	Yamashita Yaozô I
Hachiemon	Nakayama Shinshichi
Yasuke	Kameya Nakazô


The actors Nakamura Utaemon III, Ichikawa Ebijûrô I and Sawamura Kunitarô II playing the roles of Katsuma Gengobê, Sasano Sangobê and the courtesan Kikuno in the drama "Godairiki Koi no Fûjime", which was staged in the 9th lunar month of 1826 at the Naka no Shibai (print made by Shunkôsai Hokushû)

"Godairiki Koi no Fûjime" at the Kawarasakiza in the 7th lunar month of 1848 with Sawamura Sôjûrô V, Bandô Hikosaburô IV and Onoe Baikô IV in the roles of Satsuma Gengobê, Sasano Sangobê and the courtesan Sakuraya no Koman