KYÔTO 1751

KYÔTO NI-NO-KAWARI 1751


Play title	Keisei Kane-ga-Fuchi
Theater	Ebisuya Kichirôbê's theater
Producer	Sakakiyama Shirotarô II
Playwrights	Fujikawa Sakoku, Fujikawa Mokusuke, Tani Keitô

The new year ni-no-kawari "Keisei Kane-ga-Fuchi" was staged in the 1st lunar month of 1751 in Kyôto at Ebisuya Kichirôbê's theater with the following casting:

Code	Actors	Roles
1	Somematsu Shichisaburô I	The Shoshadera bonze Gyôshun
2	Sakakiyama Koshirô II	The Yamazaki farmer Yogorô
3	Karyû Sawagorô	Shishidô Hyôgo
4	Anegawa Daikichi I	???
5	Takenaka Heikichi	The umakata Sankurô, in reality Mashiba Tôzô
6	Arashi San'emon IV	???
7	Kasaya Matakurô I	The kagokaki Mataichi, in reality Suminoe Daigaku
8	Sawamura Shinji	Satomi Sagoemon
9	Bandô Sukesaburô I	Itô Tomokurô
10	Fujikawa Daizô (?)	A yakko
11	Sakurayama Shirosaburô II	The hairdresser Shichirobê
12	Sakakiyama Koshirô II	Yogorô
13	Imamura Shichisaburô II	The farmer Yogobê
14	Arashi Koroku I	Shichirobê's daughter Oriyo
15	Sakakiyama Shirotarô II	The keisei Nanaura
16	Somematsu Shichisaburô I	The wakadono Yamatonosuke
17	Arashi Koroku I	Shichirobê's daughter Oriyo

This new year drama was premiered the 16th day of the 1st lunar month of the 4th year of the Kan'en era was the 11th of February 1751 in the western calendar.

Bandô Sukesaburô I also played the role of Shichirobê's nyôbô Tonase.