KYÔTO KAOMISE 1722

The kaomise drama "Aioi Ôshimadai" was produced by Ogino Yaegiri I at Hoteiya Umenojô's theater in Kyôto in the 11th lunar month of 1722^[1]. It welcomed back in Kyôto the star Kirinoya Gonjûrô I. From the 28th day of the 11th lunar month, a kiri kyôgen entitled "Kantô Koroku" was staged to end the program. This kaomise was staged with the following casting:

Code	Actors	Roles
1	Katayama Kozaemon	The yakko Manohei
2	Okajima Motoemon	The nakama Yagohei (in reality the Hanazono kôshitsu's brother Daizô)
3	Kirinami Onoe	The keisei Ôsaka
4	Ichinoya Jûrobê	Aburaya Jûbê
5	Hyakuninshu Genzaburô	The wakadono Kunitarô
6	Nakamura Kanjûrô	The Hanazono karô Sasaemon
7	Tamekawa Kohyôe	The Hanazono kôshitsu
8	Fujikawa Heikurô	Ude no Yohê
9	Yashio Ikuemon	Shishidô Heima
10	Kikukawa Kiyotarô I	Wadaemon's younger sister Osuga
11	Ogino Yaegiri I	Kanzaemon's younger sister Oshige
12	Ogino Izaburô I	Tomimaru
13	Yoshida Jûrobê II	Wadaemon's father Sakurai Bundayû
14	Somenoi Hanshirô	Nanaura Kanzaemon
15	Uemura Kichiya III	Aburaya Jûbê's nyôbô Okatsu
16	Kirinoya Gonjûrô I	Sakurai Wadaemon

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

Actors	Category/Ranking
Kirinoya Gonjûrô I	tachiyaku jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]
Ogino Yaegiri I	wakaonnagata goku-jô-jô-kichi (extreme - superior - superior - excellent) [Visual]

[1] "I worked on this kaomise page in December 2022, 300 years afterwards!" (Shôriya Aragorô)

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