EDO KAOMISE 1718

The kaomise drama "Zenkunen Yoroi Kurabe" was produced by Morita Kan'ya IV at the Moritaza in Edo in the 11th lunar month of 1718^[1]. It celebrated the shûmei of both Ichikawa Kuzô and Kamakura Chôkurô. It was staged with the following casting:

Code	Actors	Roles
1	Shinomiya Genpachi	Kamakura Gon-no-Kami
2	Ichikawa Kuzô	Miura no Arajirô
3	Miyakawa Hachirôzaemon	Taira no Ujimasa
4	Sawamura Sôjûrô I	Fujiwara no Takenori
5	Mizuki Kikunojô	Momiji-no-Naishi
6	Ôtani Hiroemon I	Abe no Sadatô
7	Matsumoto Kôshirô I	Kamakura Gongorô Kagemasa
8	Mizuki Takejûrô	Hachiman Tarô
9	Nakamura Takesaburô I	Onoe-no-Mae
10	Sengoku Hikosuke I	Katsuta no Jirô
11	Tomizawa Hanzaburô I	Matsuura Gorô, in reality Abe no Munetô
12	Kanazawa Heiroku	Mitsutô
13	Takamura Matashirô	Ebimodayû
14	Asao Jûjirô I	Masaki
15	Ichikawa Monnosuke I	Kamo no Jirô
16	Tamazawa Rin'ya	Shirotae

Others actors who took part in this kaomise program were:

Roles	Actors
tachiyaku	Imamura Motojûrô^[2] Shimada Uheiji Someoka Genkichi Yamazaki Jûgorô Kojima Heizaemon Ichikawa Sanzaburô
katakiyaku	Yamanaka Heishirô I^[3] Kamakura Chôkurô II
kashagata	Yamamura Sôzaemon Uemura Heijûrô
wakaonnagata	Ichikawa Kaoru I Nakamura Ugenji Dekishima Daisuke II

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

[2] Imamura Motojûrô played the role of Mitachi Gontarô.

[3] Yamanaka Heishirô I played the role of Yabuki Yatôta.