KYÔTO KAOMISE 1718


Play title	Chôseiden Kogane no Ishizue
Theater	Hayagumo Chôdayû's theater
Producer	Sakakiyama Shirotarô I
Playwright	Sakakiyama Kansuke I

The kaomise drama "Chôseiden Kogane no Ishizue" was produced in the 11th lunar month of 1718^[1] in Ôsaka at Hayagumo Chôdayû's theater by Sakakiyama Shirotarô I. The opening day was the 18th day of the 11th lunar month of the 3rd year of the Kyôhô era, which was the 8th of January 1719 in the western calendar. This kaomise program was staged with the following casting:

Code	Actors	Roles
1	Tominaga Tamagiri	Koyuki
2	Somenoi Hanshirô	Ôminato Naniwanosuke
3	Sakakiyama Kansuke I	The yakko Kakutahei
4	Sakakiyama Shirotarô I	The wakadono Hitofuji^[2] Yukienojô
5	Matsushima Moheiji	The Nô master Soronoshin
6	Kirinami Takie	Arima no Kofuji
7	Shibazaki Rinzaemon I	Kikuchi Sadaemon^[3]
8	Sakakiyama Koshirô I	The karô Kokonoe Wadaemon
9	Tamamura Haginojô	Masaki-no-Mae
10	Yamanaka Naojûrô	Hitofuji^[2] Takanenosuke
11	Yamada Jinpachi	The kagokaki Jinsuke
12	Tomizawa Shôtarô	The keisei Kinzan
13	Nakagawa Shigejûrô	Mikiemon
14	Tatsuoka Someemon	Umebayashi Jûsuke
15	Karyû Sawaemon	Kikuchi Bunzô
16	Karyû Sawaemon	The hinin Chûbê
17	Ôtani Hikosaburô	The kumosuke Yami no Yajibê

Others actors who took part in this kaomise program were:

Roles	Actors
tachiyaku	Tsukui Hachirôzaemon Nakamura Gonjûrô
katakiyaku	Ichikawa Dannojô II
dôkegata	Matsumoto Goroshirô
kashagata	Ichikawa Toyama III
wakaonnagata	Hanakawa Chiyono Hanakawa Iseno Kataoka Takinoi Sodesaki Kasen
wakashugata	Sakakiyama Tamon

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

[2] Hitofuji or Ichifuji. Two possible readings. We prefer Hitofuji.

[3] Kikuchi Sadaemon or Kikuchi Jôemon. 2 possible readings. We prefer Kikuchi Sadaemon.