ÔSAKA KAOMISE 1718


Play title	Sumiyoshi Tanjôseki
Theater	Naka no Shibai
Producer	Takeshima Kôzaemon II
Playwright	Azuma Sanpachi

The kaomise drama "Sumiyoshi Tanjôseki" was produced in the 11th lunar month of 1718^[1] in Ôsaka at the Naka no Shibai by Takeshima Kôzaemon II. The opening day was the 11th day of the 11th lunar month of the 3rd year of the Kyôhô era, which was the 1st of January 1719 in the western calendar. This kaomise program was staged with the following casting:

Code	Actors	Roles
1	Arakawa Jûrôemon	Hayakawa Daizen
2	Ôtori Michiemon	Nomura Wakaemon
3	Takeshima Kôzaemon II	The yakko Heinai
4	Toki Mankichi	Honda Tomohachi
5	Arashi Kinzaburô	Okuzaemon's nyôbô Kôbai
6	Yoshizawa Tamazuma	The keisei Sango
7	Ichimura Tamagashiwa I	Tsunaemon's nyôbô Oraku
8	Sakurayama Shirosaburô I	Honda Tsunaemon
9	Ôtori Michiemon	Nomura Wakaemon
10	Nakamura Shingorô I	The karô Hanabusa Okuzaemon
11	Nakamura Jôemon	Midorinosuke
12	Matsushima Hyôtarô	Sawaemon's nyôbô Okura
13	Tamiya Shirogorô	Hiki Sawaemon
14	Takeshima Kôzaburô	The yakko Heitarô

Others actors who took part in this kaomise program were:

Roles	Actors
tachiyaku	Sadoshima Chôgorô I Yanagawa Sôzaemon
katakiyaku	Mitsuyama Genzaemon
dôkegata	Minami Jingorô^[2] Tanimatsu Heisuke
kashagata	Yamatogawa Denjûrô
wakaonnagata	Arashi Saburoshirô III Takenaka Sagenji Sakurayama Shinobu
wakashugata	Sakurayama Tomihachi

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

[2] Another possible reading could be Nan Jingorô.