KYÔTO KAOMISE 1756
   
Play title Daimyô Bimandai Kuniiri Kamakura Kagami  In Japanese
Theater Minamigawa no Shibai
Producer Sawamura Kunitarô I
Playwrights Fujikawa Sakoku, Hanabusa Rochô

The kaomise drama "Daimyô Bimandai Kuniiri Kamakura Kagami" was produced in the 11th lunar month of 1756 in Kyôto at the Minamigawa no Shibai by Sawamura Kunitarô I. The opening day was the 1st day of the 11th lunar month of the 6th year of the Hôreki era, which was the 22nd of November 1756 in the western calendar. This kaomise program was staged with the following casting:

Code Actors Roles
1 Ogurayama Sentarô Ema no Koshirô
2 Arashi Hinasuke I ???
3 Onoe Montarô The wakatô Sodesuke, in reality Ecchû no Saburobê
4 Sanogawa Sôkichi Kudô's sister Hanazono
5 Nakamura Shinshirô Kajiwara Genta Kagesue
6 Sakakiyama Koshirô II Kudô Saemon Suketsune
7 Mihogi Shichitarô Oniô Shinzaemon's nyôbô Otowa
8 Matsumoto Tomojûrô II Iwanaga Heiroku
9 Sakata Tôjûrô III The uirô peddler Kikuhei [1], in reality Oniô Shinzaemon
10 Kirishima Gizaemon I The bashi Shujin no Ichizô, in reality Kyô no Jirô
11 Mimasu Daigorô I The bashi Ishibe no Kinkichi, in reality Mata no Gorô Kagehisa
12 Arashi Koroku I Taira no Tokitada's okugata Sakuragi Gozen
13 Kataoka Nizaemon IV Taira no Tokifusa
14 Sawamura Kunitarô I Princess ???
15 Tamamura Bennosuke Princess Kotobuki
16 Sakakiyama Shirotarô II Kinkichi's sister Okuri

[1] This role was performed in the fast-speech style of the Edo Ichikawa clan in "Uirô Uri".

[2] It was reported in the 3rd volume of "Kabuki Nenpyô" that Kataoka Nizaemon IV celebrated his shûmei in Kyôto.

 
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