NAKAMURAZA SOGAMONO 1778
   
Play title Kaidô Iro Yawaragi Soga  In Japanese
Theater Nakamuraza
Producers Nakamura Kanzaburô IX, Nakamura Denkurô III
Playwrights Sakurada Jisuke I (tatesakusha), Kasanui Sensuke I, Sakurada Hyôzô, Horikoshi Saiji, Hama Onozô, Sone Shôkichi I, Kaoku Atsusuke

The new year sogamono drama "Kaidô Iro Yawaragi Soga" was produced in the 2nd lunar month of 1778 [1] at the Nakamuraza by Nakamura Kanzaburô IX [2] and Nakamura Denkurô III with the following casting:

Code Actors Roles
1 Matsumoto Kôshirô IV Chichibu no Shôji Shigetada
2 Bandô Mitsugorô I Soga Jûrô Sukenari
3 Nakajima Mihoemon II Kobayashi no Asahina
4 Ichikawa Danjûrô IV Kagekiyo, disguised as Kannon Shichibyôe
5 Yoshizawa Sakinosuke III Kagekiyo's lover Akoya
6 Iwai Hanshirô IV Kagekiyo's daughter Hitomaru
7 Ôtani Hiroemon III Hiki no Hangan

Others actors in identified roles were:

Actors Roles
Ichikawa Danjûrô IV Kudô Saemon Suketsune
Matsumoto Kôshirô IV Takemura Sadanoshin, in reality Oniô Shinzaemon (Jûrô's retainer)
Bandô Mitsugorô I Kyô no Jirô
Ichikawa Monnosuke II Soga Gorô Tokimune, Honda no Jirô, Ageba Shôkichi
Yoshizawa Sakinosuke III Shigetada's okugata
Ôtani Tomoemon I Yume no Ichibê
Iwai Hanshirô IV Oniô Shinzaemon's sister
Ôtani Hiroemon III Kurokumo Buhê

The opening day was the 5th day of the 2nd lunar month of the 7th year of the An'ei era (1778), which was the 3rd of March 1778 in the western calendar.

[1] "I worked on this kaomise page in January 2018, almost 240 years afterwards!" (Shôriya Aragorô)

[2] Nakamura Kanzaburô VIII, the adoptive father of Nakamura Kanzaburô IX, died the 15th day of the 11th lunar month of 1777. Nakamura Kanzaburô IX took this name in the 1st lunar month of 1778. This sogamono was therefore his first official production as the head of the Nakamuraza.

 
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