KYÔTO 1720

KYÔTO NI-NO-KAWARI 1720


Play title	Keisei Hachimannichi
Theater	Miyako Mandayû's theater
Producer	Miyako Mandayû
Playwright	Sadoshima Saburôzaemon^[1]

The new year ni-no-kawari "Keisei Hachimannichi" was staged in the 1st lunar month of 1720^[2] in Kyôto at Miyako Mandayû's theater with the following casting:

Code	Actors	Roles
1	Haruyama Genshichi I	The bonze Rinzôsu, later the samurai Okaemon
2	Miyazaki Giheita	Mochizuki Bundayû
3	Tamagawa Genzaburô	Tosahei
4	Sadoshima Chôgorô I	The wakadono Hachihana Manjûrô
5	Yamamoto Kamon	The courtesan Yakko no Yachiyo
6	Yamanaka Naojûrô	Mochizuki Utaemon
7	Asao Hisamatsu	The koshô Orinosuke
8	Tamekawa Kohyôe	The midaidokoro
9	Otowa Jirosaburô I	The midaidokoro's brother Kihê, later Yagi Sôzaemon
10	Yoshioka Saburôsuke	The daikan Jirozaemon
11	Nakata Rokujûrô	The keisei Enshû
12	Sadoshima Hachisaburô	Tsunematsu
13	Kiyosaki Handayû	Chiyohashi
14	Shibazaki Rinzaemon I	Tsukioka Sadaemon
15	Otowa Jirosaburô I	Yagi Sôzaemon

[1] Not reported in the 1st volume of "Kabuki Nenpyô" but high probability as Sadoshima Saburôzaemon was the sakusha for the kaomise drama "Shôjô Zakaya Mannen-gura" which was staged at Miyako Mandayû's theater in the 11th lunar month of 1719.

[2] "I worked on this kaomise page in February 2020, 300 years afterwards!" (Shôriya Aragorô)