KYÔTO KAOMISE 1718


Play title	Shiga no Miyako Kogane no Hanazono
Theater	Ebisuya Kichirôbê's theater
Producer	Yamatoyama Jinzaemon I
Playwright	Adachi Saburôzaemon

The kaomise drama "Shiga no Miyako Kogane no Hanazono" was produced in the 11th lunar month of 1718^[1] in Ôsaka at Ebisuya Kichirôbê's theater by Yamatoyama Jinzaemon I. This kaomise program was staged with the following casting:

Code	Actors	Roles
1	Uemura Kiyosaburô	The keisei Ichikawa
2	Katayama Kozaemon	Mikami Hayatonosuke
3	Ôshima Kajûrô	The monk Renshinbô
4	Tamagawa Sennojô IV	Hanazono's okugata (and kôshitsu)
5	Yashio Ikuemon	Ohara Minbu
6	Fujikawa Kinjûrô	Shinohara Dônosuke
7	Yamamura Utanosuke	Dônosuke's younger sister Ôsaka
8	Yamatoyama Jinzaemon I	Kasazuke no Aruki Terachô^[2]
9	Ogino Yaegiri I	Naniwa no Oshige
10	Nanboku Sabu II	Megawa Denpachi
11	Fujikawa Buzaemon I	Shigaraki Daiemon
12	Nakamura Kichisaburô I	The menoto Kinugasa
13	Yamatoyama Jinzaemon I	Takenojô
14	Osagawa Jûemon	Aomi Gôsuke
15	Ogino Yaegiri I	Naniwa no Oshige

Others actors who took part in this kaomise program were:

Roles	Actors
tachiyaku	Asao Shichirôji Asada Tôshichi Yamaoka Tôzaemon
katakiyaku	Okajima Motoemon Ogawa Gengo Sakata Tsunezaemon Hagino Sadaemon
dôkegata	Tôgoku Heinai
kashagata	Fujishima Chôzaemon
wakaonnagata	Hagino Sagenta Kirinami Onoe Tamagawa Kindayû Fujita Daijirô II Fujita Sanzaburô Yoshizawa Sakinosuke I Miyazaki Takesaburô
wakashugata	Asao Hisamatsu Ôshima Monnosuke Fujita Yaegiku

[1] "I worked on this kaomise page in December 2018, almost 300 years afterwards!" (Shôriya Aragorô)

[2] What or who is a kasazuke no aruki terachô? I could not really translate it. In Japanese: 笠付あるきの寺長. Is it a walking temple chief wearing a bamboo hat?