EDO KAOMISE 1724

The kaomise drama "Taiheiki Okuni Kabuki" was produced by Nakamura Kanzaburô VI at the Nakamuraza in Edo in the 11th lunar month of 1724^[1]. It was staged with the following casting:

Code	Actors	Roles
1	Arashi Wakano I	Prince Mochihito
2	Nakamura Denpachi	Yamanaka Shiganosuke
3	Sakata Hangorô I	The wrong Akamatsu Mushanosuke^[3]
4	Miyakawa Hachirôzaemon	Yamana Akuemon
5	Narumi Goroshirô I	Nikki Danjô Saemon
6	Sanjô Kantarô II	Okuni
7	Ichikawa Danjûrô II	Arajishi Otokonosuke
8	Matsumoto Kôshirô I	Akamatsu Mushanosuke
9	Matsumoto Shichizô I	Princess Haru
10	Shinomiya Genpachi	The old Sawada Daizen^[4]
11	Ichikawa Monnosuke I	Higashiyama Yoshimasa
12	Sawamura Sôjûrô I	Hosokawa Katsumoto
13	Ôtani Ryûzaemon I	Wani Jirô
14	Yamashita Kinsaku I	Ono no Otsû
15	Hayakawa Hatsuse	Sawada Okichi

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

Actors	Category/Ranking
Ichikawa Danjûrô II	tachiyaku goku-jô-jô-kichi (extreme - superior - superior - excellent) [Visual]
Matsumoto Kôshirô I	tachiyaku jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]
Sawamura Sôjûrô I	tachiyaku jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]
Yamashita Kinsaku 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]
Shinomiya Genpachi	oyajigata jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]
Ichikawa Monnosuke I	wakashugata jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]

Others actors were Nakamura Genshichi, Nakamura Heijûrô, Tagawa Hikojûrô, Ikushima Tôgorô, Miyazaki Jûshirô II, Tamiya Tamigorô & Kinue Jûrobê.

[1] "I worked on this kaomise page in November 2024, almost 300 years afterwards!" (Shôriya Aragorô)

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

[3] A man disguised as Akamatsu Mushanosuke.

[4] Sawadako Daizen.