EDO KAOMISE 1722

The kaomise drama "Hônen Taiheiki" was produced by Nakamura Kanzaburô VI at the Nakamuraza in Edo in the 11th lunar month of 1722^[1]. It was staged with the following casting:

Code	Actors	Roles
1	Tsuruya Nanboku I	Hata Rokurôzaemon
2	Sodeoka Masanosuke II	The Sano kôshitsu
3	Nakajima Saburoshirô	Kenjishi, in reality Nabari Hachirô Toshitane
4	Ogawa Zengorô I	The nyûdô Sagami
5	Nakamura Shichisaburô II	Nitta Yoshisuke
6	Yamamura Ichitarô	Kôtô-no-Naishi
7	Shinomiya Genpachi	The nyûdô Nagasaki
8	Ôtani Hiroji I	Nagasaki Kageyu Saemon
9	Ichikawa Danjûrô II	Nitta Yoshisada
10	Ogawa Zengorô I	Kusunoki Masanari
11	Mimasuya Sukejûrô I	Shinozuka Iga-no-Kami
12	Ôtani Hiroji I	Nagasaki Kageyu Saemon
13	Hayakawa Hatsuse	The Yoshimitsu kôshitsu Uroko Gozen
14	Ichikawa Danjûrô II	Nitta Yoshisada
15	Ichikawa Monnosuke I	Kusunoki Masatsura
16	Narumi Goroshirô I	Ômori Hikoshichi
17	Ichikawa Monnosuke I	Kusunoki Masatsura disguised as a woman

The stars^[2] of this kaomise program were:

Actors	Category/Ranking
Ichikawa Danjûrô II	tachiyaku goku-jô-jô-kichi (extreme - superior - superior - excellent) [Visual]
Ôtani Hiroji I	tachiyaku jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]
Ogawa Zengorô I	tachiyaku jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]
Shinomiya Genpachi	oyajigata jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]
Sodeoka Masanosuke II	kashagata jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]
Ichikawa Monnosuke I	wakashugata jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]

Others actors were Nakamura Genshichi, Iwai Tatsusaburô II, Arashi Wakano I, Arashi Kiyosaburô II, Dekishima Sagenta and Dekishima Heihachi.

[1] "I worked on this kaomise page in November 2022, almost 300 years afterwards!" (Shôriya Aragorô)

[2] Our definition of star is a ranking equal or above jô-jô-kichi.