EDO KAOMISE 1720


Play title	Michinoku Taiheiki
Theater	Nakamuraza
Producer	Nakamura Kanzaburô VI, Nakamura Akashi III^[1]
Playwright	???

The kaomise drama "Michinoku Taiheiki" was produced by Nakamura Kanzaburô VI at the Nakamuraza in Edo in the 11th lunar month of 1720^[2]. It was staged with the following casting:

The stars^[4] of this kaomise program were:

Actors	Category/Ranking
Asao Jûjirô I	wakaonnagata (shiro)goku-jô-jô-kichi ((white) extreme - superior - superior - excellent) [Visual]
Ichikawa Danzô I	tachiyaku jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]
Ôtani Hiroji I	tachiyaku jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]
Tomizawa Hanzaburô I	jitsuaku jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]
Ôtani Hiroemon I	katakiyaku jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]
Fujimura Handayû II	wakaonnagata jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]
Nakamura Denpachi	dôkegata jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]
Shinomiya Genpachi	oyajigata jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]

[1] Nakamura Akashi III was credited in the 1721 Edo hyôbanki as being the "young zamoto" but he was born in 1717.

[2] "I worked on this kaomise page in October 2020, almost 300 years afterwards!" (Shôriya Aragorô)

[3] This villain used to be disguised as the print master Torii Kiyonobu!

[4] Our definition of star is a ranking equal or above jô-jô-kichi.