KYÔTO KAOMISE 1720


Play title	Shin Yakata Fukutoku no Kado
Theater	Nakamura Hatsudayû's theater
Producers	Matsumoto Shigemaki/Sodesaki Wakaura I
Playwright	???

The kaomise drama "Shin Yakata Fukutoku no Kado" was produced in the 11th lunar month of 1720^[1] in Kyôto at Nakamura Hatsudayû's theater by Matsumoto Shigemaki and Sodesaki Wakaura I. This kaomise program was staged with the following casting:

Code	Actors	Roles
1	Nanboku Sabu II	Matsutarô
2	Uemura Kichiya III	The mekake Osago
3	Kikukawa Kiyotarô I	Princess Wakamatsu
4	Nakamura Mikiemon	Kuraemon
5	Iwai Izaemon	Shibakari Kichisuke
6	Onogawa Ugenji	Iwao Hyôgo
7	Hyakuninshu Genzaburô	The wakadono Michitose Takejirô
8	Matsumoto Shigemaki	Kuretake's nyôbô Tatsumi
9	Kanazawa Hikogorô II	Mitsunoura Nagisanosuke
10	Otowa Jirosaburô I	Shiroshichi
11	Bandô Matajûrô I	Tamiemon
12	Karyû Sawaemon	Shiganojô
13	Yamamura Gizaemon	Michitose Yoyonojô
14	Ôshima Kajûrô	Tomisaka Sadanoshin
15	Sodesaki Wakaura I	Okane
16	Otowa Jirosaburô I	Sadashichi

The stars^[2] of this kaomise program were:

Actors	Category/Ranking
Otowa Jirosaburô I	tachiyaku jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]
Sodesaki Wakaura I	wakaonnagata jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]

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

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