ÔSAKA KAOMISE 1756


Play title	Sakiwake Shôhon Kagami
Theater	Naka no Shibai
Producer	Todoki Kikumatsu^[1]
Playwrights	???

The kaomise drama "Sakiwake Shôhon Kagami" was produced in the 11th lunar month of 1756 in Ôsaka at the Naka no Shibai by Todoki Kikumatsu. The opening day was the 6th day of the 11th lunar month of the 6th year of the Hôreki era, which was the 27th of December 1756 in the western calendar. It celebrated the shûmei of Asao Tamejûrô I. The drama was mixing characters and story elements coming from "Shin Usuyuki Monogatari", "Genpei Nunobiki no Taki", "Goto Sanba" and "Sôma Tarô". "Sakiwake Shôhon Kagami" was staged with the following casting:

Code	Actors	Roles
1	Matsushima Otojûrô^[2]	Sonobe Saemon
2	Todoki Kikumatsu^[1]	Princess Usuyuki
3	Toyomatsu Hisagiku^[3]	Magaki
4	Todoki Masuzô^[4]	Kamei no Rokurô
5	Nakamura Bunshichi (?)	???
6	Fujikawa Kanzô (?)	Dankurô
7	???	Akizuki Daizen
8	Arashi Yogoroku^[5]	Shibukawa Tôma
9	Sawai Kyôjûrô^[6]	Ryôsuke's mother
10	Yamatogawa Motozô^[7]	Ryôsuke
11	Arashi Kisanta	Oshizu
12	Somekawa Zenzô^[8]	Gotobê
13	Yamatogawa Motozô^[7]	Izumi no Saburô
14	Todoki Masuzô^[4]	The yakko Tsumahei
15	Arashi ???	???
16	Minakawa ???	???
17	Sawai Kyôjûrô^[6]	Saitô Bettô Sanemori

[1] This wakaonnagata actor and zamoto was not recorded in Nojima Jusaburô's book "Kabuki Jinmei Jiten". Todoki Kikumatsu's rank in the 1757 Ôsaka hyôbanki, wakaonnagata section, was jô-(shiro)jô (superior - (white) superior) [visual].

[2] This tachiyaku actor was not recorded in Nojima Jusaburô's book "Kabuki Jinmei Jiten". Matsushima Otojûrô's rank in the 1757 Ôsaka hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, was jô-(shiro)jô (superior - (white) superior) [visual].

[3] This wakaonnagata actor was not recorded in Nojima Jusaburô's book "Kabuki Jinmei Jiten". Toyomatsu Hisagiku's rank in the 1757 Ôsaka hyôbanki, wakaonnagata section, was jô-jô (superior - superior) [visual].

[4] This tachiyaku actor was not recorded in Nojima Jusaburô's book "Kabuki Jinmei Jiten". Todoki Masuzô's rank in the 1757 Ôsaka hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, was one black stroke above jô-(shiro)jô (superior - (white) superior) [visual (right)].

[5] This katakiyaku actor was not recorded in Nojima Jusaburô's book "Kabuki Jinmei Jiten". Arashi Yogoroku's rank in the 1757 Ôsaka hyôbanki, katakiyaku section, was jô (superior) [visual]. Another possible reading for his first name could be Shigoroku.

[6] This tachiyaku actor was not recorded in Nojima Jusaburô's book "Kabuki Jinmei Jiten". Sawai Kyôjûrô's rank in the 1757 Ôsaka hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, was jô-jô (superior - superior) [visual].

[7] This tachiyaku actor was not recorded in Nojima Jusaburô's book "Kabuki Jinmei Jiten". Yamatogawa Motozô's rank in the 1757 Ôsaka hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, was jô-jô (superior - superior) [visual].

[8] This tachiyaku actor was not recorded in Nojima Jusaburô's book "Kabuki Jinmei Jiten". Somekawa Zenzô's rank in the 1757 Ôsaka hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, was jô-jô (superior - superior) [visual].