KITAZA - KITAGAWA NO SHIBAI

Names

Kitaza
Kitagawa no Shibai

City

Kyôto

History

5th lunar month of 1742: Chikamatsu Monzaemon's play "Shinshû Kawanakajima Kassen", which was originally written for the puppet theater and premiered in the 8th lunar month of 1721 in Ôsaka at the Takemotoza, was adapted for Kabuki for the first time, in Kyôto at the Kitagawa no Shibai, by the sakusha Iwai Jôsuke and Katsu Sôsuke; the Gidayû musical accompaniment was done by Takemoto Otodayû (singer) and Nozawa Mansuke (shamisen player). This drama was produced by the Sakata Ichitarô with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Takeda Shirô Katsuyori	Yamatoyama Jinzaemon II
Nagao Terutora	Sakakiyama Danshirô I
Princess Emon	Nakamura Kiyosaburô I
Naoe Yamashiro-no-Kami Sanetsuna	Takenaka Heikichi
Murakami Saemon Yoshikiyo, Hayami Genjûrô	Mimasu Daigorô I
Danjô's spouse Matsushima	Asao Motogorô I
Kôsaka Danjô Masanobu	Tamiya Jûzaburô I
Takeda Shingen	Mihogi Gizaemon I
Danjô's sister	Arashi Koroku I
Yamamoto Kansuke Haruyuki	Fujioka Daikichi
Kansuke's mother	Tamiya Shirogorô
Okatsu	Sakata Ichitarô

9th lunar month of 1746: the play "Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami", which was originally written for the puppet theater and staged for the first time in the 8th lunar month of 1746 in Ôsaka at the Takemotoza, was adapted for Kabuki for the first time, produced at the Kitagawa no Shibai, produced by Nakamura Kiyosaburô I and staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Takebe Genzô	Anegawa Shinshirô I
Kan Shôjô, Matsuômaru	Fujioka Daikichi
Kakuju, Tonami	Asao Motogorô I
Tatsuta-no-Mae, an unidentified role	Nakamura Kiyosaburô I

1st lunar month of 1758: first Kabuki adaptation of the puppet theater drama "Gion Sairei Shinkôki", which was originally written by Asada Icchô, Nakamura Akei and Toyotake Ôritsu in the 12th lunar month of 1757. It was simultaneously staged at the Minamigawa no Shibai [casting] and the Kitagawa no Shibai. The play was produced by Nakamura Kumetarô I at the Kitagawa no Shibai with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Princess Yuki, Kichô-no-Mae	Nakamura Kumetarô I
Matsunaga Daizen	Fujikawa Hachizô I
Konoshita Tôkichi	Fujikawa Heikurô
Kanônosuke Naonobu	Onoe Montarô
Konishi Zesai, Shibata Gonroku Katsushige	Sakurayama Shirosaburô II
Miyoshi Shurinotayû Masayasu, Shinsaku	Bandô Sukesaburô I
Keijuin, Zesai's wife Osaji	Tatsuoka Hisagiku
Oda Nobunaga	Imamura Shichisaburô II
Yoshiteru, Shibata Katsumasa	Mihogi Fujimatsu
Sogô Gumpei, Satô Masakiyo, Asakura Yoshikage	Kirishima Shinshirô
Sechibei, Matsunaga Kitôta	Arashi Sanohachi
The priest Keikaku	Mizuki Kichisaburô
Zesai's daughter Otsuyu	Sanogawa Tôkichi II
Mori no Ranmaru, Ageya Daikichi	Tatsuoka Mansaku
Yamaguchi Kurojirô, Kojibê	Kirishima Gizaemon I
Osono, Miyoshi's wife	Yoshizawa Sakinosuke II
A hinin, Nagase Tanzô	Sagawa Masugorô II

9th lunar month of 1770: premiere at the Kitagawa no Shibai of the drama "Keisei Awa no Naruto", a revision of Chikamatsu Hanji's 1768 puppet drama "Keisei Awa no Naruto", which was produced by Onoe Kumesuke and staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Fujiya Izaemon	Arashi Sangorô II
Ôgiya Yûgiri	Nakamura Noshio I
Kizaemon	Nakamura Jiroza II

3rd lunar month of 1771: first Kabuki adaptation of the puppet theater drama "Imoseyama Onna Teikin", which was produced by Mimasu Tokujirô I with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Soga no Emiji, Fukashichi, Kanawa Gorô Imakuni	Asao Tamejûrô I
Sadaka, Omiwa	Arashi Hinasuke I
Hinadori, Okiji	Sawamura Kunitarô I
Daihanji no Kiyosumi, Soga no Iruka	Nakayama Raisuke I
Koganosuke	Sawamura Tanosuke I
Fujiwara no Kamatari	Onoe Shinshichi I
Fujiwara no Tankai, Motome	Fujimatsu Sanjûrô I
Shibaroku	Edosaka Kyôemon
Princess Tachibana	Mimasu Tokujirô I
Yukinushi, the decchi Netarô	Ogino Kichisaburô
Omiwa's mother	Shinozuka Sôza
Miyakoshi Genba	Yamashita Shungorô
Uneme	Nakamura Torashichi
Medo-no-Kata	Arashi Shigenoi
Soga no Iruka	Ichikawa Saizô

1st lunar month of 1777: premiere in Kyôto at the Kitagawa no Shibai of the drama "Keisei Tonoi Zakura", whose plot was very close to Nagawa Kamesuke I's drama "Igagoe Norikake Gappa" and which was produced by Matsuyama Kogenji with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Sasaki Tan'emon, Honda Dainaiki, Uesugi Ieyori Shuzen	Onoe Shinshichi I
Karaki Masaemon, Wada Yukie	Mihogi Gizaemon II
Sawai Matagorô, Matagorô's mother Narumi, the doctor Sanai	Yamamoto Gizaemon
Wada Shizuma	Somematsu Shichisaburô II
Ishidome Busuke, Uesugi Unai Akisada, Daihachi	Asao Toyozô I
Kondô Nomorinosuke	Matsumoto Tomojûrô II
Sawai Jôgorô, Magoichi	Otowa Jiroza II
Otane, Sasao	Anegawa Minato II
Osono, Busuke's wife	Yamashita Kyônosuke

1st lunar month of 1782: the play "Tengajaya-mura" was staged for the first time in Kyôto. It was produced by Nakayama Ihachi I at the Kitagawa no Shibai with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Adachi Motoemon	Kasaya Matakurô II
Tôma Saburôemon, Yasuke	Mihogi Gizaemon II
Hayase Iori	Nakayama Ihachi I
Hayase Genjirô	Nakamura Noshio II
Somenoi	Yoshizawa Iroha I
Kôemon	Onoe Kikugorô I

9th lunar month of 1801: premiere at the Kitagawa no Shibai of Shiba Shisô's drama "Hakone Reigen Izari no Adauchi", which was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Iinuma Katsugorô	Arashi Sangorô III
Sassa Narimasa, Tsukumo Shinzaemon, Omuro Yosenami	Onoe Koisaburô I
Fudesuke	Nakamura Utaemon III
Katsugorô's wife Hatsuhana, Yodomachi Gozen	Fujikawa Tomokichi I
Satô Gôsuke, Takiguchi Kôzuke	Asao Kuzaemon I
Hôjô Ujimasa	Nakayama Bungorô I
Tokuemon	Mimasu Daigorô III
Mandokoro, Fudesuke's wife, Osada	Matsumoto Yonesaburô I
Iinuma Sanpei	Fujikawa Hachizô III

Summer 1802: the play "Ehon Taikôki" was staged for the first time in Kyôto. It was produced by Arashi Sankichi at the Kitagawa no Shibai with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Takechi Mitsuhide, Chôzaemon	Ichikawa Danzô IV
Mashiba Hisayoshi	Arashi Kichisaburô II
Oda Harunaga	Arashi Sangorô III
Misao	Yoshizawa Iroha I

3rd lunar month of 1808: the drama "Hachijin Shugo no Honjô", which was originally written for the puppet theater and premiered in the 9th lunar month of 1807 in Ôsaka, was adapted for Kabuki by the sakusha Nagawa Kunisuke, Nagawa Tokusuke I and Ichioka Washichi I and staged in Kyôto at the Kitagawa no Shibai with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Katô Asakiyo	Ichikawa Danzô IV
Konomura Hayato, Hori Sanzaemon, Ôuchi Kanja Yoshihiro	Ogino Izaburô II
Hinaginu	Sawamura Tanosuke II
Otoki, Princess Haru	Yoshizawa Sakinosuke IV
Miki-no-Kami, Shinsaku, the old woman Miura	Nakayama Raisuke IV
Kojima Masatsugu, Kitabatake Haruo	Ôtani Tomoemon II
Asakiyo's okugata Hazue, the menoto Yasose	Yoshizawa Ayame V
Katô Kazuenosuke	Ogawa Kichitarô III

6th lunar month of 1821: Katsu Hyôzô I's drama "Kachi Zumô Ukina no Hanabure", commonly called "Shirafuji Genta", was revived for the first time, 11 years and 3 months after its premiere in Edo at the Ichimuraza [casting]. It was staged in Kyôto at the Kitagawa no Shibai with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
The sumô wrestler Shirafuji Genta	Bandô Mitsugorô III
The courtesan Oshun	Iwai Hanshirô V
Gonsuke, the rice dealer Sakama Denbê	Matsumoto Kôshirô V
Tomihachi	Sawamura Gennosuke II
Tsugawa Mondo	Asao Yûjirô I
Tsugawa Katsujirô	Ichikawa Shinzô III
Shioda Bannoshin	Bandô Mitsuemon I
Gonsuke's wife Otori	Ichikawa Sôzaburô IV
Osawa	Iwai Matsunosuke I
Osawa's sister Otomi	Arashi Rikô I
Oshun's mother Okaya	Sawamura Chôshirô II

11th lunar month of 1822: premiere at the Kitagawa no Shibai of the drama "Kajiwara Heizô Kitai no Ishikiri", a new version of the third act of "Miura no Ôsuke Kôbai Tazuna", revised by Kanazawa Ryûgoku I. It was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Kajiwara Heizô Kagetoki	Nakamura Utaemon III
Rokurôdayû	Asao Kuzaemon I
Kozue	Fujikawa Tomokichi II
Matano Gorô	Ôtani Tomoemon II
Ôba Saburô	Asao Okuyama III

3rd lunar month of 1833: premiere at the Kitagawa no Shibai of "Hana Fubuki Koi no Tekagami", which was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Kanô Shirojirô	Nakamura Utaemon III
Koyuki	Nakamura Tomijûrô II
Iwakiya Tôzaburô	Bandô Jutarô I
Utanosuke	Onoe Tamizô II

6th lunar month of 1835: the play "Sesshû Gappô-ga-Tsuji", which was originally written for the puppet theater and staged in the 2nd lunar month of 1773, was adapted for Kabuki for the first time, in Kyôto at the Kitagawa no Shibai, with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Tamate Gozen	Yamashita Kinsaku IV
Gappô Dôshin	Asao Kuzaemon II
Takayasu Shuntokumaru	Nakayama Yoshio II
Princess Asaka	Nakamura Tomisaburô
Gappô's wife Otoku	Nakamura Shikinosuke
The yakko Irihei	Jitsukawa Enzaburô I

4th lunar month of 1866: Nakamura Shibanosuke took the name of Nakamura Shibajaku II at the Kitagawa no Shibai, playing 4 roles in the drama "Meiboku Sendai Hagi".

December 1888: Arashi Wasaburô III took the name of Arashi Tokusaburô V at the Kitagawa no Shibai.

1893: the Kitaza was definitively destroyed during the widening work of the Shijô avenue in Kyôto.