KITAZA - KITAGAWA NO SHIBAI
   
Names Kitaza
Kitagawa no Shibai
City Kyôto
History

5th lunar month of 1742: Chikamatsu Monzaemon's play "Shinshû Kawanakajima Kassen", which was originally written for the puppet theater and premiered in the 8th lunar month of 1721 in Ôsaka at the Takemotoza, is adapted for Kabuki for the first time, in Kyôto at the Kitagawa no Shibai, by the sakusha Iwai Jôsuke and Katsu Sôsuke; the Gidayû musical accompaniment was done by Takemoto Otodayû (singer) and Nozawa Mansuke (shamisen player). This drama is produced by the Sakata Ichitarô with the following casting:

Roles Actors
Takeda Shirô Katsuyori Yamatoyama Jinzaemon II
Nagao Terutora Sakakiyama Danshirô I
Princess Emon Nakamura Kiyosaburô I
Naoe Yamashiro-no-Kami Sanetsuna Takenaka Heikichi
Murakami Saemon Yoshikiyo, Hayami Genjûrô Mimasu Daigorô I
Danjô's spouse Matsushima Asao Motogorô I
Kôsaka Danjô Masanobu Tamiya Jûzaburô I
Takeda Shingen Mihogi Gizaemon I
Danjô's sister Arashi Koroku I
Yamamoto Kansuke Haruyuki Fujioka Daikichi
Kansuke's mother Tamiya Shirogorô
Okatsu Sakata Ichitarô

9th lunar month of 1746: the play "Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami", which was originally written for the puppet theater and staged for the first time in the 8th lunar month of 1746 in Ôsaka at the Takemotoza, is adapted for Kabuki for the first time, produced at the Kitagawa no Shibai, produced by Nakamura Kiyosaburô I and staged with the following casting:

Roles Actors
Takebe Genzô Anegawa Shinshirô I
Kan Shôjô, Matsuômaru Fujioka Daikichi
Kakuju, Tonami Asao Motogorô I
Tatsuta-no-Mae, an unidentified role Nakamura Kiyosaburô I

1st lunar month of 1758: first Kabuki adaptation of the puppet theater drama "Gion Sairei Shinkôki", which was originally written by Asada Icchô, Nakamura Akei and Toyotake Ôritsu in the 12th lunar month of 1757. It is simultaneously staged at the Minamigawa no Shibai [casting] and the Kitagawa no Shibai. The play is produced by Nakamura Kumetarô I at the Kitagawa no Shibai with the following casting:

Roles Actors
Princess Yuki, Kichô-no-Mae Nakamura Kumetarô I
Matsunaga Daizen Fujikawa Hachizô I
Konoshita Tôkichi Fujikawa Heikurô
Kanônosuke Naonobu Onoe Montarô
Konishi Zesai, Shibata Gonroku Katsushige Sakurayama Shirosaburô II
Miyoshi Shurinotayû Masayasu, Shinsaku Bandô Sukesaburô I
Keijuin, Zesai's wife Osaji Tatsuoka Hisagiku
Oda Nobunaga Imamura Shichisaburô II
Yoshiteru, Shibata Katsumasa Mihogi Fujimatsu
Sogô Gumpei, Satô Masakiyo, Asakura Yoshikage Kirishima Shinshirô
Sechibei, Matsunaga Kitôta Arashi Sanohachi
The priest Keikaku Mizuki Kichisaburô
Zesai's daughter Otsuyu Sanogawa Tôkichi II
Mori no Ranmaru, Ageya Daikichi Tatsuoka Mansaku
Yamaguchi Kurojirô, Kojibê Kirishima Gizaemon I
Osono, Miyoshi's wife Yoshizawa Sakinosuke II
A hinin, Nagase Tanzô Sagawa Masugorô II

9th lunar month of 1770: premiere at the Kitagawa no Shibai of the drama "Keisei Awa no Naruto", a revision of Chikamatsu Hanji's 1768 puppet drama "Keisei Awa no Naruto", which is produced by Onoe Kumesuke and staged with the following casting:

Roles Actors
Fujiya Izaemon Arashi Sangorô II
Ôgiya Yûgiri Nakamura Noshio I
Kizaemon Nakamura Jiroza II

3rd lunar month of 1771: first Kabuki adaptation of the puppet theater drama "Imoseyama Onna Teikin", which is produced by Mimasu Tokujirô I with the following casting:

Roles Actors
Soga no Emiji, Fukashichi, Kanawa Gorô Imakuni Asao Tamejûrô I
Sadaka, Omiwa Arashi Hinasuke I
Hinadori, Okiji Sawamura Kunitarô I
Daihanji no Kiyosumi, Soga no Iruka Nakayama Raisuke I
Koganosuke Sawamura Tanosuke I
Fujiwara no Kamatari Onoe Shinshichi I
Fujiwara no Tankai, Motome Fujimatsu Sanjûrô I
Shibaroku Edosaka Kyôemon
Princess Tachibana Mimasu Tokujirô I
Yukinushi, the decchi Netarô Ogino Kichisaburô
Omiwa's mother Shinozuka Sôza
Miyakoshi Genba Yamashita Shungorô
Uneme Nakamura Torashichi
Medo-no-Kata Arashi Shigenoi
Soga no Iruka Ichikawa Saizô

1st lunar month of 1777: premiere in Kyôto at the Kitagawa no Shibai of the drama "Keisei Tonoi Zakura", whose plot is very close to Nagawa Kamesuke I's drama "Igagoe Norikake Gappa" and which is produced by Matsuyama Kogenji with the following casting:

Roles Actors
Sasaki Tan'emon, Honda Dainaiki, Uesugi Ieyori Shuzen Onoe Shinshichi I
Karaki Masaemon, Wada Yukie Mihogi Gizaemon II
Sawai Matagorô, Matagorô's mother Narumi, the doctor Sanai Yamamoto Gizaemon
Wada Shizuma Somematsu Shichisaburô II
Ishidome Busuke, Uesugi Unai Akisada, Daihachi Asao Toyozô I
Kondô Nomorinosuke Matsumoto Tomojûrô II
Sawai Jôgorô, Magoichi Otowa Jiroza II
Otane, Sasao Anegawa Minato II
Osono, Busuke's wife Yamashita Kyônosuke

1st lunar month of 1782: the play "Tengajaya-mura" is staged for the first time in Kyôto. It is produced by Nakayama Ihachi I at the Kitagawa no Shibai with the following casting:

Roles Actors
Adachi Motoemon Kasaya Matakurô II
Tôma Saburôemon, Yasuke Mihogi Gizaemon II
Hayase Iori Nakayama Ihachi I
Hayase Genjirô Nakamura Noshio II
Somenoi Yoshizawa Iroha I
Kôemon Onoe Kikugorô I

9th lunar month of 1801: premiere at the Kitagawa no Shibai of Shiba Shisô's drama "Hakone Reigen Izari no Adauchi", which is staged with the following casting:

Roles Actors
Iinuma Katsugorô Arashi Sangorô III
Sassa Narimasa, Tsukumo Shinzaemon, Omuro Yosenami Onoe Koisaburô I
Fudesuke Nakamura Utaemon III
Katsugorô's wife Hatsuhana, Yodomachi Gozen Fujikawa Tomokichi I
Satô Gôsuke, Takiguchi Kôzuke Asao Kuzaemon I
Hôjô Ujimasa Nakayama Bungorô I
Tokuemon Mimasu Daigorô III
Mandokoro, Fudesuke's wife, Osada Matsumoto Yonesaburô I
Iinuma Sanpei Fujikawa Hachizô III

Summer 1802: the play "Ehon Taikôki" is staged for the first time in Kyôto. It is produced by Arashi Sankichi at the Kitagawa no Shibai with the following casting:

Roles Actors
Takechi Mitsuhide, Chôzaemon Ichikawa Danzô IV
Mashiba Hisayoshi Arashi Kichisaburô II
Oda Harunaga Arashi Sangorô III
Misao Yoshizawa Iroha I

3rd lunar month of 1808: the drama "Hachijin Shugo no Honjô", which was originally written for the puppet theater and premiered in the 9th lunar month of 1807 in Ôsaka, is adapted for Kabuki by the sakusha Nagawa Kunisuke, Nagawa Tokusuke I and Ichioka Washichi I and staged in Kyôto at the Kitagawa no Shibai with the following casting:

Roles Actors
Katô Asakiyo Ichikawa Danzô IV
Konomura Hayato, Hori Sanzaemon, Ôuchi Kanja Yoshihiro Ogino Izaburô II
Hinaginu Sawamura Tanosuke II
Otoki, Princess Haru Yoshizawa Sakinosuke IV
Miki-no-Kami, Shinsaku, the old woman Miura Nakayama Raisuke IV
Kojima Motobei Masatsugu, Kitabatake Haruo Ôtani Tomoemon II
Asakiyo's okugata Hazue, the menoto Yasose Yoshizawa Ayame V
Katô Kazuenosuke Ogawa Kichitarô III

6th lunar month of 1821: Katsu Hyôzô I's drama "Kachi Zumô Ukina no Hanabure", commonly called "Shirafuji Genta", is revived for the first time, 11 years and 3 months after its premiere in Edo at the Ichimuraza [casting]. It is staged in Kyôto at the Kitagawa no Shibai with the following casting:

Roles Actors
The sumô wrestler Shirafuji Genta Bandô Mitsugorô III
The courtesan Oshun Iwai Hanshirô V
Gonsuke, the rice dealer Sakama Denbê Matsumoto Kôshirô V
Tomihachi Sawamura Gennosuke II
Tsugawa Mondo Asao Yûjirô I
Tsugawa Katsujirô Ichikawa Shinzô III
Shioda Bannoshin Bandô Mitsuemon I
Gonsuke's wife Otori Ichikawa Sôzaburô IV
Osawa Iwai Matsunosuke I
Osawa's sister Otomi Arashi Rikô I
Oshun's mother Okaya Sawamura Chôshirô II

11th lunar month of 1822: premiere at the Kitagawa no Shibai of the drama "Kajiwara Heizô Kitai no Ishikiri", a new version of the third act of "Miura no Ôsuke Kôbai Tazuna", revised by Kanazawa Ryûgoku I. It is staged with the following casting:

Roles Actors
Kajiwara Heizô Kagetoki Nakamura Utaemon III
Rokurôdayû Asao Kuzaemon I
Kozue Fujikawa Tomokichi II
Matano Gorô Ôtani Tomoemon II
Ôba Saburô Asao Okuyama III

3rd lunar month of 1833: premiere at the Kitagawa no Shibai of "Hana Fubuki Koi no Tekagami", which is staged with the following casting:

Roles Actors
Kanô Shirojirô Nakamura Utaemon III
Koyuki Nakamura Tomijûrô II
Iwakiya Tôzaburô Bandô Jutarô I
Utanosuke Onoe Tamizô II

6th lunar month of 1835: the play "Sesshû Gappô-ga-Tsuji", which was originally written for the puppet theater and staged in the 2nd lunar month of 1773, is adapted for Kabuki for the first time, in Kyôto at the Kitagawa no Shibai, with the following casting:

Roles Actors
Tamate Gozen Yamashita Kinsaku IV
Gappô Dôshin Asao Kuzaemon II
Takayasu Shuntokumaru Nakayama Yoshio II
Princess Asaka Nakamura Tomisaburô
Gappô's wife Otoku Nakamura Shikinosuke
The yakko Irihei Jitsukawa Enzaburô I

4th lunar month of 1866: Nakamura Shibanosuke takes the name of Nakamura Shibajaku II at the Kitagawa no Shibai, playing 4 roles in the drama "Meiboku Sendai Hagi".

December 1888: Arashi Wasaburô III takes the name of Arashi Tokusaburô V at the Kitagawa no Shibai.

1893: the Kitaza is definitively destroyed during the widening work of the Shijô avenue in Kyôto.

 
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