EDO KAOMISE 1721
   
Play title Kichirei Imagawajô  In Japanese
Theater Ichimuraza
Producer Ichimura Takenojô IV
Playwright ???

The kaomise drama "Kichirei Imagawajô" was produced by Ichimura Takenojô IV at the Ichimuraza in Edo in the 11th lunar month of 1721 [1]. It was staged with the following casting:

Code Actors Roles
1 Miyakawa Hachirôzaemon Uesugi Sagami-no-Kami
2 Tsuruya Nanboku I Minamoto no Yoriyasu
3 Murakami Zenzaemon Yoriyasu's mother
4 Fujimura Handayû II Watanabe Minbu's nyôbô Ikuta-no-Mae
5 Ichimura Katsura Monaka-no-Mae
6 Matsumoto Kôshirô I Niô no Saburô
7 Yamanaka Heikurô I Akamatsu Danjôzaemon
8 Ichimura Takenojô IV Imagawa Nakaaki
9 Sawamura Sôjûrô I Minamoto no Yorikane
10 Ogino Sagenta Naniwazu
11 Nakamura Shirosaburô Ashiya no Saemon
12 Ichimura Takenojô IV Imagawa Nakaaki
13 Ichikawa Danzô I Watanabe Minbu
14 Sanjô Kantarô II Masago-no-Mae

The stars [2] of this kaomise program were:

Actors Category/Ranking
Matsumoto Kôshirô I tachiyaku
jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]
Ichikawa Danzô I tachiyaku
jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]
Yamanaka Heikurô I jitsuaku
jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]

Others actors were Nakamura Kichibê I, Miyazaki Jûshirô I, Hayakawa Denshirô, Nakamura Shirôji, Nakajima Saburoshirô, Ôkuma Utaemon, Imamura Heijûrô and Mizuki Kikusaburô.

[1] "I worked on this kaomise page in November 2021, almost 300 years afterwards!" (Shôriya Aragorô)

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

 
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