KYÔTO NI-NO-KAWARI 1720
   
Play title Keisei Mizoro-ga-Ike  In Japanese
Theater Ebisuya Kichirôbê's theater
Producer Yamatoyama Jinzaemon I
Playwrights Sakakiyama Kansuke I [1]

The new year ni-no-kawari "Keisei Mizoro-ga-Ike" was staged in the 1st lunar month of 1720 [2] in Kyôto at Ebisuya Kichirôbê's theater with the following casting:

Code Actors Roles
1 Yashio Ikuemon Kutsuwa Gonkurô
2 Sakakiyama Shirotarô I Yada Gorô
3 Ichimura Katsura The keisei Handayû
4 Yamamoto Koshikibu The wakadono Montarô
5 Matsushima Moheiji The ahô Mosuke
6 Sakakiyama Koshirô I Kumagai Hanroku
7 Kirinami Takie Sanzaemon's goke Koyano
8 Yamatoyama Jinzaemon I Tachibana Kamonnosuke
9 Yamamura Utanosuke Chisato-no-Mae
10 Asao Shichirôji The jûji of the Komachi Temple
11 Bandô Matajûrô I The evil priest Kanzôbô
12 Yamada Jinpachi The priest Unsaibô
13 Yamamura Kazaemon Lord Tachibana Minbu
14 Ichikawa Toyama III Tachibana Minbu's midaidokoro dressed as a beggar (kojiki)
15 Sakakiyama Koshirô I Kumagai Hanroku
16 Yamatoyama Jinzaemon I Tachibana Kamonnosuke

The opening day was the 15th day of the 1st lunar month of the 5th year of the Kyôhô era, which was the 22nd of February 1720 in the western calendar.

[1] Not reported in the 1st volume of "Kabuki Nenpyô" but high probability as Sakakiyama Kansuke I was the sakusha for the kaomise drama "Hôraisan Hiyoku no Tsurukame" which was staged at Ebisuya Kichirôbê's theater in the 11th lunar month of 1719.

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

 
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