KADOZA

KADO NO SHIBAI - KADOZA

Names

Kadoza
Kado Gekijô
Kado no Shibai

City

Ôsaka (in the district of Minami-ku Nishiyagura-chô)

History

12th lunar month of 1722: first Kabuki adaptation of Chikamatsu Monzaemon's puppet theater drama "Nebiki no Kadomatsu", which was written in the 1st lunar month of 1718. The play was staged in Ôsaka at the Kado no Shibai, under the title "Yamazaki Yojibê Hanchû Bushi" with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Yamazaki Yojibê	Arashi San'emon III
The courtesan Fujiya Azuma	Matsushima Hyôtarô
Yamazaki Jôkan	Shinozuka Jûzaemon
The yakko Gonbei	Shinozuka Jûzaemon

1st lunar month of 1724: premiere at the Kado no Shibai of "Edoe Ukiyo Soga", an Edo-flavored new year drama welcoming in Ôsaka the Edo actor Ôtani Hiroji I. This sogamono mixed the Soga world with "Sonezaki Shinjû" (entitled "Sonezaki Shinjû Soga"), "Kokusen'ya Gassen" (entitled "Kokusen'ya Soga") and a kurofune-chûemonmono (entitled "Kurofune Soga"). They were staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Kobayashi no Asahina, Osaragi Sabu (Kurofune Chûemon)	Ôtani Hiroji I
Soga Gorô, Kokusen'ya	Bandô Hikosaburô I
Soga Jûrô, Hiranoya Tokubê, Kamakuraya Gorohachi	Arashi San'emon III
Kudô Suketsune	Sawamura Otoemon I
Ninomiya Tarô, Kanki, Tachibotoke Tahei (Gokumon Shôbei)	Nakamura Shingorô I
Ôiso no Tora, Tenmaya Ohatsu	Sanogawa Mangiku
Ninomiya Tarô's wife Wakakusa, Kinshôjo, Kewaizaka no Shôshô	Sanogawa Hanazuma I
Kyô no Kojirô, Kuheiji	Ichikawa Sôzaburô I
The Soga brothers' mother, Kokusen'ya's mother	Sugiyama Kanzaemon III
Oniô Shinzaemon (Jûrô's retainer)	Arashi Sangorô I
Kewaizaka no Shôshô	Izumikawa Sennosuke

9th lunar month of 1729: Yoshizawa Sakinosuke I took the name of Yoshizawa Ayame II at the Kado no Shibai.

8th lunar month of 1730: first Kabuki adaptation of Hasegawa Senshi and Matsuda Bunkôdô puppet theater drama "Miura no Ôsuke Kôbai Tazuna", which was written in the 2nd lunar month of 1730. The play was produced by Arashi Sanjûrô II in Ôsaka at the Kado no Shibai.

3rd ~ 4th lunar months of 1732: the play "Kiichi Hôgen Sanryaku no Maki" was produced by Arashi Kokuseki at the Kado no Shibai with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Yoshioka Kiichi Hôgen, Sakanoue Buntôji	Anegawa Shinshirô I
Ichijô Ôkura Naganari	Arashi Kanshirô I
Benkei, Chaya Yoichi	Sawamura Otoemon I
Benkei's mother, Naruse	Kirinami Takie
Tokiwa Gozen, Yoshioka Kijirô's wife Okyô	Yoshizawa Ayame II
The yakko Chienai, Yoshioka Kisanta	Sakurayama Shôzaemon II
Yoshioka Kijirô	Kirinoya Tôkurô
Princess Minazuru, Asuka	Fujii Hanamatsu
The yakko Torazô, Ushiwakamaru	Asao Motogorô I
Kasahara Tankai	Narumi Koyata

3rd lunar month of 1733: the drama "Dan no Ura Kabuto Gunki" was performed for the first time in Ôsaka, at the Kado no Shibai. It was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Akoya	Yoshizawa Ayame II
Chichibu no Shôji Shigetada, Mionoya Shirô Kunitoshi	Arashi San'emon III
Iwanaga Saemon Munetsura, Ôgiya Toheiji	Fujikawa Heikurô
Yoritomo, Kagekiyo	Sawamura Otoemon I

1st lunar month of 1736: the play "Karukaya Dôshin Tsukushi no Iezuto", which was originally written for the puppet theater and staged for the first time in the 8th lunar month of 1735 in Ôsaka at the Toyotakeza, was adapted for Kabuki for the first time, in Ôsaka at the Kado no Shibai (unknown casting).

9th lunar month of 1740: the play "Hirakana Seisuiki" was performed for the first time in Ôsaka, at the Kado no Shibai. It was produced by Nakamura Jûzô I and Nakamura Tomijûrô I played the role of Chidori.

12th lunar month of 1745: the drama "Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami" was staged at the Kado no Shibai for the first time, produced by Arashi Sanjûrô II with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Danshichi Kurobê	Arashi Sanjûrô II
Issun Tokubê	Iwai Hanshirô III
Tsuribune Sabu	Nakamura Shingorô I
Otatsu	Mihogi Shichitarô
Okaji	Yoshizawa Sakinosuke II
Mikawaya Giheiji	Yamanaka Heijûrô II

The same play was simultaneously produced at the Naka no Shibai [casting], Ônishi no Shibai [casting] and Kado no Shibai.

12th lunar month of 1748: the play "Kanadehon Chûshingura", which was originally written for the puppet theater and staged for the first time in the 8th lunar month of 1748 in Ôsaka at the Takemotoza, was adapted for Kabuki for the first time, in Ôsaka at the Kado no Shibai. It was produced by the zamoto Arashi Sangorô II with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Ôboshi Yuranosuke, Hayano Kanpei	Arashi Sanjûrô II
Kakogawa Honzô, Ono no Kudayû, Yoichibê's wife, Ryôchiku	Kataoka Nizaemon IV
En'ya Hangan	Ichinokawa Hikoshirô II
Moronô	Ichimura Mihoemon
Rikiya	Arashi Sangorô II
Konami, Osono	Yamashita Rokusaburô
Bannai, Yakushiji	Tamiya Jûzaburô II
Oishi	Yoshizawa Sakinosuke II
Ishidô, Amakawaya Gihei	Anegawa Shinshirô I
Momonoi Wakasanosuke, Heiemon, Hara Gôemon	Yamamoto Koheiji
Okaru	Yoshida Manshirô
Tonase	Tomizawa Kiyosaki
Kaoyo Gozen	Onogawa Kamegiku

11th lunar month of 1752: Arashi Iwajirô I took the name of Arashi Hinasuke I at the Kado no Shibai.

9th lunar month of 1757: first Kabuki adaptation of Namiki Senryû I and Miyoshi Shôraku puppet theater drama "Genpei Nunobiki no Taki", which was written in 1749. The play was produced by Anegawa Daikichi I in Ôsaka at the Kado no Shibai (casting unknown).

12th lunar month of 1758: premiere at the Kado no Shibai of Namiki Shôzô I's drama "Sanjikkoku Yofune no Hajimari"; for the very first time in Kabuki history, a mawari-butai, invented by Namiki Shôzô I, was built and used on the stage of a theater. It was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Shindô Genpachi, the kanekashi Tsumenaga no Gonkurô	Nakayama Bunshichi I
Hanamitsu Kenpô, the watashimori Mojibê	Nakayama Shinkurô I
Kawaura Ryûken, Sekiguchi Heita	Mimasu Daigorô I
Hanamitsu Nuinosuke, the ge'nin Yokurô	Matsuyama Sanjûrô
The keisei Agemaki	Yamashita Kinsaku II
Genpachi's nyôbô Mifune, Mifune's younger sister Ofune	Nakamura Kiyosaburô I
Hanamitsu Kenpô's nyôbô Miyuki	Anegawa Daikichi I
Yodo Yozaemon	Nakamura Shirogorô III
Kumamoto Bennosaku	Yamashita Jirosa I
Hanamitsu Shôgen	Sawamura Sukejûrô
Iwase Kinai	Minakawa Yaheiji
The taiko mochi Koichi	Nakayama Raisuke I
Ikegami Zusho	Bandô Iwagorô
Ishibashi Chûjô, the yakko Ganpei	Mimasu Kanzô I
Yozaemon's nyôbô Kohata	Minakawa Saizô
Yozaemon's younger sister Kichô	Nakamura Koisa
Mojibê's granddaughter Omatsu	Arashi Matsunojô III
Hanamitsu Kenpô's koshô Shiga Sakon	Ogawa Kichitarô I

1st lunar month of 1761: premiere in Ôsaka at the Kado no Shibai of Namiki Shôzô I's ni-no-kawari drama "Kiritarô Tengu no Sakamori", which was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Kiritarô Tengu	Nakayama Shinkurô I
The hinin Dôtetsu, in reality Akuzenji Kugyô	Mimasu Daigorô I
The kusuri-uri Kinohei, Umaya Kisanta, Ôe no Hiromoto	Nakayama Bunshichi I
Wada Shinzaemon	Nakayama Raisuke I
The keisei Sakuragi (in reality Minamoto Yoshitsune's daughter Princess Kiku)	Nakamura Tomijûrô I
The keisei Ureshino	Yamashita Kinsaku II
Ema no Koshirô Yoshitoki	Ichinokawa Hikoshirô II
Fujisawa Shirô, Kimoiri Gonbê	Bandô Iwagorô
Shinzaemon's nyôbô Sanae, Mimyô-no-Mae	Arashi Matsunojô III
Minamoto Sanetomo, Daihanji Ikkaku	Ichikawa Masuzô I
The ama midai	Sanjô Namie I
Kinohei's nyôbô Oisa	Arashi Koisa II
Hiki no Hangan	Yamashita Jirosa I
Hiki Gundayû	Mimasu Kanzô I
Shinzaemon's musume Tokiwagi, the keisei Miyoshino	Nakamura Hanazaki
Hôjô Tokimasa	Nakayama Hyakujirô

5th lunar month of 1762: premiere in Ôsaka at the Kado no Shibai of Namiki Shôzô I's drama "Koi Hakke Hashira Goyomi", which was a revision of Chikamatsu Monzaemon's drama "Daikyôji Mukashi Goyomi"; it was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
The daikyôji Ishun	Nakayama Bunshichi I
Mohei	Ichinokawa Hikoshirô II
Osan	Nakamura Tomijûrô I
Otama	Yoshizawa Sakinosuke II
The bantô Sukeemon	Bandô Iwagorô
Gonbê	Nakayama Shinkurô I
Kishino Yûsuke	Nakamura Kichiemon I
Kikue	Yamashita Kinsaku II
Obiya Niemon	Nakayama Raisuke I
The inkyo Okuen	Asao Tamejûrô I
Takaichi Gôsuke	Kirinoya Gonjûrô III

9th lunar month of 1764: première in Ôsaka at the Kado no Shibai of "Oriawase Tsuzure no Nishiki", based on the puppet drama "Katakiuchi Tsuzure no Nishiki", which was revised by Namiki Jûsuke, Ichiyama Bokuhei and Namiki Ôsuke. It celebrated the 16th anniversary (17th memorial service) of the passing away of the star Anegawa Shinshirô I. A similar play was staged one day later under a different title, "Hare Kosode Tsuzure no Nishiki", at the Naka no Shibai [casting]. The competition for the best performance and the best line-up was open between the 2 theaters. The performance at the Kado no Shibai was more successful than the one at the Naka no Shibai. "Tsuzure no Nishiki" was produced at the Kado no Shibai by Nakayama Bunshichi I with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Shundô Jirôemon, the wakatô Ihê	Nakayama Bunshichi I
Shundô Sukedayû	Nakayama Shinkurô I
Kamura Utaemon	Nakamura Utaemon I
Shundô Jihê, Takaichi Buemon	Ichinokawa Hikoshirô II
Sahê's nyôbô Onui, Jirôemon's nyôbô Oharu	Yoshizawa Sakinosuke II
The wakatô Sahê	Fujikawa Hachizô I
Shundô Suketarô, Sakanaya Ihachi	Nakayama Raisuke I
Shundô Shinshichi, Oteru	Nakamura Senzô
Sahê's nyôbô, the koshimoto Oriki	Anegawa Daikichi I
Hikosaka Jinroku, Sudô Genpachi	Asao Tamejûrô I
Sudô Rokuroemon, Togiyaru no Jûbê	Kirinoya Gonjûrô III
Oharu's sister	Sanogawa Hanazuma III
Ohari Osoyo	Sanjô Namie I

11th lunar month of 1764: Yoshizawa Sakinosuke II took the name of Yoshizawa Ayame III at the Kado no Shibai.

7th lunar month of 1767: the drama "Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami" was produced at the Kado no Shibai to commemorate the 6th anniversary (7th memorial service) of the passing away of Fujikawa Heikurô. It was produced by Arashi Hinasuke I and staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Danshichi Kurobê	Fujikawa Hachizô I
Issun Tokubê	Nakayama Raisuke I
Tsuribune Sabu	Ichinokawa Hikoshirô II
Mikawaya Giheiji	Kirinoya Gonjûrô III
Okaji	Yoshizawa Ayame III
Otatsu	Arashi Hinasuke I

12th lunar month of 1767: the drama "Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura" was produced at the Kado no Shibai for the first time. It was produced by Nakayama Raisuke I and staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Tomomori, Hôgen	Nakayama Raisuke I
Suke-no-Tsubone, Tadanobu	Yoshizawa Ayame III
Shizuka Gozen	Sawamura Kunitarô I
Osato	Arashi Hinaji

6th lunar month of 1770: Namiki Shôzô I's drama "Yadonashi Danshichi Shigure no Karakasa" was staged for the first time in Ôsaka ôshibai, at the Kado no Shibai with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Danshichi Mohê	Arashi Kichisaburô I
Iwai-buro Jisuke	Asao Tamejûrô I
Daimonjiya Jihê (commonly called Sakai no Daiji)	Nakayama Raisuke I
Okaji	Arashi Sankatsu I
Kyûshichi	Arashi Shichigorô II
Otomi	Sakakiyama Sengiku
Arashi Sangorô	Ichiyama Sukegorô II
Wataya Tokuemon	Fujimatsu Sanjurô I

9th lunar month of 1774: Yoshizawa Ayame III appeared on stage for the last time, in Ôsaka at the Kado no Shibai.

8th lunar month of 1775: the play "Sekitori Senryô Nobori" was staged for the first time in Ôsaka, produced by Ogawa Kichitarô I at the Kado no Shibai with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
The sumôtori Iwagawa Jirokichi	Arashi Kichisaburô I
Iwagawa's wife Otowa	Sawamura Kunitarô I
The sumôtori Tetsugadake	Nakamura Jiroza II
Senbagawa Kichibê	Nakayama Bunshichi I
Tsuruya Reizaburô	Ogawa Kichitarô I
Senbagawa's wife Oyotsu	Anegawa Daikichi I

7th lunar month of 1776: premiere of Iso Isosuke's drama "Yamato Kotoba Suikoden" at the Kado no Shibai; it was produced by Ogawa Kichitarô I and staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Kezori Kuemon	Asao Tamejûrô I
Sôshichi	Ogawa Kichitarô I
Kojorô	Yamashina Jinkichi II

4th lunar month of 1777: premiere of Namiki Gohachi's drama "Tenmangû Natane no Gokû", co-written with Nakamura Akei and Tatsuoka Mansaku, which was staged at the Kado no Shibai with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Ki no Haseo, Haji no Hyôe, Shiratayû, Hôsshôbô	Mimasu Daigorô I
Takebe Genzô, Sugawara no Michizane	Onoe Kikugorô I
Fujiwara no Shihei, Kakuju	Arashi Hinasuke I
Miyoshi Kiyotsura, Aratôta	Mimasu Tanin II
Sukune Tarô, the toneri Takuramaru	Ogawa Kichitarô I
Matsugae, Shôgetsuin, Izayoi, Tonami	Sawamura Kunitarô I
Ran no Kanemasa, Shundô Genba	Mimasu Matsugorô I
Koiso, Princess Kôbai	Yamashina Jinkichi II
Terukuni	Fujikawa Ryûzô
Taira no Mareyo	Bandô Iwagorô
Sukune's wife Kozakura, Haseo's wife	Mimasu Tokujirô I

4th lunar month of 1778: premiere in Ôsaka at the Kado no Shibai of Namiki Gohê's play "Kinmon Gosan no Kiri", which was produced by the zamoto Ogawa Kichitarô I with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Ishikawa Goemon, Akechi Samagorô	Arashi Hinasuke I
Konomura Ôinosuke (in reality Sô Sokei), Mashiba Hisayoshi	Onoe Kikugorô I
Hayakawa Takakage, Sôemon's wife	Onoe Shinshichi I
Kishida Hyôgo, the yakko Yatahei (in reality Junkikan)	Fujikawa Hachizô II (who celebrated his shûmei)
Segawa Uneme	Ogawa Kichitarô I
The courtesan Hanatachibana	Fujikawa Sango
Sonoo-no-Kata, Goemon's wife Oritsu	Hanagiri Toyomatsu III
Daibutsumochi Sôemon (in reality Kaida Shingo), Mashiba Hisatsugu	Shibazaki Rinzaemon II
Jakotsu Babâ, Tsutsui Junkei, Kojibê, Tsutsui Kumatarô	Kiriyama Monji II
Mashiba Kingo Hisaaki, Matsuda Yûsuke	Nakamura Jûjirô

3rd lunar month of 1779: premiere in Ôsaka at the Kado no Shibai of Namiki Gohê's drama "Sode Nikki Banshû Meguri", which was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Kosakabe Mondo, the fox Yokurô, Innami Naizen	Arashi Hinasuke I
Ikuta Hyôgonosuke, Kuzumi Shinpei	Onoe Shinshichi I
The ghost of Hime-ga-Jô Castle (in reality Kinuta-no-Mae), Toya Otsuyu	Nakamura Tomijûrô I
Heijibê's daughter Otatsu, the female fox Kojorô	Hanagiri Toyomatsu III
The keisei Onoe, the koshimoto Tatsuno	Yoshizawa Iroha I
The monk Dabutsubô, Kakogawa Sanpei, Iwabuchi Tôta	Fujikawa Hachizô II
Momonoi Mutsujirô, Yumiya Tarô (in reality Tajimi Juntarô)	Ogawa Kichitarô I
Shikama Daigaku	Shibazaki Rinzaemon II
The koshimoto Akashi, Naizen's younger sister Ikuyo	Arashi Matsujirô I
The yakko Okisuke, Saikoku Sonoemon	Kiriyama Monji II
Ushimado Jûnai, Kondô Heijibê, the jijû of the Onoe Temple, the tabakoya Koichi	Arashi Sanjûrô IV
Momonoi Yaegikumaru	Fujikawa Sango
Innami Daizô (later the hôin Dôrakubô), Inami Daihachi	Mimasu Matsugorô I
Toya Okuma, the yakko Nadahei	Mimasu Tanin II
The monk Abutsubô, Takaoka Gengo	Arashi Shichisaburô II
Kanekoya Saibê	Nakamura Tomojûrô
Momonoi Shuridayû	Yoshizawa Jûzaburô
Kojorô's son Fukuju	Arashi Jûtarô
Hayakawa Banzô, Shisô Hayato	Edosaka Shôzô
The zôritori Sodesuke	Ichiyama Tajirô
Katano Gunnai, Tomo Kuranosuke	Mimasu Denzô
Mutsujirô's son Kunimatsu (later Heisaku's son Heikichi)	Bandô Kichimatsu
Hashita Oshige, the keisei Mutsuhana, the koshimoto Ako	Anegawa Kôkichi
The koshimoto Ishi	Hanagiri Shôtarô
The shukurô Tarobê	Fujikawa Jûrobê
The koshimoto Sone	Ogawa Hachizô
The koshô Motome	Nakamura Manzô
Hashita Osuma, the koshimoto Mikazuki	Arashi Toyomatsu
Ojare Ousu, the shôya Shirokurô	Arashi Gonjûrô
The keisei Konoura	Nakayama Tamenosuke
Narumi Yachûta, Miki Shuzen	Nakayama Otogorô
Ojare Oyone	Yamashina Bunzaburô
Zaisho's musume Otome	Nakayama Tomesaburô
Kafuro Kikuya	Fujikawa Kikumatsu
Inushima Hyôta, Saigoku Sanjûsaburobê	Nakamura Naozô
The koshimoto Totaka	Arashi Chiyozô

12th lunar month of 1781: première in Ôsaka at the Kado no Shibai of Nagawa Kamesuke I's drama "Tengajaya-mura". A similar play was staged a few days later under a different title, "Renga Chaya Homare no Bundai", at the Naka no Shibai [casting]. The competition for the best performance and the best line-up was open between the 2 theaters. "Tengajaya-mura" was produced at the Kado no Shibai by Fujikawa Sango with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Adachi Motoemon	Nakamura Jiroza II
Tôma Saburôemon, Adachi Yasuke	Asao Tamejûrô I
Hayase Iori	Nakayama Tazô
Hayase Genjirô	Arashi Kichimatsu
Somenoi	Fujikawa Sango
Ningyôya Kôemon	Nakayama Raisuke I
The mekake Kosai, Kôemon's wife	Yamashita Kamenojô IV

12th lunar month of 1782: première in Ôsaka at the Kado no Shibai of Namiki Gohê's drama "Keisei Kogane no Shachihoko", which was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
The tôzoku Kakinoki Kinsuke (later Kasai Tarô), the tsubone Chishima	Asao Tamejûrô I
Kinsuke's mother Muraji, the tôzoku Kôsaka Jinnai	Nakayama Shinkurô II
The farmer Tarosuke, Saitô Tatsuoki	Onoe Shinshichi I
The Ashikaga karô Ishidani Kachizaemon	Mimasu Daigorô II
The karô Yamagata Dôkan, Nanazato Ujiemon	Nakamura Jiroza II
The Ashikaga koshimoto Sekiya (in reality Princess Uesugi Hisakata), the keisei Azumaji	Sawamura Kunitarô I
The keisei Kasugano, Tarosuke's nyôbô Sonoo	Yamashita Kinsaku II
Fuwa Dategorô, Saitô Gyôbu, Ishiguro Kanbê	Mimasu Matsugorô I
Ishidani Kachizaemon's nyôbô Ofuji, the keisei Irisawa	Fujikawa Sango
Saitô Tsukasanosuke	Somematsu Shichisaburô II
The kôshitsu Misao-no-Mae	Arashi Shinpei II
Princess Ashikaga Kuni, the keisei Ayaginu	Yamashina Jinkichi II
The yakko Naruhei, Doki Kazuenokami	Nakayama Tazô

7th lunar month of 1783: the play "Kagamiyama Kokyô no Nishikie" was performed for the first time in Ôsaka, at the Kado no Shibai, with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Iwafuji	Arashi Hinasuke I
Onoe	Sawamura Kunitarô I
Ohatsu	Yamashita Kinsaku II

4th lunar month of 1784: première in Ôsaka at the Kado no Shibai of Nagawa Shimesuke I's drama "Sumidagawa Gonichi no Omokage", which was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Hôkaibô	Ichikawa Danzô IV
Jinzaburô	Fujikawa Hachizô II
Okumi	Yoshizawa Iroha I
The Eirakuya widow Oraku	Yamashita Kinsaku II
The Eirakuya tedai Yôsuke	Somematsu Shichisaburô II
Eirakuya Gonzaemon	Imamura Shichisaburô III
Yamazakiya Kanjûrô	Nakamura Jiroza II
Princess Nowake	Arashi Murajirô

5th lunar month of 1784: première in ôshibai, in Ôsaka at the Kado no Shibai, of the gidayû kyôgen "Yura no Minato Sengen Chôja", which was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Ôwada Kuranoshin	Ichikawa Danzô IV
The tayû Sanshô	Kagaya Kashichi I
Yamaoka Gonroku, Iwaki Hangan Masauji	Mihogi Gizaemon II
The menoto Uwatake	Yamashita Kinsaku II
Gonroku's nyôbô Yamaoka Orachi, Sanshô's musume Osan	Yamashita Kamenojô IV
Ôe Gunryô Tokikado	Nakamura Jiroza II
Yura no Saburô, Hora no Kyûsuke	Mimasu Matsugorô I
Masauji's wife Iwaki Mutsuki-no-Kata, Sanshô's nyôbô Otoku	Anegawa Daikichi I
Kuranoshin's wife Ôwada Sakurado	Yoshizawa Iroha I
Motoyoshi Kanamenosuke	Nakayama Tazô
The hitokai Komiwarawa no Ushizô	Imamura Shichisaburô III
Kuroishi Chikara	Fujikawa Nakazô
Masauji's daughter Princess Anju	Arashi Murajirô
Masauji's son Zushiômaru	Somematsu Torakichi (?)

3rd lunar month of 1788: premiere in Ôsaka at the Kado no Shibai of Namiki Gohei I's play "Sewa Ryôri Yaoya Kondate", which was produced by Nakayama Hisakichi and staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Hanbê	Nakayama Raisuke II
Ochiyo	Yamashita Yaozô I
Ojû	Yamashita Kinsaku II
Okuma	Yamamura Giemon II
Heiemon, Hanjirô	Seki Sanjûrô I

7th lunar month of 1789: premiere in Ôsaka at the Kado no Shibai of Namiki Gohei I's drama "Kanjin Kanmon Tekuda no Hajimari", which was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
The tayû Meizan	Nakamura Noshio II
The keisei Takao	Yoshizawa Iroha I
Kojorô	Mimasu Tokujirô I
Saiten Sôkurô, Gotô Daigaku	Nakamura Jiroza II
Tsuzuki Denshichi	Nakayama Tazô
Numazu Chishima-no-Kami	Mihogi Gizaemon II
The wakadono Nagatonosuke, the Unsenji oshô	Nakayama Raisuke II

9th lunar month of 1791: premiere at the Kadoza of Nagawa Shimesuke I's drama "Iroha Gana Shijûshichi Moji", which was produced by Nakayama Ittoku I and was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
En'ya Hangan, Ôboshi Yuranosuke	Ichikawa Danzô IV
Kô no Moronô, Yajibê, Sagisaka Bannai	Asao Tamejûrô I
Ishidô Umanojô, Teraoka Heiemon	Mimasu Daigorô II
Kanda Yogoro, Sagoemon, Orita Tamon-no-Kami	Seki Sanjûrô I
Kamura Sakyô, Teraoka's mother, Sanhin no Tasuke	Anegawa Shinshirô III
Tashiro Yasubê, the taiko mochi Ryûsuke	Nakayama Raisuke II
Konami, Osai	Nakamura Noshio II
The keisei Kashiwagi, the nakai Okaru, Yajibê's musume	Yoshizawa Iroha I
Ono no Kudayû, Yakushiji Jirozaemon, the tedai Ibê, Inoko Gunpei, Dennai	Yamamura Tomoemon I
Momonoi Wakasanosuke, Yasuke, the cook Shôshichi	Mimasu Matsugorô I
Yazama Jûtarô, Ichiriki Teikan	Ogawa Kichitarô II
Ôboshi Rikiya	Asao Yatarô

1st ~ 3rd lunar months of 1794: premiere of Tatsuoka Mansaku's drama "Keisei Haru no Tori" (7 acts - 23 scenes), which included the famous "Umagiri" scene, a scene where a horseman was cut down with a single slash by Oda Nobutaka. Tatsuoka Mansaku was assisted by Chikamatsu Tokusô and Nagawa Shimesuke I. This ni-no-kawari drama was produced by the zamoto Asao Okujirô I in Ôsaka at the Kado no Shibai and was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Oda Sanshichirô Nobutaka, Mashiba Hisayoshi	Ichikawa Danzô IV
Shibata Shurinosuke Katsushige, Kawata Kachizaemon, Iruma Yosodayû, Teruha, Oda Sanshichirô Nobutaka (when he replaces Ichikawa Danzô IV in this role)	Arashi Koroku III
Kanai Sankurô, Awaza Tarosuke, Miwa Gorozaemon Takahide	Asao Tamejûrô I
Tsuchiya Shôsuke's nyôbô Otani	Yamashita Kinsaku II
Takagawa Sehei, Shioya Tôemon, Yosodayû's nyôbô Komitsu	Anegawa Shinshirô III
The Korean Imperial Princess Shôgiku, the keisei Sonogiku, Mairase Soroku's nyôbô Oyuki	Nakamura Noshio II
Kobayagawa Tatewaki, Nagaoka Shingo	Seki San'emon
Tôemon's musume Otoyo	Fujikawa Tomokichi I
Segawa Uneme, the carpenter Yoshirô	Izumikawa Okezô

9th lunar month of 1794: first Kabuki adaptation of Chikamatsu Hanji's puppet theater drama "Kamakura Sandaiki", which was written in 1781. The play was produced by the zamoto Asao Okujirô I in Ôsaka at the Kado no Shibai with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Princess Toki	Nakamura Noshio II
Miuranosuke	Arashi Kichisaburô II
The farmer Adachi Tôzaburô, in reality Sasaki Takatsuna	Ichikawa Danzô IV
Hôjô Tokimasa, the yakko Sekisuke	Otowa Jirosaburô II
Uji-no-Kata, Kagaribi	Fujikawa Tomokichi I
Wada no Hyôe Hidemori, Surihari Tarozaemon	Asao Tamejûrô I
Wada's nyôbô	Yamashita Kinsaku II

3rd lunar month of 1795: Chikamatsu Monzaemon's drama "Komochi Yamanba", which was originally written for the puppet theater, was adapted for Kabuki for the first time, in Ôsaka at the Kado no Shibai. It was successfully staged from the 11th of March to the 27th of April with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Oginoya Yaegiri	Arashi Koroku III
Tabakoya Genshichi (in reality Sakata Kurando Tokiyuki), Kaidômaru	Arashi Sangorô II
Shiragiku	Fujikawa Tomokichi I
Princess Omodaka	Hanagiri Tomimatsu II
Minamoto no Yorimitsu	Arashi Hinasuke II
Watanabe no Tsuna, the koshimoto Ozasa	Nakamura Utaemon III
Kumatake	Arashi Sanpachi I
Monobe no Heita	Yamamura Tomoemon I
Aradômaru	Arashi Kichisaburô II

2nd lunar month of 1796: Suga Sensuke's puppet theater drama "Keisei Koi no Hikyaku" was adapted to Kabuki for the first time and staged at the Kado no Shibai with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Kameya Chûbê	Nakayama Bunshichi II
Umegawa	Yoshizawa Iroha I
Tanbaya Hachiemon	Nakayama Bungorô I
Tsuchiya Jiemon	Nakayama Bunzô
Oen	Arashi Wakamatsu I
Magoemon	Yamamura Giemon II

4th lunar month of 1796: premiere at the Kado no Shibai of the drama "Hade Kurabe Ishikawa-zome", written by Chikamatsu Tokuzô, Tatsuoka Mansaku and Namiki Shôzô II. Arashi Koroku III was supposed to play the roles of Ishikawa Goemon, Ishida-no-Tsubone and Rikyû but he died the 29th day of the 3rd lunar month of 1796. He was replaced by his son Arashi Hinasuke II. The play was a huge success and was staged in Ôsaka from the 1st day of the 4th lunar month up to the 17th day of the 5th lunar month. Then, the troupe moved to Kyôto to perform it at the Kitagawa no Shibai from the 19th day of the 5th lunar month to the last third of the 7th lunar month! The drama was produced in Ôsaka by Fujikawa Hachizô III with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Ishikawa Goemon, Ishida-no-Tsubone, Sen no Rikyû, Fuwa Bansaku	Arashi Hinasuke II
Yodomachi Gozen, Goemon's nyôbô Oritsu	Sawamura Kunitarô I
Miura Hitachinosuke, Furuta Naribe	Yamamura Giemon II
Kobuna no Gengorô, Mashiba Hisatsugu	Nakayama Bunshichi II
Sesonji Chûnagon Kiminari, Ueno's sister, Sannigorobê, Hei no Heibei	Nakayama Bungorô I
Ishida's daughter Takigawa	Yoshizawa Iroha I
Sengoku Gonbê	Fujikawa Hachizô III
Kuroda Kenmotsu, Fuji no Kurôji	Yamamura Tomoemon I
Katada no Kosuzume, Ueno's okugata	Mimasu Matsugorô I
Rikyû's daughter, Princess Chûjô	Hanagiri Tomimatsu II
Hayakawa Takakage	Nakayama Bunzô

7th lunar month of 1796: premiere of Chikamatsu Tokuzô's play "Ise Ondo Koi no Netaba" in Ôsaka at the Kado no Shibai. It was produced by Fujikawa Hachizô III and staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Fukuoka Mitsugi	Nakayama Bunshichi II
Okon	Yoshizawa Iroha I
Manno	Nakayama Bungorô I

11th lunar month of 1800: first Kabuki adaptation, at the Kado no Shibai, of Chikamatsu Yanagi's puppet theater drama "Ehon Taikôki", which was produced by Nakayama Tokujirô with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Takechi Mitsuhide	Asao Tamejûrô I
Oda Harunaga	Nakamura Utaemon III
Misao	Yoshizawa Iroha I
Satsuki	Mimasu Tokujirô I

1st lunar month of 1810: premiere at the Kado no Shibai of Chikamatsu Tokuzô and Namiki Miyosuke ni-no-kawari drama "Keisei Sato no Funauta", which was produced by Mimasu Kumesaburô with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Nagasaki Shirozaemon, Kuwanaya Tokuzô, Asakawa Kuranosuke	Kataoka Nizaemon VII
Ikkaku's wife Mayumi, Ofuji, Osawa	Yoshizawa Ayame V
Tadotsu Ikkaku, Hashitomi Ryôsuke	Arashi Kichisaburô II
Takamaru Kamejirô	Nakayama Hyakka
The keisei Higaki, Ryôsuke's nyôbô Oyuki	Nakayama Yoshio I
Matsuyama Sakon, Nadaroku	Nakayama Raisuke IV
Ôdachi Kenmotsu, the boatman Gonta, Kawagoe Dôhachi, Kitsui Nariiwa (?)	Asao Okuyama III
Kuranosuke's wife, Seki-no-To, Kureha	Nakamura Daikichi I

1st lunar month of 1814: premiere at the Kado no Shibai of Nagawa Harusuke I's drama "Keisei Tsukushi no Tsumagoto", the first play in Kabuki history based on the "Asagao Nikki" world. The play was produced by Ichikawa Zentarô with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Miyagi Asojirô, Okitsu no Nisa	Arashi Kichisaburô II
Miyuki, Princess Harusame	Sawamura Tanosuke II
The old woman Otama, Yuminosuke, Tokuemon	Asao Kuzaemon I
The foot-soldier Denzô, Arao Murakichi, Iwashiro Takita	Ôtani Tomoemon II
Tataranosuke, Keian	Arashi Kanjûrô I
Oran, The keisei Segawa	Kanô Minshi I
Hagino Yûzen	Nakamura Tomosa I
The keisei Iwakuni, Yuminosuke's wife	Kanô San'emon II

4th lunar month of 1819: Ichikawa Shikô I took the name of Ichikawa Danzô V in Ôsaka at the Kado no Shibai.

3rd lunar month of 1821: premiere at the Kado no Shibai of the drama "Kajiwara Heizô Kôbai Tazuna", a new version of the third act of "Miura no Ôsuke Kôbai Tazuna", revised by Kanazawa Ryûgoku I. It was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Kajiwara Heizô Kagetoki	Nakamura Utaemon III
Rokurôdayû	Asao Kuzaemon I
Kozue	Nakamura Matsue III
Matano Gorô	Nakamura Kashichi II
Ôba Saburô	Asao Okuyama III

5th day of the 2nd lunar month of 1827: a fire broke out within the Kado no Shibai, destroying itself, the Naka no Shibai, the Ônishi no Shibai and the Kadomaru no Shibai.

1st lunar month of 1830: premiere at the Kado no Shibai of the new year ni-no-kawari ishikawa-goemonmono drama "Keisei Setsugekka", which was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Ishikawa Goemon, Ishida no Tsubone, the kamiyui Sanni no goroshichi	Nakamura Utaemon III
Mashiba Hisatsugu, Kobuna Gengorô, the karô Takagi Jirodayû, Iwaki Taemanojô, Miura Tatewaki	Arashi Rikan II
Ayanami, the keisei Tsukasa, Gengorô's nyôbô	Nakamura Matsue III
Miura Hitachi, Kadoya Toramatsu	Matsumoto Kôshirô V
Konomura Ôinosuke, Matsuda Jûnai	Kataoka Nizaemon VII
Kureha, Takigawa, Oritsu	Sawamura Kunitarô II
Segawa Uneme	Ogawa Kichitarô III
Miki-no-Kami, the shôya Shôemon	Nakayama Bunshichi III
Saeda Masaemon	Ichikawa Hakuen II
Princess Matsuyoi, Ashigara Kinzô	Nakamura Kashichi II

2nd lunar month of 1832: the "Gojôbashi" scene of "Ôgiya Kumagai", which was not in the original puppet drama, was added to this drama for the first time and staged in Ôsaka at the Kado no Shibai. This new scene was a kind of parody of the famous encounter on the Gojô Bridge in Kyôto between the young boy Ushiwakamaru and the warrior priest Musashibô Benkei. "Ôgiya Kumagai" was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Kumagai Jirô Naozane	Nakamura Utaemon III
Kohagi (in reality Taira no Atsumori)	Iwai Shijaku I
Kazusa	Ôtani Tomoemon III
Kazusa's wife	Arashi Kanô

1st lunar month of 1833: Nakamura Matsue III took the prestigious name of Nakamura Tomijûrô II, which had not been held since 8th lunar month of 1786, at the Kado no Shibai. Premiere of "Chichi Morai", staged as the second part of the new year drama "Keisei Chigo-ga-Fuchi" with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Kanô Shirojirô	Nakamura Utaemon III
Koyuki	Nakamura Tomijûrô II
Iwakiya Tôzaburô	Bandô Jutarô I

1st lunar month of 1839: premiere at the Kado no Shibai of Nishizawa Ippô's drama "Keisei Hama no Masago", which was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Mashiba Hisatsugu, Kofuna no Gengorô, Kumai Gengorô	Kataoka Gadô II
Gion-no-Okaji, the keisei Ishikawaya Masagoji, Otaki	Nakamura Tomijûrô II
Mashiba Hisayoshi	Bandô Mitsugorô IV
Mashiba Hisaaki, Horio Tatewaki	Arashi Rikaku II
Kishida Minbu, Ishiba no Gorozô, Tsujiura Jûnai	Asao Kuzaemon II
Fuwa Bansaku, Sanni no Goroshichi	Nakamura Utajûrô

3rd lunar month of 1839: the play "Sesshû Gappô-ga-Tsuji" was staged for the first time in Ôsaka, at the Kado no Shibai, with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Tamate Gozen, Irihei's wife Osode	Nakamura Tomijûrô II
Gappô Dôshin	Asao Kuzaemon II
Takayasu Shuntokumaru	Nakamura Utajûrô
Princess Asaka	Asao Yosaburô
Gappô's wife Otoku	Nakayama Bunshichi III
The yakko Irihei	Arashi Rikaku II

1848: Ichikawa Tatsuzô made his first stage appearance at the Kadoza.

21st day of the 4th lunar month of 1852: a fire broke out within the Kado no Shibai and destroyed three theaters and numerous others buildings.

10th lunar month of 1852: Ichikawa Kuzô II took the name of Ichikawa Danzô VI at the Kadoza.

11th lunar month of 1855: first Kabuki adaptation of Yamada-no-Kakashi's puppet theater drama "Shôutsushi Asagao Nikki", which was staged as kodomo shibai at the Kado no Shibai with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Miyagi Asojirô, Komazawa Jirozaemon	Nakamura Komanosuke V
Miyuki	Nakamura Masajirô I

3rd lunar month of 1866: premiere at the Kado no Shibai of "Shunshoku Ume Goyomi", the first adaptation to Kabuki of Tamenaga Shunsui's 1833 novel, which was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Karakotoya Tanjirô	Kataoka Gatô II
The geisha Yonehachi	Nakamura Sennosuke
The geisha Adahachi	???

1st lunar month of 1872: Kataoka Matsuwaka took the name of Kataoka Gadô III at the Kadoza.

1879: Jitsukawa Yaozô I became zagashira at the Kadoza.

April 1891: Bandô Chôjirô made his first stage appearance at the Kadoza.

March 1901: Kataoka Tsuchinosuke II took the name of Kataoka Gadô IV at the Kadoza.

January 1907: Kataoka Gatô III took the name of Kataoka Nizaemon XI at the Kadoza.

October 1907: premiere at the Kadoza of Watanabe Katei's chûshinguramono "Tsuchiya Chikara", which was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Tsuchiya Chikara	Nakamura Ganjirô I
Osono	Nakamura Fukusuke IV (who celebrated his shûmei)
Takarai Kikaku	Nakamura Baigyoku II (who celebrated his shûmei)
Ôtaka Gengo	Jitsukawa Enzaburô V

January 1909: Ichikawa Udanji I and his son Ichikawa Unosuke I respectively took the names of Ichikawa Sai'nyû and Ichikawa Udanji II at the Kadoza.

October 1941: Nakamura Senjaku I took the name of Nakamura Kanjaku IV at the Kadoza; his son Nakamura Senjaku II made his first stage appearance.

Seki Sanjûrô II on the stage of the Kado no Shibai in the 12th lunar month of 1826, with some members of the Sakura patrons group