The kaomise drama "Inari Yashiki Daikoku Bashira" was produced in the 11th lunar month of 1717 ^[1] in Ôsaka at the Naka no Shibai by Sawamura Chôjûrô I. The opening day was the 2nd day of the 11th lunar month of the 2nd year of the Kyôhô era, which was the 4th of December 1717 in the western calendar. A kiri kyôgen entitled "Ôsaka Shinjû Hajimari" ^[2] was staged from the 1st day of the 12th lunar month (the 2nd of January 1718 in the western calendar). The kaomise and the kiri kyôgen were staged with the following casting:

Others actors who took part in this kaomise program were:

[1] "I worked on this kaomise page in November 2017, almost 300 years afterwards!" (Shôriya Aragorô)

[2] This drama was a shinjûmono based on the story of Chôemon and his lover Ichinojô. The 17th day of the 5th lunar month of the 3rd year of the Tenna era (the 11th of June 1683 in the western calendar), the courtesan Yamatoya Ichinojô and her lover Goze no Chôemon committed suicide together in Ôsaka. This event caused quite a stir and three Ôsaka theaters decided to capitalize on the situation by simultaneously producing the same month the first shinjûmono of Kabuki history.