LESSER KNOWN ACTORS - MORITA
   
Morita Kosaburô  
Morita Kosaburô  In Japanese
 

Dates of birth and death unknown. Unknown relationship to the Morita Clan. He was recorded for the first time in the 11th lunar month of 1722, in Ôsaka at the Ônishi no Shibai, where he performed as a tachiyaku in the kaomise drama "Genji Moyô Ichimai Gushi. From the second half of the 1720s, he performed in tabi shibai. He was recorded for the last time in the 9th lunar month of 1733, when he performed in Nagoya in the drama "Keisei Asahi no Taikai". No record afterwards.

Morita Kosaburô (left), Nakatsuru Sagenta (center) and Sanogawa Ôno (right) playing the roles of Ashikaga Iwaminosuke, Princess Yakumo and Ariwara in the kaomise drama "Genji Moyô Ichimai Gushi, which was staged in the 11th lunar month of 1722 in Ôsaka at the Ônishi no Shibai

 
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