MORITAZA SOGAMONO 1779
   
Play title Edo Meisho Midori Soga  In Japanese
Theater Moritaza
Producers Morita Kan'ya VII
Playwrights Kawatake Shinshichi I (tatesakusha), Okuno Sasuke, Nakamura Kashichi, Okuno Eiji, Nakamura Chôgorô, Tsumoto Ichiji

The new year sogamono drama "Edo Meisho Midori Soga" was produced in the 1st lunar month of 1779 at the Moritaza by Morita Kan'ya VII with the following casting:

Code Actors Roles
1 Onoe Tamizô I Yoshida Matsuwakamaru
2 Onoe Matsusuke I Kagekiyo's nyôbô Akoya
3 Nakamura Nakazô I Chichibu no Shôji Shigetada
4 Ichikawa Danjûrô V Taira no Kagekiyo
5 Ichikawa Danzô IV The yakko Gunsuke

Others identified actors and roles were:

Actors Roles
Ichikawa Danjûrô V Kudô Saemon Suketsune
Ichikawa Danzô IV Oniô Shinzaemon, Ômi no Kotôta
Bandô Matatarô IV Danzaburô (Gorô's retainer)
Sawamura Chôjûrô IV Aburaya Tarobê, Usami Jûnai
Onoe Matsusuke I Banba no Chûta
Nakamura Nakazô I Kobayashi no Asahina, Osaragi Sabu, Dainichibô
Osagawa Tsuneyo II Osome, Gokuraku Jibê's nyôbô
Onoe Tamizô I Hanjo-no-Mae
Bandô Matakurô IV Soga Gorô Tokimune
Sawamura Yodogorô II Soga Jûrô Sukenari
Yamashita Matatarô IV Yawata no Saburô
Ôtani Kunitarô Yoshida Umewakamaru
Sakata Kikunoi Princess Hitomaru

The opening day was the 15th day of the 1st lunar month of the 8th year of the An'ei era (1779), which was the 2nd of March 1779 in the western calendar.

 
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