During the Edo period, it was a custom in the cities of Ôsaka and Kyôto to start the new year with a ni-no-kawari drama:

Kyôto 1719 (Miyako Handayû's theater)

Kyôto 1720 (Miyako Handayû's theater)  

Kyôto 1720 (Hayagumo Chôdayû's theater)  

Kyôto 1720 (Ebisuya Kichirôbê's theater)  

Kyôto 1720 (Nakamura Hatsudayû's theater)  

Kyôto 1721 (Miyako Handayû's theater)

Kyôto 1721 (Nakamura Hatsudayû's theater)

Ôsaka 1723 (Ôsaka Kuzaemon's theater)

Kyôto 1723 (Daikokuya Takenojô's theater)

Kyôto 1731 (Kameya Kumenojô's theater)

Ôsaka 1751 (Naka no Shibai)

Kyôto 1751 (Ebisuya Kichirôbê's theater)

Kyôto 1753 (Minamigawa no Shibai)

Kyôto 1753 (Kitagawa no Shibai)

Kyôto 1764 (Minamigawa no Shibai)

Kyôto 1764 (Kitagawa no Shibai)

Kyôto 1772 (Minamigawa no Shibai)

Ôsaka 1778 (Naka no Shibai)

Kyôto 1778 (Minamigawa no Shibai)

Ôsaka 1784 (Naka no Shibai)