ÔSAKA KAOMISE 1756


Play title	Daimatsu Kyokusuke Tanzen Roppô
Theater	Ônishi no Shibai
Producer	Daimatsu Kyokusuke
Playwrights	Namiki Shôzô I, Matsuda Hyakka, Namiki Ôsuke

The kaomise drama "Daimatsu Kyokusuke Tanzen Roppô" was produced in the 11th lunar month of 1756 in Ôsaka at the Ônishi no Shibai by Daimatsu Kyokusuke. It was staged with the following casting:

Code	Actors	Roles
1	Bandô Iwagorô	Nikuminosuke
2	Daimatsu Kyokusuke	Tônai Tarô^[1]
3	Takenaka Heikichi	The yamabushi Nikôbô
4	Nakayama Gonjûrô	Okamoto Ippô
5	Tatsuoka Hisagiku	The young dancing girl Ohyaku
6	Bandô Kunigorô I	Kugami Tanbê
7	Nakamura Koisa	Princess Hanagata
8	Hanagiri Saizô	Chitose (?)
9	Nakayama Bunshichi I	Okada Mushanosuke
10	Minakawa Yaheiji	The kôshitsu Zekôin
11	Kiriyama Monji I	Mihara Ikkaku
12	Anegawa Shinshirô II	Mihara Ikkaku's son^[2]
13	Asao Motogorô I	Mihara Ikkaku's nyôbô Sonô
14	Nakayama Shinkurô I	Takamura Gôsuke
15	Matsuya Raisuke II	Yugaki Hatsunosuke

[1] In fact, a comical character looking like Tônai Tarô. This character was famous in Ôsaka as it usually performed the roppô technique in the tanzen style.

[2] Mihara Ikkaku's son's name could be Ushimatsu or Yoshimatsu. We could prefer Ushimatsu as the boy in this story was born the year of the ox (ushi). He committed seppuku as a migawari self-sacrifice.