EDO KAOMISE 1718

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.