During the Edo period, a kaomise was the "face-showing" ceremony of a theater, which celebrated the opening of the new theatrical year and its new troupe. It was generally held in November and was a very important event in Edo, Ôsaka or Kyôto.

Edo 1711 (Ichimuraza)

Ôsaka 1713 (Shioya Kuroemon's theater)

Kyôto 1714 (Miyako Mandayû's theater)

Ôsaka 1722 (Ônishi no Shibai)

Ôsaka 1723 (Kado no Shibai)

Edo 1730 (Moritaza)

Ôsaka 1732 (Naka no Shibai)

Edo 1740 (Ichimuraza)

Ôsaka 1748 (Kado no Shibai)

Kyôto 1751 (Minamigawa no Shibai)  

Edo 1753 (Moritaza)

Kyôto 1766 (Kitagawa no Shibai)

Ôsaka 1772 (Naka no Shibai)

Ôsaka 1777 (Kado no Shibai)

Kyôto 1784 (Nishi no Shibai)

Edo 1801 (Kawarazakiza)