ÔSAKA KAOMISE 1717
   
Play title Benten Chôja Uga no Tama  In Japanese
Theater Kado no Shibai
Producer Ogino Kinnojô
Playwright Kyôya Yagoshirô

The kaomise drama "Benten Chôja Uga no Tama" was produced in the 11th lunar month of 1717 [1] in Ôsaka at the Kado no Shibai by Ogino Kinnojô. The opening day was the 1st day of the 11th lunar month of the 2nd year of the Kyôhô era, which was the 3rd of December 1717 in the western calendar. This kaomise program was staged with the following casting:

Code Actors Roles
1 Hagino Sayonosuke The kamuro Moshio
2 Ôshima Kajûrô Orose no Manza
3 Ogino Kinnojô The keisei Mikasa
4 Sanogawa Hanazuma I The keisei Kasugano
5 Morita Yasaburô Bannojô
6 Kanazawa Hikogorô I Gunzaemon
7 Fujimura Oginojô Tanba Otomi [2]
8 Yoshida Jûrobê II Zennojô
9 Fujita Bunzaemon The Amakawa kôshitsu
10 Sodesaki Wakaura I The Kyôto woman Omoto
11 Iwai Hanshirô III Torii Nagaonosuke
12 Toyoda Dan'emon The karô Taema Daigaku
13 Yoshizawa Tamazuma Miwa-no-Mae
14 Nakamura Shingorô I Amakawa Kinzô
15 Ôtori Michiemon Ôe no Hyôgo [3]
16 Shinozuka Jirozaemon I Karatsuma Tadaemon

Others actors who took part in this kaomise program were:

Roles Actors
tachiyaku Yanagawa Sôzaemon
Mitsuyama Genzaemon
Yoshida Taemon
katakiyaku Shinozuka Jûzaemon
dôkegata Tanimatsu Heisuke
oyajigata Hirakawa Chûzaemon
wakaonnagata Tomizawa Samanosuke II
Fujikawa Shômatsu
Ono Matsusaburô
Fujimura Katsutarô
Hagino Umenosuke
Mizuki Kichitarô
Sanogawa Jinnosuke
Onogiri Katsusaburô
Fujii Hanamatsu
Yoshizawa Miyako
wakashugata Hanagiri Sentarô
Hagino Handayû
Yoshizawa Somegorô
Sanogawa Kuramatsu

[1] "I worked on this kaomise page in November 2017, almost 300 years afterwards!" (Shôriya Aragorô)

[2] Otomi from the Province of Tanba.

[3] A role popularized by Kataoka Nizaemon I in Kyôto.

 
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