ÔSAKA KAOMISE 1718


Play title	Kogane no Seigaiha
Theater	Higashi no Shibai
Producer	Arashi San'emon III
Playwright	Kyôya Yagoshirô

The kaomise drama "Kogane no Seigaiha" was produced in the 11th lunar month of 1718^[1] in Ôsaka at the Higashi no Shibai by Arashi San'emon III. The opening day was the 3rd day of the 11th lunar month of the 3rd year of the Kyôhô era, which was the 24th of December 1718 in the western calendar. This kaomise program was staged with the following casting:

Code	Actors	Roles
1	Sagawa Bunzô I	Nagaoka Bannojô
2	Kirinoya Gonjûrô I	Nagaoka Wadaemon
3	Anegawa Shinshirô I	Teraoka Kichihei
4	Kikukawa Kiyotarô I	The mekake Okyô
5	Nakata Rokujûrô	The keisei Ôzuru
6	Yamamoto Hikogorô	Miyoshi Tanomo
7	Kikukawa Tsunejirô	Princess Yaegiku^[2]
8	Arashi San'emon III	Matsugura Shigoemon
9	Ogino Kinnojô	Princess Matsu
10	Ôtani Tsuneemon	Ryûzaemon
11	Sakurayama Kindayû	Yamashina Shôtarô
12	Takenaka Tôzaburô	Ôwada Chikara
13	Yamashita Kinsaku I	Ryûzaemon's daughter Otane
14	Kyôya Yagoshirô	Kunimori Jibudayû
15	Murayama Heijûrô II	Ôuchi Kinzô

Others actors who took part in this kaomise program were:

Roles	Actors
tachiyaku	Sawai Genshirô
katakiyaku	Asamatsu Heiemon
kashagata	Takashima Onoe
wakaonnagata	Fujii Hanamatsu Tsugawa Kamon Haruyama Tatsunosuke
wakashugata	Hanagiri Sennosuke

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

[2] Yaegiku-hime. Literally Princess Eightfold Chrysanthemum.