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1603: Okuni and her troupe dance the first "Kabuki Odori" (eccentric dances) on the banks of the Kamo river in Kyôto, close to the famous Shijô avenue.

1664: the Shimabara dramas (dramas using Shimabara as the scene of the play) are forbidden by the Shogunal authorities. Shimabara is a famous pleasure quarter in Kyôto.

Spring 1694: the star Ichikawa Danjûrô I plays for the first time in Kyôto the role of the wicked priest Narukami. The drama's title is "Narukami Yûjoron" and it is staged at the Minamigawa no Shibai. The role of Princess Taema is played by Mizuki Tatsunosuke I.

1st lunar month of 1698: premiere in Kyôto at Hayagumo Chôdayû's theater of the drama "Keisei Asama-ga-Dake", which is produced by Yamashita Hanzaemon with the following casting:

Roles Actors
Asama Tomoenojô Nakamura Shichisaburô I
The courtesan Miura Yoshizawa Ayame I
Hanaoka Wadaemon Yamashita Hanzaemon
The courtesan Ôshû Iwai Sagenta I
Nikaidô Hyôsuke Ômori Tatsuemon
Yotarô Yamada Jimpachi
Otowa-no-Mae Yamamoto Kamon

1st lunar month of 1702: premiere in Kyôto at Miyako Mandayû's theater of Chikamatsu Monzaemon I's drama "Keisei Mibu Dainenbutsu". The 2 leading roles are played by Sakata Tôjûrô I and Arashi Kiyosaburô I.

Fall 1716: First Kabuki adaptation of Chikamatsu Monzaemon I's masterpiece "Kokusen'ya Gassen", which is produced by the zamoto Sakakiyama Shirotarô I in Kyôto at Miyako Mandayû's theater with the following casting:

Roles Actors
Watônai Sakakiyama Koshirô I
Kanki Shibazaki Rinzaemon I
Kinshôjo Yamamoto Kamon
Rôikkan Murayama Heijûrô II
Watônai's mother Yoshizawa Ayame I
Ritôten Mihogi Gizaemon I
Kairokuô Kikuta Zen'emon
Watônai's wife Komutsu Kikukawa Kiyotarô I

2nd lunar month of 1718: First Kabuki adaptation of Chikamatsu Monzaemon I's drama "Nihon Furisode Hajime", which is produced by the zamoto Sakakiyama Shirotarô I in Kyôto at Hayagumo Chôdayû's theater with the following casting:

Roles Actors
Susanoo Sakakiyama Koshirô I
Amatsu Koyane-no-Shin Shibazaki Rinzaemon I
Princess Inada Asada Miyako
Ama Hikomaru Sakakiyama Shirotarô I
Somin Shôrai Bandô Hikosaburô I
Tatsu Hikomaru, Hiruko-no-Mikoto Katayama Kozaemon
Prince Mikumano Sawamura Otoemon I
Kotan Shôrai Bandô Matajûrô I
Iohata Kirinami Takie
Shizuhata Onoe Samon
Tenazuchi Yamada Jimpachi
Ashinazuchi Ichikawa Toyama III

9th lunar month of 1732: first Kabuki adaptation of the puppet theater drama "Dan no Ura Kabuto Gunki". The play is produced in Kyôto by Sakakiyama Shirotarô I at Miyako Mandayû's theater with the following casting:

Roles Actors
Akoya Tomizawa Montarô I
Shigetada Sawamura Chôjûrô I
Iwanaga Saemon, Hanaôgiya Toheiji Shinozuka Kazaemon
Seki-ga-Hara Zennai Arashi San'emon III
Konda no Jirô Chikatsune Somenoi Hanshirô
Iba Jûzaemon, Kagekiyo Nakamura Shingorô I
Okachi Nakamura Tomijûrô I
Ofusa Sanogawa Mangiku

5th lunar month of 1735: first Kabuki adaptation of the puppet theater drama "Ashiya Dôman Ôuchi Kagami". The play is produced in Kyôto by Nakamura Tomijûrô I at Miyako Mandayû's theater with the following casting:

Roles Actors
Kuzu-no-Ha Tomizawa Montarô I
Abe no Yasuna Arashi San'emon III
Sakaki-no-Mae Arashi Koroku I
Sakon Tarô, the yakko Yokampei Fujioka Daikichi
Kuzu-no-Ha's child Sanogawa Ichimatsu I

5th lunar month of 1739: first Kabuki adaptation of Matsuda Bunkôdô, Takeda Izumo I, Takeda Koizumo, Miyoshi Shôraku and Asada Kakei puppet theater drama "Hirakana Seisuiki". The play is produced in Kyôto by Mizuki Tatsunosuke II for the nadai Hoteiya Umenojô at the Minamigawa no Shibai [casting].

8th lunar month of 1741: first Kabuki adaptation of the puppet theater drama "Shin Usuyuki Monogatari". The play is produced in Kyôto by Sakakiyama Jûtarô I at Hayagumo Chôdayû's theater with the following casting:

Roles Actors
Gorobei Masamune Sakakiyama Koshirô I
Sonobe Hyôe Tamiya Shirogorô
Saisaki Iga-no-Kami, Iwano-no-Kami, Dankurô Sakakiyama Shirotarô I
Kuniyuki Shinozuka Kazaemon
Ume-no-Kata, Kojorô Arashi Koroku I
The yakko Tsumahei Tamiya Jûzaburô I
Saemon, Rai Tarô Kunitoshi Takenaka Heikichi
Princess Usuyuki Kikugawa Kiyotarô
Hanazono Asao Motogorô I
Oren Sakakiyama Jûtarô I
Magaki Arashi Tatsusaburô
Akizuki Daizen Sakakiyama Danshirô I

1st lunar month of 1745: Chikamatsu Monzaemon I's drama "Keisei Hangonkô" is performed for the first time in Kyôto, at the Minamigawa no Shibai [casting].

8th lunar month of 1745: first Kabuki adaptation of Namiki Senryû I, Miyoshi Shôraku and Takeda Koizumo puppet theater drama "Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami", which is produced by Nakamura Kiyosaburô I at Miyako Mandayû's theater with the following known casting:

Roles Actors
Danshichi Kurobei Fujioka Daikichi
Tsuribune Sabu Sakakiyama Danshirô I
Okaji Nakamura Kiyosaburô I

It is a long run and the performance is extended up to October. According to the chronicles, the play is simultaneously staged in another Kyôto theater in the 8th lunar month of 1745, at the Minamigawa no Shibai, produced by Nakamura Kumetarô I.

1st lunar month of 1751: first Kabuki adaptation of the puppet theater drama "Tamamo-no-Mae Asahi no Tamoto", which is produced in Kyôto by Miyako Handayû at his theater with the following casting:

Roles Actors
Washizuka Kintôji Hidekuni, Sansuke Fujikawa Heikurô
Kazusanosuke Tsunehiro, the farmer Jûsaku Nakayama Shinjûrô
Abe no Yasunari, Michiharu Fujioka Daikichi
Miuranosuke Yoshiaki, Abe Unemenosuke Yamashita Matatarô I
Prince Usugumo's retainer Inubushi Genzô Sakakiyama Danshirô I
Yata Dairoku Nakayama Bunshichi I
Michiharu's wife Hagi-no-Kata, Oyachi Asao Motogorô I
Agata Kenmotsu Gemba Ôtani Hirohachi I
Miuranosuke's wife Fuseya Tatsuoka Hisagiku
Jûsaku's wife Osetsu, Princess Katsura Sanogawa Hanazuma II
Kintôji's wife Koyanagi Arashi Tatsusaburô
Kazusanosuke's wife Tokiwazu Hanakawa Ichinojô

11th lunar month of 1754: first Kabuki adaptation of the puppet drama "Yoshitsune Koshigoejô"; it is staged at Hoteiya Umenojô's theater in Kyôto as the kaomise drama "Fûkigusa Aioi Genji", which is produced by Somematsu Matsujirô with the following casting:

Roles Actors
Gon-no-Kami Kanefusa, the yakko Ippei Sakurayama Shirosaburô II
Izumi no Saburô Bandô Manzô
Nejigane Monpachi, Togashi no Samon Imamura Shichisaburô II
Tsubashi Tôsaku (in reality Imai Tarô) Yamashita Matatarô I
Izumi's wife Takanoya Mihogi Shichitarô
Minamoto no Yoshitsune Onoe Montarô
Nishikido no Tarô Sagawa Imagorô
Shinobu no Rokurô Somematsu Shichisaburô I
Date no Jirô Yamamoto Shichizô
Tôsaku's wife Oseki Arashi Tominosuke I
Tôsaku's son Saizaburô Somematsu Matsujirô
Tôsaku's daughter Otoku Sanogawa Wakamatsu
Bamba no Chûzô Somekawa Konohei I
Ema no Koshirô Yoshitoki Nakamura Shôzô
The girl Utaka Yamatoyama Sensuke II

1st lunar month of 1780: Namiki Gohei's drama "Kinmon Gosan no Kiri", which was premiered in the 4th lunar month of 1778 at the Kado no Shibai [casting], is produced for the first time in Kyôto, by Somematsu Shichisaburô II, with the following casting:

Roles Actors
Ishikawa Goemon Arashi Hinasuke I
Hayakawa Takakage, Mashiba Hisayoshi Nakamura Jûzô II
Konomura Ôinosuke (in reality Sô Sokei) Mimasu Daigorô I
The yakko Yatahei (in reality Junkikan) Arashi Bungorô
Segawa Uneme Somematsu Shichisaburô II
The courtesan Hanatachibana, Okiku Arashi San'emon VI
Sonoo-no-Kata, Goemon's wife Oritsu Anegawa Minato II
Mashiba Hisatsugu, Sôemon's wife Shibazaki Rinzaemon II
Masagi Yamashita Yaozô I
Mashiba Kingo Hisaaki, Matsuda Yûsuke Nakamura Kyôjûrô II
Yajûrô, Daibutsu Mochiya Sôemon (in reality Kaida Shingo), Kishida Hyôgo Ichinoya Gonjûrô
Tsutsui Junkei, Kojibei, Monnojô Kiriyama Monji I
The courtesan Kokonoe Ogurayama Toyosaki

8th lunar month of 1787: Namiki Gohei's drama "Taikô Shinkenki", which was premiered in the 3rd lunar month of 1787 at the Naka no Shibai [casting], is staged for the first time in Kyôto with the following casting:

Roles Actors
Rokusuke, Okô, Mashiba Hisayoshi, Yoshioka Ichimisai Kanô Hinasuke I
Ichimisai's elder daughter Osono Sawamura Kunitarô I
Kyôgoku no Takumi Asao Kunigorô II
Sagohei Nakayama Ihachi II

5th lunar month of 1794: premiere at the Nishi no Shibai (Kyôto) of Namiki Gohei I's drama "Godairiki Koi no Fûjime", which is staged with the following casting:

Roles Actors
Sasano Sangobei Arashi Koroku III
Katsuma Gengobei Onoe Shinshichi I
The courtesan Kikuno Yamashita Yaozô I
Hachiemon Nakayama Shinshichi
Yasuke Kameya Nakazô
In front of Kyôto theaters in 1692
 
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