EDO KAOMISE 1725

The kaomise drama "Semimaru Onna Moyô" was produced by Ichimura Takenojô IV at the Ichimuraza in Edo in the 11th lunar month of 1725. It was staged with the following casting:

Code	Actors	Roles
1	Hayakawa Hatsuse	Bashô
2	Ichikawa Nedanji	Kisanta
3	Kamakura Chôkurô II	Yase no Gunji
4	Wakabayashi Shirogorô	Mareyo
5	Nakajima Saburoshirô	Hayahiro
6	Nakajima Mihoemon I	Prince Sakagami^[3]
7	Ogino Izaburô I	Hakata no Ôuchimaru
8	Hayakawa Hatsuse	Bashô
9	Sanjô Kantarô II	Princess Nao
10	Ogawa Zengorô I	Senju Nyûdô^[4]
11	Hayakawa Shinkatsu	A woman looking like Semimaru
12	Nakamura Kichibê I	A sobakiri-uri
13	Ichimura Takenojô IV	Senju Jirô
14	Ichikawa Danzô I	Sakagami Kiyotsura
15	Tsuruya Nanboku I	Kitôta
16	Nakagawa Shirojirô	Hakuga Sanmi
17	Onogawa Ugenji	Katsutamaru

The stars^[2] of this kaomise program were:

Actors	Category/Ranking
Ichikawa Danzô I	tachiyaku jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]
Ogawa Zengorô I	tachiyaku jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]
Nakajima Mihoemon I	jitsuaku jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]
Hayakawa Hatsuse	wakaonnagata jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]
Sanjô Kantarô II	wakaonnagata jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]
Tsuruya Nanboku I	dôkegata jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]
Ogino Izaburô I	wakashugata jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]

Others actors were Hayakawa Denshirô, Suzuki Heizaemon III, Yamanaka Tôzaburô, Ikushima Zenji I, Ôkawa Heizaemon, Nanboku Magotarô II, Murakami Zenzaemon, Hashimoto Daijirô & Yamatogawa Tomigorô.

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

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

[4] The nyûdô Senju.