KYÔTO KAOMISE 1756


Play title	Daimyô Bimandai Kuniiri Kamakura Kagami
Theater	Minamigawa no Shibai
Producer	Sawamura Kunitarô I
Playwrights	Fujikawa Sakoku, Hanabusa Rochô

The kaomise drama "Daimyô Bimandai Kuniiri Kamakura Kagami" was produced in the 11th lunar month of 1756 in Kyôto at the Minamigawa no Shibai by Sawamura Kunitarô I. The opening day was the 1st day of the 11th lunar month of the 6th year of the Hôreki era, which was the 22nd of November 1756 in the western calendar. This kaomise program was staged with the following casting:

Code	Actors	Roles
1	Ogurayama Sentarô	Ema no Koshirô
2	Arashi Hinasuke I	???
3	Onoe Montarô	The wakatô Sodesuke, in reality Ecchû no Saburobê
4	Sanogawa Sôkichi	Kudô's sister Hanazono
5	Nakamura Shinshirô	Kajiwara Genta Kagesue
6	Sakakiyama Koshirô II	Kudô Saemon Suketsune
7	Mihogi Shichitarô	Oniô Shinzaemon's nyôbô Otowa
8	Matsumoto Tomojûrô II	Iwanaga Heiroku
9	Sakata Tôjûrô III	The uirô peddler Kikuhei^[1], in reality Oniô Shinzaemon
10	Kirishima Gizaemon I	The bashi Shujin no Ichizô, in reality Kyô no Jirô
11	Mimasu Daigorô I	The bashi Ishibe no Kinkichi, in reality Mata no Gorô Kagehisa
12	Arashi Koroku I	Taira no Tokitada's okugata Sakuragi Gozen
13	Kataoka Nizaemon IV	Taira no Tokifusa
14	Sawamura Kunitarô I	Princess ???
15	Tamamura Bennosuke	Princess Kotobuki
16	Sakakiyama Shirotarô II	Kinkichi's sister Okuri

[1] This role was performed in the fast-speech style of the Edo Ichikawa clan in "Uirô Uri".

[2] It was reported in the 3rd volume of "Kabuki Nenpyô" that Kataoka Nizaemon IV celebrated his shûmei in Kyôto.