EDO KAOMISE 1735


Play title	Tono Zukuri Shinoda-zuma
Theater	Nakamuraza
Producer	Nakamura Kanzaburô VI
Playwrights	Sawamura Tobun, Tsuuchi Kuheiji I

The kaomise drama "Tono Zukuri Shinoda-zuma" was produced in the 11th lunar month of 1735 at the Nakamuraza by Nakamura Kanzaburô VI. It was staged with the following casting:

Code	Actors	Roles
1	Sawamura Sôjûrô I	Abe no Yasunari
2	Nakajima Mihoemon I	Hakamadare Tojibê, in reality Hirai no Yasusuke
3	Sawamura Sôjûrô I	Abe no Yasunari
4	Sakata Ichitarô	Fujitsubo Gozen
5	Fujimura Handayû II	Naniwazu
6	Nakamura Shichisaburô II	Hirai no Yasumasa
7	Sanjô Kantarô II	Minamoto no Yorichika
8	Anegawa Chiyosaburô I	Tegashiwa
9	Arashi Kisanta	Kashiwade
10	Sawamura Sôjûrô I	Abe no Yasunari
11	Anegawa Chiyosaburô I	Tegashiwa
12	Sawamura Sôjûrô I	Abe no Yasunari
13	Narumi Goroshirô I	Yokanpei
14	Miyakawa Hachirôzaemon	Taira no Tadatsune
15	Tsuuchi Monzaburô I	Mita no Genta Hirotsuna

Others main actors in the casting were Sawamura Genjirô, Tamazawa Saijirô I, Hayakawa Denshirô, Nakamura Kichibê I, Arashi Otohachi I and Somekawa Sakinosuke. The actor Narukawa Jûrôzaemon took the name of Narukawa Ban'emon, playing the role of Fujiwara no Tokiakira. There was a shortage of stars in the Nakamuraza line-up, compared to the rival Ichimuraza, and Sawamura Sôjûrô I was the only important actor at the top of the Nakamuraza bill.