KYÔTO KAOMISE 1723


Play titles	Teono Hajime Kogane no Ishizue
Theater	Miyako Mandayû's theater
Producer	Segawa Kikunojô I
Playwright	Fukuoka Yagoshirô

The kaomise drama "Teono Hajime Kogane no Ishizue" was produced by Segawa Kikunojô I at Miyako Mandayû's theater in Kyôto in the 11th lunar month of 1723^[1]. It was staged with the following casting:

Code	Actors	Roles
1	Anegawa Shinshirô I	Shikamazu Ôkura
2	Sodeshima Genji	Gekizaemon's nyôbô Otsuru
3	Yamamoto Koshikibu	Kunitarô
4	Mizuki Masano	Hatsuume-no-Mae
5	Onogawa Ugenji	Kameyama Okinojô
6	Yamamoto Hikogorô	Hiyô Gosuke, later Mizuno Daijûrô
7	Tsuruyama Hangorô	Hidesuke
8	Yamamura Ichitarô	The keisei Kazen
9	Kirinami Onoe	Omatsu
10	Fujikawa Heikurô	The rônin Hamada Buemon
11	Somenoi Hanshirô	Yohachirô (in reality Komaki Shinnojô)
12	Sagawa Bunzô I	Tôma Jûsuke
13	Tamagawa Genzaburô	Chihaya Kusuemon
14	Anegawa Shinshirô I	Shikamazu Ôkura
15	Matsukawa Tsuneemon	The karô Gekizaemon
16	Segawa Kikunojô I	Okyô

Actors	Category/Ranking
Anegawa Shinshirô I	tachiyaku jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]
Tamagawa Genzaburô	dôkegata jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]

Others actors in identified roles were: Fukuoka Yagoshirô, Tamagawa Sennojô IV, Kiriyama Sôshichi, Asao Shichirôji, Kanazawa Yoheiji, Fujishima Chôzaemon, Kikukawa Kyônosuke, Fujita Kosaburô and Segawa Kikujirô I.

[1] "I worked on this kaomise page in December 2023, 300 years afterwards!" (Shôriya Aragorô)

[2] Our definition of star is a ranking equal or above jô-jô-kichi.