EDO KAOMISE 1801


Play title	Meika no Toku Mimasu no Tamagaki Ume ni Suisen Iro no Udezuku Miko no Suzu Niwaka no Furisode
Theater	Kawarasakiza
Producer	Kawarasaki Gonnosuke V
Playwrights	Sakurada Jisuke I, Muraoka Kôji I, Hon'ya Sôshichi




The actors Iwai Kumesaburô I (top/left), Ichikawa Danzô IV (bottom/left) and Ichikawa Hakuen I (bottom/right) playing the roles of the fox Kojorô, the pilgrim Tôsaku and the shûgyôsha Banryû in the kaomise drama "Meika no Toku Mimasu no Tamagaki", which was staged in the 11th lunar month of 1801 at the Kawarasakiza (print made by Utagawa Toyokuni III)	The actors Ichikawa Hakuen I (bottom/left) and Iwai Kumesaburô I (top/right) playing the roles of Funawaka Gorô and the Kobiki-chô chaya girl Osan in the drama "Meika no Toku Mimasu no Tamagaki", which was staged in the 11th lunar month of 1801 at the Kawarasakiza (print made by Utagawa Toyokuni I)

The kaomise drama "Meika no Toku Mimasu no Tamagaki" was produced in the 11th lunar month of 1801 at the Kawarasakiza by Kawarasaki Gonnosuke V with the following casting:

Code	Actors	Roles
1	Bandô Yasosuke I	The jichô Gorômata, in reality Itoku Saburô
2	Iwai Kumesaburô I	Prince Koretaka, the Kobiki-chô chaya girl Osan, Kudayû's daughter Oriki (in reality Ono no Komachi), the keisei Ariwara (in reality the fox Kojorô)
3	Ichikawa Tomozô II	Dokko no Daroku
4	Ichikawa Hakuen I	Funawaka Gorô, the shûgyôsha Banryû (in reality Ôtomo no Kuronushi)
5	Ichikawa Danzô IV	The pilgrim Tôsaku, Godai Saburô, Yasojima Daijin (in reality Goi Rokusuke)

Others actors in identified roles were:

Actors	Roles
Bandô Mitsugorô III	The jichô Jirômata, in reality Yoshimine Shôshô Munesada, Yukienosuke
Ichikawa Danzaburô IV	The courtesan Kotono
Ichikawa Aragorô I	Kujaku Saburô, Denpôkichi
Ôtani Tokuji I	The jichô Tarômata, in reality Ôtake Tarô
Kirinoya Monzô	Ikaruga Tarô
Ichikawa Monzaburô II	Ono no Yoshizane
Miyazaki Jûshirô III	The nyûdô Tako
Nakajima Wadaemon	Aramaki Mimishirô
Bandô Ryûzô	Kageyu Jikan, Sannô
Ichikawa Onoe	Hatsune-no-Mae
Yamashita Taminosuke	Hata Daizen's sister Chisato
Ichikawa Dansaku I	The yakko Shigohei
Bandô Mikizô	The yakko Shimehei
Ichikawa Danbê	Katano Gontô
Ichikawa Jûzô	The yakko Nomuhei
Arashi Naozô	The yakko Yaruhei

Others actors were Ichikawa Raizô III, Nakamura Kanzaemon, Bandô Daikichi I, Kirishima Giemon I, Ogawa Jûtarô, Arashi Masuzô, Arashi Tazô and Bandô Shichizô. Ichikawa Omezô I was supposed to perform in this kaomise program but he fell ill and did not appear on stage.

There was the usual "Shibaraku" scene in this kaomise drama, starring Ichikawa Hakuen I and Iwai Kumesaburô I. There were also two Tokiwazu-based dance-dramas, which were created by Azuma Kunidayû and entitled "Ume ni Suisen Iro no Udezuku" and "Miko no Suzu Niwaka no Furisode". Morita Kan'ya VIII took the name of Bandô Yasosuke I while playing the role of the jichô Gorômata, in reality Itoku Saburô, in the former dance-drama.

The opening day was the 7th (or the 9th) day of the 11th lunar month of the 1st year of the Kyôwa era (1801), which was the 12th (or the 14th) of December 1801 in the western calendar. The last day was, according to the chronicles, the 17th day of the 12th lunar month of the 1st year of the Kyôwa era, which was the 20th of January 1802 in the western calendar.