ÔSAKA KAOMISE 1721
   
Play title Onna Genji Musha Sugoroku  In Japanese
Theater Naka no Shibai
Producer Takeshima Kôzaemon II
Playwright ???

The kaomise drama "Onna Genji Musha Sugoroku" was produced in the 11th lunar month of 1721 [1] in Ôsaka at the Naka no Shibai by Takeshima Kôzaemon II. The opening day was the 1st day of the 11th lunar month of 1721 [2]. This kaomise program was staged with the following casting:

Code Actors Roles
1 Takeshima Kôzaemon II Dairiki Dan'emon
2 Sawamura Otoemon I Nakaomi Heizô
3 Takeshima Kôtarô Kamegorô
4 Yoshizawa Tamazuma Kasane Gozen
5 Fujii Hanamatsu Umegawa
6 Bandô Matajûrô I Nagayama Sakyônojô
7 Shinozuka Jûzaemon Fujiwara Ippô
8 Asao Jûjirô I Dan'emon's nyôbô Otsuma
9 Fujita Bunzaemon Rigakuin
10 Ichiyama Sukegorô I Mizunoe Torajirô
11 Tamiya Shirogorô Kunioka Emanosuke
12 Kaneko Kichizaemon Asayama Kinroku
13 Matsushima Hyôtarô Kinroku's musume Okane
14 Bandô Hikosaburô I The rônin Shindô Chikaranosuke
15 Yamatoyama Sensuke I The wakadono Kamura Mon'ya
16 Tanimatsu Heisuke Jinsai

The stars [3] of this kaomise program were:

Actors Category/Ranking
Takeshima Kôzaemon II tachiyaku
jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]
Asao Jûjirô I wakaonnagata
jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]

Others actors were Sakurayama Shirosaburô I [4], Yanagawa Sôzaemon and Matsushima Sakuya II.

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

[2] The 1st day of the 11th lunar month of the 6th year of the Kyôhô era was the 19th of December 1721 in the western calendar.

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

[4] He was expected to perform but he did not feel well and had to stop acting for a while.

 
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