EDO KAOMISE 1718
   
Play title Hirakana Yomeiri Izu Nikki  In Japanese
Theater Nakamuraza
Producer Nakamura Kanzaburô VI
Playwright ???

The kaomise drama "Hirakana Yomeiri Izu Nikki" was produced by Nakamura Kanzaburô VI at the Nakamuraza in Edo in the 11th lunar month of 1718 [1]. It welcomed in Edo the Kamigata actor Sanogawa Mangiku and it was staged with the following casting:

Code Actors Roles
1 Katsuyama Matagorô Minamoto no Yoritomo
2 Fujimura Handayû II Yakumo-no-Mae
3 Nakamura Denpachi The thread shop inkyo
4 Yamanaka Heikurô I The nyûdô Itô Jakushin
5 Hayakawa Dengorô Matano no Gorô
6 Ichikawa Danjûrô II Kawazu no Saburô
7 Sanogawa Mangiku The daughter of the thread shop
8 Sakata Hangorô I Washi no Chôkichi
9 Arashi Kiyosaburô II The koshimoto Naka
10 Ichikawa Danjûrô II Kawazu no Saburô
11 Sanogawa Mangiku The daughter of the thread shop disguised as Masago-no-Mae
12 Yamashita Karumo Masago-no-Mae
13 Sakata Hangorô I Kudô Saemon Suketsune

Others actors who took part in this kaomise program were:

Roles Actors
tachiyaku Nakamura Kichibê I [2]
Nakajima Kanzaemon II
Miyazaki Jûshirô I [3]
Ichikawa Shinjûrô
Ikushima Tôzaburô
Nakamura Rokusaburô
Murayama Tôjûrô
katakiyaku Narumi Goroshirô I [4]
dôkegata Saigoku Hyôgorô II [5]
Takeda Gensuke
kashagata Iwai Tatsusaburô II
wakaonnagata Dekishima Sagenta
Sakata Oginojô
Sakata Emon
wakashugata Yamatogawa Tatsuya
Tomizawa Kônosuke
Takahashi Kichijûrô
Nakamura Tsumanojô
koyaku Nakamura Shichisaburô II

[1] "I worked on this kaomise page in October 2018, almost 300 years afterwards!" (Shôriya Aragorô)

[2] Nakamura Kichibê I played the role of the monk Tosabô.

[3] Miyazaki Jûshirô I played the role of Tôkurô Morinaga.

[4] Narumi Goroshirô I played the role of Yamagi Hangan.

[5] Saigoku Hyôgorô II played the role of the monk Shômonbô.

 
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