ÔSAKA KAOMISE 1756


Play title	Taihei Yamato Monogatari
Theater	Kado no Shibai
Producer	Anegawa Daikichi I
Playwrights	Namiki Eisuke I, Katsura no Kichi, Sawamura Shôzaemon, Sakurayama Shinkurô

The kaomise drama "Taihei Yamato Monogatari" was produced in the 11th lunar month of 1756 in Ôsaka at the Kado no Shibai by Anegawa Daikichi I. The opening day was the 21st (or the 9th) day of the 11th lunar month of the 6th year of the Hôreki era, which was the 12th of December 1756 in the western calendar. "Taihei Yamato Monogatari" was staged with the following casting:

Code	Actors	Roles
1	Hiraoka Mansuke^[2]	???
2	Bandô Toyosaburô I	Kurofune Ihachi
3	???	???
4	Fujikawa Heikurô	The manzai entertainer Nejiemon (in realiy Gotobê)
5	Ôtani Hirohachi I	Kajiwara Heizô Kagetoki
6	Bandô Ikuzô^[3]	Kajiwara Genta Kagesue
7	Sawamura Nisaku^[4]	The mekake Kokonoe (in reality Yamabuki Gozen)
8	Bandô Toyosaburô I	Minamoto no Yoritomo
9	Sawamura Sukejûrô^[5]	The manzai entertainer Yojiemon
10	Sanjô Namie I	Gotobê's nyôbô Osek
11	Fujikawa Hachizô I	Date no Jirô
12	Sawamura Sukejûrô^[5]	Yojiemon
13	Nakamura Jûzô I	The togiya Tôsaku, in reality Miura Shirô
14	Ichinokawa Hikoshirô II	Minamoto no Yoshitsune
15	Fujikawa Heikurô	Izumi no Saburô
16	Nakamura Jûzô I	Miura Shirô
17	Anegawa Daikichi I	Tôsaku's nyôbô Oshizu (in reality Shizuka Gozen)

[2] This dôkegata actor was not recorded in Nojima Jusaburô's book "Kabuki Jinmei Jiten". Hiraoka Mansuke's rank in the 1757 Ôsaka hyôbanki, dôkegata section, was jô-jô (superior - superior) [visual].

[3] This tachiyaku actor was not recorded in Nojima Jusaburô's book "Kabuki Jinmei Jiten". Bandô Ikuzô's rank in the 1757 Ôsaka hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, was jô-jô-(shiro)hankichi (superior - superior - (white) half excellent) [visual].

[4] This wakaonnagata actor was not recorded in Nojima Jusaburô's book "Kabuki Jinmei Jiten". Sawamura Nisaku's rank in the 1757 Ôsaka hyôbanki, wakaonnagata section, was jô-jô (superior - superior) [visual].

[5] This tachiyaku actor was not recorded in Nojima Jusaburô's book "Kabuki Jinmei Jiten". Sawamura Sukejûrô's rank in the 1757 Ôsaka hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, was jô-jô-hankichi (superior - superior - half excellent) [visual].