EDO KAOMISE 1723

The kaomise drama "Hinagata Shuten Dôji" was produced by Ichimura Takenojô IV at the Ichimuraza in Edo in the 11th lunar month of 1723^[1]. It celebrated the arrival in Edo of the Kamigata actor Ogino Izaburô I. It was staged with the following casting:

Code	Actors	Roles
1	Nakajima Mihoemon I	Sôma Tarô Yoshikado disguised as Ashiya no Dôman
2	Sanjô Kantarô II	Yamanba
3	Nakamura Denpachi	Kaidômaru
4	Yamanaka Heikurô I	Higekirimaru
5	Sakata Hangorô I	Iga Jutarô
6	Ichikawa Danzô I	Tawara Tôta Hidesato
7	Ôtani Ryûzaemon I	Goemon
8	Nakajima Mihoemon I	Sôma Tarô Yoshikado
9	Ogino Izaburô I	Watanabe Genji Tsuna
10	Tsutsui Kichijûrô I	Watanabe's aunt
11	Sawamura Sôjûrô I	Fujiwara no Nakamitsu
12	Sanjô Kantarô II	Kôkiden
13	Ichikawa Danzô I	Tawara Tôta Hidesato
14	Kamakura Chôkurô II	The ge'nin Genroku
15	Ichimura Takenojô IV	Bijomaru
16	Nakamura Kichibê I	A yakko

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

Actors	Category/Ranking
Yamanaka Heikurô I	jitsuaku goku-jô-jô-kichi (extreme - superior - superior - excellent) [Visual]
Ichikawa Danzô I	tachiyaku jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]
Sawamura Sôjûrô I	tachiyaku jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]
Nakajima Mihoemon I	jitsuaku jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]
Tsutsui Kichijûrô I	wakaonnagata jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]
Sanjô Kantarô II	wakaonnagata jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]
Nakamura Denpachi	dôkegata jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]
Ogino Izaburô I	wakashugata jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]

Others actors were Hayakawa Denshirô, Nanboku Magotarô II, Murakami Zenzaemon, Hashimoto Daijirô, Takenaka Kikunojô and Nakagawa Kinzô.

[1] "I worked on this kaomise page in October 2023, almost 300 years afterwards!" (Shôriya Aragorô)

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