MIYAKOZA

City

Edo

History

Fall 1793: the Nakamuraza goes out of business and gives its license to the Miyakoza.

11th lunar month of 1793: opening of the Miyakoza, with the kaomise program "Yasa Gumbai Miyako no Jintori", which stars Segawa Kikunojô III, Ichikawa Danjûrô VI, Iwai Kumesaburô I, Ôtani Hiroji III and Bandô Mitsugorô II.

1st lunar month of 1795: Namiki Gohei I's drama "Godairiki Koi no Fûjime" is staged for the first time in Edo, at the Miyakoza; it is staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Sasano Sangobei	Kataoka Nizaemon VII
Satsuma Gengobei	Sawamura Sôjûrô III
The courtesan Sakuraya no Koman	Segawa Kikunojô III
Hachiemon	Bandô Mitsugorô II
Izushi Takuzaemon	Ôtani Hiroji III
Masuya Okono	Nakamura Noshio II
The yakko Tatahei	Ogino Tôzô
Yasuke	Arashi Ryûzô II
Yokogawa Banzaemon	Nakajima Kanzaemon IV
The landlord Rokuemon	Ôtani Tokuji I
Chishima Sentarô	Sawamura Harugorô II

9th lunar month of 1796: the play "Hikosan Gongen Chikai no Sukedachi" is staged for the first time in Edo, at the Miyakoza with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Rokusuke, Kinugawa Yasaemon	Ichikawa Yaozô III
Ichimisai's elder daughter Osono	Nakamura Noshio II
Kyôgoku no Takumi	Kataoka Nizaemon VII
The yakko Sagohei	Ôtani Tokuji I
Ichimisai's younger daughter Okiku	Iwai Kiyotarô II
Kinugawa Yasaburô	Ichikawa Danjûrô VI
Harukaze Tôzô	Sawamura Tôzô
Mokusokan, the yakko Tomohei	Nakamura Nakazô II
Yoshioka Ichimisai, Okô	Yamashina Shirojûrô
Takumi's sister Otaka	Iwai Kumesaburô I
Lord Koori Otonari	Ichikawa Hamazô
Miyuki Gozen	Yamashita Mangiku II
Mashiba Hisayoshi	Kataoka Kyôshirô

"Hikosan Gongen Chikai no Sukedachi" is also staged at the Kiriza [casting]

Fall 1797: the Miyakoza has to give back its license to the Nakamuraza, which is back in business.

3rd lunar month of 1818: premiere at the Miyakoza of the 7-role hengemono "Miyama no Hana Todokanu Edaburi", starring Onoe Kikugorô III in the seven roles. One of these roles is "Kosode Monogurui" ("the short-sleeved garment madness"), staged nowadays as an independent Kiyomoto-based dance called "Yasuna".

The Miyako in the 11th lunar month of 1796 for the staging of the kaomise drama "Seiwa Nidai Ôyose Genji"