EDO KAOMISE 1718
   
Play title Zenkunen Yoroi Kurabe  In Japanese
Theater Moritaza
Producer Morita Kan'ya IV
Playwright ???

The kaomise drama "Zenkunen Yoroi Kurabe" was produced by Morita Kan'ya IV at the Moritaza in Edo in the 11th lunar month of 1718 [1]. It celebrated the shûmei of both Ichikawa Kuzô and Kamakura Chôkurô. It was staged with the following casting:

Code Actors Roles
1 Shinomiya Genpachi Kamakura Gon-no-Kami
2 Ichikawa Kuzô Miura no Arajirô
3 Miyakawa Hachirôzaemon Taira no Ujimasa
4 Sawamura Sôjûrô I Fujiwara no Takenori
5 Mizuki Kikunojô Momiji-no-Naishi
6 Ôtani Hiroemon I Abe no Sadatô
7 Matsumoto Kôshirô I Kamakura Gongorô Kagemasa
8 Mizuki Takejûrô Hachiman Tarô
9 Nakamura Takesaburô I Onoe-no-Mae
10 Sengoku Hikosuke I Katsuta no Jirô
11 Tomizawa Hanzaburô I Matsuura Gorô, in reality Abe no Munetô
12 Kanazawa Heiroku Mitsutô
13 Takamura Matashirô Ebimodayû
14 Asao Jûjirô I Masaki
15 Ichikawa Monnosuke I Kamo no Jirô
16 Tamazawa Rin'ya Shirotae

Others actors who took part in this kaomise program were:

Roles Actors
tachiyaku Imamura Motojûrô [2]
Shimada Uheiji
Someoka Genkichi
Yamazaki Jûgorô
Kojima Heizaemon
Ichikawa Sanzaburô
katakiyaku Yamanaka Heishirô I [3]
Kamakura Chôkurô II
kashagata Yamamura Sôzaemon
Uemura Heijûrô
wakaonnagata Ichikawa Kaoru I
Nakamura Ugenji
Dekishima Daisuke II

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

[2] Imamura Motojûrô played the role of Mitachi Gontarô.

[3] Yamanaka Heishirô I played the role of Yabuki Yatôta.

 
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