KYÔTO 1753

KYÔTO NI-NO-KAWARI 1753


Play title	Keisei Naruo no Umi
Theater	Minamigawa no Shibai
Producer	Yamashita Matatarô I
Playwrights	Sawamura Ayasuke, Nakayama Otohachi, Sawanaka Yôsuke, Nakamatsu Bunzô, Nakanogawa Tôshichi, Nakanogawa Genpachi

The new year ni-no-kawari "Keisei Naruo no Umi" was staged in the 2nd lunar month of 1753 in Kyôto at the Minamigawa no Shibai with the following casting:

Code	Actors	Roles
1	Fujioka Daikichi	Hoshino Saibê
2	Sagawa Imagorô	The false Saibê (in reality Honjô Sajibei)
3	Yamamoto Koheiji	Isenojô
4	Bandô Manzô	Gotô Kakunai Saemon
5	Yamashita Matatarô I	Yaban Nitasuke
6	Shinozuka Sôza	Matsuzaka Tônai
7	Yashio Ikuemon (?)	Kumozu Danzô
8	Yamashita Ugenta II	The keisei Someginu
9	Fujioka Daikichi	Nomura Nasuemon
10	Sakakiyama Danshirô I	Kyôya Matabei
11	Bandô Sukesaburô I	Saigokuya's servant Gohei
12	Bandô Manzô	Kengyo
13	Tatsuoka Hisagiku	Saigokuya's nyôbô Oen
14	Yamashita Matatarô I	Nagaharaya Ibei
15	Yamashita shirogorô	The zatô Kikuichi
16	Hanakawa Ichinojô	Orin

The opening day was the 28th day of the 2nd lunar month of 1753, which was the 1st of April 1753.