KABUKI HISTORY IN ÔSAKA

1st lunar month (spring?) of 1715: first Kabuki adaptation of Chikamatsu Monzaemon's drama "Daikyôji Mukashi Goyomi", which is entitled "Daikyôji" and is produced in Ôsaka at Shioya Kuroemon's theater by Arashi Sanjûrô I; it is staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Mohei	Bandô Hikosaburô I
Osan	Arashi Saburoshirô II
Osan's father	Arashi Sanjûrô I
Ishun	Yamamura Giemon I
Sukeshichi	Ôtori Michiemon
(Osan's ?) mother	Kirinami Takie

3rd lunar month of 1719: first Kabuki adaptation of Chikamatsu Monzaemon's puppet theater drama "Keisei Hangonkô", which was written in the 8th lunar month of 1708. The play was produced by Arashi San'emon III in Ôsaka at the Higashi no Shibai, with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Ukiyo Matahei	Arashi San'emon III
Nagoya Sanza	Anegawa Shinshirô I
Katsuragi	Yamashita Kinsaku I
Matahei's wife Otoku	Nakata Rokujûrô
Tosa Shôgen Mitsunobu	Takenaka Tôzaburô
Shûrinosuke	Sakurayama Kindayû
The keisei Tôyama	Kikukawa Kiyotarô I
Utanosuke	Yamamoto Hikogorô
Maizuruya Denzô	Kirinoya Gonjûrô I
Kanô Shirojirô Motonobu	Murayama Heijûrô II
Princess Ichô-no-Mae	Tsugawa Kamon
Fuwa Banzaemon	Sagawa Bunzô I