ÔSAKA KAOMISE 1720

The kaomise drama "Daimyô Nishiki no Kusazuri" was produced in the 11th lunar month of 1720^[1] in Ôsaka at the Naka no Shibai by Takeshima Kôzaemon II. This kaomise program was staged with the following casting:

Code	Actors	Roles
1	Sakurayama Shirosaburô I	Miura Tsunaemon
2	Sanogawa Mangiku	Azuma no Oraku
3	Takeshima Kôzaemon II	Onosaka Dennai
4	Nakamura Sôjûrô	Tomoenojô
5	Shinozuka Jûzaemon	Daikaku
6	Yamatoyama Jinzaemon I	Honma Sukejûrô
7	Sagawa Bunzô I	Kitabatake Hyôgo
8	Sawamura Otoemon I	The koji Mannen
9	Yamatoyama Jinzaemon I	Fujiya Izaemon/Yorozuya Sukeroku/Naniwa Wankyû^[2]
10	Takeshima Kôzaburô	Isenosuke
11	Izumikawa Sennosuke	Gensuke's sister Komaki
12	Nakamura Shingorô I	Hoshiai Gensuke
13	Ichiyama Sukegorô I	Tamatsushima Yaichirô
14	Sanogawa Hanazuma I	The midaidokoro Utamaki
15	Yoshizawa Tamazuma	Sukejûrô's nyôbô Masaki

The stars^[3] of this kaomise program were:

Actors	Category/Ranking
Yamatoyama Jinzaemon I	tachiyaku jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]
Takeshima Kôzaemon II	tachiyaku jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]
Sanogawa Mangiku	wakaonnagata jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]

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

[2] Yamatoyama Jinzaemon I performed within this kaomise program the 3 roles of Fujiya Izaemon, Yorozuya Sukeroku and Naniwa Wankyû in a hayagawari dance.

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