NAKAMURAZA SOGAMONO 1762


Play titles	Soga Biiki Nihon Zakura Shinobu-gusa Chidori no Monpi
Theater	Nakamuraza
Producers	Nakamura Kanzaburô VII Nakamura Denkurô II
Playwrights	Kanai Sanshô, Okuno Sasuke, Tsuuchi Denjûrô I, Kanai Sanpei II

The new year sogamono drama "Soga Biiki Nihon Zakura" was produced by Nakamura Kanzaburô VII and Nakamura Denkurô II and was staged in the 2nd lunar month of 1762 in Edo at the Nakamuraza with the following casting:

Code	Actors	Roles
1	Nakamura Shichisaburô II	Yoshida no Shôshô
2	Matsumoto Kôshirô III	Matsuwakamaru
3	Ichikawa Takejûrô	Soga Jûrô Sukenari
4	Yoshizawa Goroichi I	The courtesan Ôiso no Tora (Jûrô's lover)
5	Ôtani Kunizô I	Matsui Gengo
6	Sakata Hangorô II	Oniô Shinzaemon (Jûrô's retainer)
7	Ogino Yaegiri II	Oniô Shinzaemon's nyôbô Tsukisayo
8	Nakamura Shichisaburô II	Kudô Saemon Suketsune
9	Ichikawa Raizô I	Soga Gorô Tokimune
10	Arashi Otohachi I	Kaneko Jûrô
11	Nakamura Yosahachi	???
12	Nakamura Denkurô II	Goromaru
13	Sakata Hangorô II	Oniô Shinzaemon (Jûrô's retainer)
14	Nakajima Kanzaemon II	Ômi no Kotôta
15	Ichikawa Danjûrô IV	Yawata no Saburô
16	Yoshizawa Goroichi I	The courtesan Ôiso no Tora (Jûrô's lover)
17	Ichikawa Danjûrô IV	A kairaishi
18	Ichikawa Raizô I	A shinobu-seller

"Soga Biiki Nihon Zakura" mixed two sekai: it was a sogamono and a sumidagawamono.

The Tokiwazu-based dance "Shinobu-gusa Chidori no Monpi" was staged at the end of the performance with Ichikawa Raizô I in the role of the shinobu-seller.

The actor Nakamura Nakazô I (not illustrated) played the roles of Kaba no Kaja Noriyori and Danzaburô (Gorô's retainer).

The actors Ichikawa Raizô I, Nakajima Kanzaemon II, Matsumoto Kôshirô III and Nakamura Shichisaburô II played the roles of Yukihira's sister Shiragiku, Nogamiya Kiheiji, Awazu no Shichirô, Matsukaze Sehei/Kume no Heinai and Kantô no Koroku.

The opening day was the 9th day of the 2nd lunar month of the 12th year of the Hôreki era (1762), which was the 4th of March 1762 in the western calendar.