EDO KAOMISE 1718
   
Play title Gozen Nô Mitsu Uroko  In Japanese
Theater Ichimuraza
Producer Ichimura Takenojô IV
Playwright ???

The kaomise drama "Gozen Nô Mitsu Uroko" was produced by Ichimura Takenojô IV at the Ichimuraza in Edo in the 11th lunar month of 1718 [1]. It celebrated the arrival in Edo of the Kamigata actor Onoe Samon and the Kyôto shamisen master Miyako Icchû I. It was staged with the following casting:

Code Actors Roles
1 Ichimura Takenojô IV Hôjô no Tokimune
2 Hayama Ugenta Katase Irienosuke
3 Ogawa Zengorô I Akaboshi Tarô
4 Onogawa Orie Aoto's nyôbô Masago
5 Sanjô Kantarô II The goke Nishiki-no-Mae
6 Nakajima Mihoemon I Daruma Masamune
7 Ôtani Hiroji I Aoto Saemon Fujitsuna
8 Mimasuya Sukejûrô I Sano Genzaemon Tsuneyo
9 Miyako Icchû I The Kyôto shamisen made a kôjô on the stage of the Ichimuraza
10 Nakajima Saburoshirô Ôta Banzaemon
11 Sodeoka Masanosuke II Tsuneyo's mother
12 Onoe Kamenosuke Tsunewaka
13 Onoe Samon Kôbai
14 Matsuo Kichiya Shigure
15 Onoe Samon Kôbai
16 Onoe Kamenosuke Tsunewaka

Others actors who took part in this kaomise program were:

Roles Actors
tachiyaku Sawamura Jûrôzaemon [2]
Hayakawa Denshirô
Nakamura Shirôji
Miyakogawa Tôjirô
Yamanaka Tomoemon
Yamakawa Hikoemon
Nakamura Sengorô
katakiyaku Ôtani Ryûzaemon I [3]
dôkegata Nanboku Magotarô I
Tsuruya Genzô
oyajigata Ôkuma Utaemon
kashagata Murakami Zenzaemon
Uemura Shinshirô
wakaonnagata Sodesaki Miwano I
Sawamura Shôdayû
Takenaka Naruse
wakashugata Sanjô Sanzaburô

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

[2] Sawamura Jûrôzaemon played the role of Arakawa Kurando.

[3] Ôtani Ryûzaemon I played the role of Daitôji Anzaemon.

 
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