ÔSAKA KAOMISE 1719


Play title	Kogane no Hajimari
Theater	Higashi no Shibai
Producer	Arashi San'emon III
Playwright	???

The kaomise drama "Kogane no Hajimari" was produced in the 11th lunar month of 1719^[1] in Ôsaka at the Higashi no Shibai by Arashi San'emon III. The opening day was the 12th day of the 11th lunar month of the 4th year of the Kyôhô era, which was the 22nd of December 1719 in the western calendar. This kaomise program was staged with the following casting:

Code	Actors	Roles
1	Takenaka Sagenji	Princess Matsu
2	Shinozuka Jûzaemon	The umakata Ishigoki no Dai
3	Miura Gizaemon	Tsurubayashi Wadanojô
4	Somekawa Ubê	The Yawatayama kôshitsu
5	Murayama Heijûrô II	The umakata Shitekoi no Hachi
6	Iwai Hanshirô III	The umakata Hadashi no Ichi
7	Yamashita Kinsaku I	The keisei Ôsaka
8	Tsugawa Kamon	Miyoshino
9	Arashi San'emon III	Ôkagura Fukudayû, in reality Manjûrô
10	Kikukawa Kiyotarô I	Okame
11	Ôtani Tsuneemon	Ôgiku Kenmotsu
12	Osagawa Jûemon	Tagamatsu Sanzaemon
13	Kirinoya Gonjûrô I	Nagamatsu Wakiemon
14	Yoshizawa Ayame I	Okita
15	Yamamura Ichitarô	Okita's son

[1] "I worked on this kaomise page in November 2019, almost 300 years afterwards!" (Shôriya Aragorô)