EDO KAOMISE 1718

The kaomise drama "Hirakana Yomeiri Izu Nikki" was produced by Nakamura Kanzaburô VI at the Nakamuraza in Edo in the 11th lunar month of 1718^[1]. It welcomed in Edo the Kamigata actor Sanogawa Mangiku and it was staged with the following casting:

Code	Actors	Roles
1	Katsuyama Matagorô	Minamoto no Yoritomo
2	Fujimura Handayû II	Yakumo-no-Mae
3	Nakamura Denpachi	The thread shop inkyo
4	Yamanaka Heikurô I	The nyûdô Itô Jakushin
5	Hayakawa Dengorô	Matano no Gorô
6	Ichikawa Danjûrô II	Kawazu no Saburô
7	Sanogawa Mangiku	The daughter of the thread shop
8	Sakata Hangorô I	Washi no Chôkichi
9	Arashi Kiyosaburô II	The koshimoto Naka
10	Ichikawa Danjûrô II	Kawazu no Saburô
11	Sanogawa Mangiku	The daughter of the thread shop disguised as Masago-no-Mae
12	Yamashita Karumo	Masago-no-Mae
13	Sakata Hangorô I	Kudô Saemon Suketsune

Others actors who took part in this kaomise program were:

Roles	Actors
tachiyaku	Nakamura Kichibê I^[2] Nakajima Kanzaemon II Miyazaki Jûshirô I^[3] Ichikawa Shinjûrô Ikushima Tôzaburô Nakamura Rokusaburô Murayama Tôjûrô
katakiyaku	Narumi Goroshirô I^[4]
dôkegata	Saigoku Hyôgorô II^[5] Takeda Gensuke
kashagata	Iwai Tatsusaburô II
wakaonnagata	Dekishima Sagenta Sakata Oginojô Sakata Emon
wakashugata	Yamatogawa Tatsuya Tomizawa Kônosuke Takahashi Kichijûrô Nakamura Tsumanojô
koyaku	Nakamura Shichisaburô II

[1] "I worked on this kaomise page in October 2018, almost 300 years afterwards!" (Shôriya Aragorô)

[2] Nakamura Kichibê I played the role of the monk Tosabô.

[3] Miyazaki Jûshirô I played the role of Tôkurô Morinaga.

[4] Narumi Goroshirô I played the role of Yamagi Hangan.

[5] Saigoku Hyôgorô II played the role of the monk Shômonbô.