KYÔTO KAOMISE 1721

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KYÔTO KAOMISE 1721


Play title	Fuji Asama Taiheiraku
Theater	Hayagumo Chôdayû's theater
Producers	Matsumoto Shigemaki/Wakaura Kinjûrô
Playwright	???

The kaomise drama "Fuji Asama Taiheiraku" was produced in the 11th lunar month of 1721^[1] in Kyôto at Hayagumo Chôdayû's theater by Matsumoto Shigemaki and Wakaura Kinjûrô. This kaomise program was staged with the following casting:

Code	Actors	Roles
1	Mitsuoka Ujiemon	Jûzô
2	Karyû Sawaemon	Sasaki Sadaemon^[2]
3	Matsumoto Shigemaki	Daimonjiya Oyuki
4	Ôshima Kajûrô	The saruhiki Saemon
5	Shinozuka Sôjûrô	Ashiwake Irienojô
6	Fujikawa Buzaemon I	The karô Hirose Bundayû
7	Wakaura Kinjûrô	Fuji
8	Matsushima Moheiji	Yomohachi
9	Takashima Onoe	The kôshitsu Toyoura
10	Sakakiyama Shirotarô I	Aoyagi Unemenosuke
11	Yamamura Giemon I	The karô Shinohara Tokiemon
12	Yamashita Kamenojô I	Asama's nyôbô Kinue
13	Yamamura Utanosuke	Fuji's nyôbô Makino
14	Nakamura Mikiemon	Naoe Shimagorô
15	Shibazaki Momotarô	Tanomo
16	Sakakiyama Koshirô I	Asama

The star^[3] of this kaomise program was:

Actors	Category/Ranking
Fujikawa Buzaemon I	jitsuaku goku-jô-jô-kichi (extreme - superior - superior - excellent) [Visual]

Others actors were Nakamura Kyôjûrô I, Nakagawa Shigejûrô, Sakakiyama Kansuke I, Yoshizawa Sakinosuke I, Yamatogawa Tatsuya, Sakakiyama Tamon, Asayama Hidezaburô and Sodesaki Tsumanosuke.

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

[2] Sasaki Sadaemon or Sasaki Jôemon

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

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