NAKAMURAZA SOGAMONO 1755


Play title	Waka Midori Nishiki Soga
Theater	Nakamuraza
Producer	Nakamura Kanzaburô VII
Playwrights	???

The new year sogamono drama "Waka Midori Nishiki Soga" was produced by Nakamura Kanzaburô VII and was staged in the 1st lunar month of 1755 in Edo at the Nakamuraza. It was staged with the following casting:

Code	Actors	Roles
1	Matsumoto Kôshirô III	??? (a celestial creature?)
2	Nakamura Denkurô II	Suruga no Jirô
3	Kasaya Matakurô I	Tenjiku Tokubê (in reality Kairokuô)
4	Nakamura Tomijûrô I	Ôiso no Tora (in reality Princess Sendan)
5	Nakamura Sukegorô I	Watônai
6	Segawa Kikujirô I	Watônai's wife Komutsu
7	Ichikawa Ebizô II	Kudô Saemon Suketsune
8	Ichikawa Yaozô I	Soga Gorô Tokimune
9	Ichikawa Ebizô II	Taira no Kagekiyo
10	Nakamura Sukegorô I	Ôtsu Jirô
11	Ichikawa Danjûrô IV	Kyô no Jirô
12	Nakamura Shichisaburô II	Soga Jûrô Sukenari
13	Narumi Goroshirô I	Ameji Kengyô
14	Segawa Kikujirô I	Kewaizaka no Shôshô
15	Ichikawa Danjûrô IV	Kyô no Jirô
16	Nakamura Tomijûrô I	Arima no Fuji

Nakamura Shichisaburô II and Nakamura Denkurô II also played respectively the roles of the Soga brothers' mother and Kobayashi no Asahina.

Others main actors were Tomizawa Tatsujûrô (Daitônai, in reality Rôikkan), Sawamura Kijûrô I (Umezawa Kogorobei), Matsushima Moheiji (Ôisoya Hyakubei) and Miyazaki Jûshirô II (the brothel owner Denzô).

This new year drama the sekai of "Kokusen'ya Gassen" and "Tenjiku Tokubê" with the Soga Brothers story.

The opening day was the 2nd day of the 1st lunar month of the 5th year of the Hôreki era (1755), which was the 12th of February 1755 in the western calendar.