ÔSAKA KAOMISE 1725
   
Play titles Hôraisan Imose no Matsu  In Japanese
Kôri no Haraobi Inochi no Kaname  In Japanese
Theater Naka no Shibai
Producer Yamamoto Kyôshirô I
Playwrights ???

The kaomise drama "Hôraisan Imose no Matsu" was produced in the 11th lunar month of 1725 at the Naka no Shibai by Yamamoto Kyôshirô I. It celebrated the shûmei of Nakamura Shirogorô II and Yamashita Kamenojô II.

Code Actors Roles
1 Ichikawa Tamigorô The wakadono Kishinojô
2 Miyazaki Giheita Tsunaemon
3 Yamamoto Kyôshirô I Kasugayama Jônosuke
4 Nakamura Kanjûrô Ikoma Hachirozaemon [3]
5 Yoshizawa Tamazuma The keisei Utaginu
6 Yamamoto Matsusaburô II Princess Ikuyo [4]
7 Ichinokawa Hikoshirô I Funazu Tomiemon
8 Yamamoto Hikogorô Umeyama Daigaku
9 Arashi Kinzaburô Hachirozaemon's daughter Komatsu
10 Nakamura Shirogorô II Mochizuki Daisuke
11 Yamashita Kamenojô II Daigaku's mekake Kokonoe
12 Nakayama Shinkurô I [5] Uda Magosaburô
13 Tomizawa Montarô I Magosaburô's nyôbô Minase

No star [2] in this kaomise!

Others actors were Tamekawa Kohyôe, Sawano Hachigorô, Yanagawa Sôzaemon, Mizuki Kiyohashi and Tsuzuki Daizaburô (in the role of Matsura Gonnojô).

There was also a kiri kyôgen, a sewamono, which was entitled "Kôri no Haraobi Inochi no Kaname" and which was staged in the same theater after the kaomise drama:

Code Actors Roles
1 Nakamura Kanjûrô Hikozaemon
2 Yamamoto Hikogorô Igaya Kuemon
3 Yamamoto Kyôshirô I The tedai Gonzaburô
4 Nakayama Shinkurô I Zenbê
5 Yamamoto Kyôshirô I The tedai Gonzaburô
6 Ichinokawa Hikoshirô I Dengorô
7 Yoshizawa Tamazuma Igaya Koman

Others actors were Nakamura Shirogorô II & Tsuzuki Daizaburô in the roles of Nagasakiya Jinroku & the Igaya decchi.

[1] "I worked on this kaomise page in November 2025, almost 300 years afterwards!" (Shôriya Aragorô)

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

[3] Ikoma Hachirozaemon or Ikoma Hachirôzaemon? Two possible readings.

[4] Ikuyo-hime.

[5] He also played the roled of the rônin Jûheiji.

 
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