KITAGAWA NO SHIBAI NI-NO-KAWARI 1753

KYÔTO NI-NO-KAWARI 1753


Play title	Keisei Matsuchiyama
Theater	Kitagawa no Shibai
Producer	Arashi San'emon IV
Playwright	Horikoshi Nisôji I

The new year ni-no-kawari "Keisei Matsuchiyama" was produced by Arashi San'emon IV and was staged in the 2nd lunar month of 1753 in Kyôto at the Kitagawa no Shibai with the following casting:

Code	Actors	Roles
1	Sakurayama Shirosaburô II	Yawata no Saburô
2	Ichikawa Wajûrô	Awazu no Shichirô
3	Hayakawa Denzô	The doctor Shôhaku
4	Sakakiyama Shirotarô II	Yawata no Shirô's nyôbô Sakaki
5	Imamura Shichisaburô II	Tengu no Sôta
6	Sawamura Seijûrô	Fukami Genba
7	Sawamura Kijûrô I	The farmer Tamiemon
8	Nakamura Shôzô	Yawata no Shirô (?)
9	Yamamoto Shichizô	Wanibuchi Kandayû
10	Arashi San'emon IV	Matsu-no-Mae
11	Somematsu Shichisaburô I	Yoshida no Shôshô
12	Arashi Tominosuke I	The keisei Hanjo
13	Sawamura Kunitarô I	Umewaka
14	Sawamura Otoemon II	Masui Dengo
15	Yoshizawa Ayame II	Dote no Haru
16	Sakakiyama Koshirô II	Hanaôgiya Rokubê
17	Yoshizawa Ayame II	The nakai Haru

Sawamura Otoemon II, Sakurayama Shirosaburô II, Sakakiyama Koshirô II, Somematsu Shichisaburô I and Sawamura Kijûrô I also played the roles of Monban Kagiemon, Zeniya Shôemon, Awazu no Rokurô, Eitaiya Ubê and the daijin Roku.

This ni-no-kawari drama was also a sumidagawamono.

The opening day was the 9th day of the 2nd lunar month of the 3rd year of the Hôreki era (1753), which was the 13th of March 1753 in the western calendar.