KYÔTO 1723

KYÔTO NI-NO-KAWARI 1723


Play title	Keisei Hitomaruzuka
Theater	Daikokuya Takenojô's theater
Producer	Otowa Jirosaburô I
Playwrights	???

The new year ni-no-kawari "Keisei Hitomaruzuka" was staged in the 1st lunar month of 1723 in Kyôto at Daikokuya Takenojô's theater with the following casting:

Code	Actors	Roles
1	Nakamura Sôjûrô	Ude no Manbê
2	Miyazaki Giheita	Sokonashi Gonzô
3	Mizuki Masano	The keisei Koizutsu
4	Yoshida Kozaburô	The wakadono
5	Yoshizawa Ayame I	The Tatewaki goke Okura
6	Ichikawa Toyama III	The midaidokoro
7	Ichikawa Takegorô	Sôryô Mantarô
8	Yamatogawa Gorojirô	Sôryô Tatsutarô
9	Bandô Matasaburô I	Sezaemon
10	Otowa Jirosaburô I	Sagara Wasuke
11	Kanazawa Hikogorô II	Sagara Dôkan
12	Yoshizawa Ayame I	The Tatewaki goke Okura
13	Matsumoto Shigemaki	The keisei Ôyodo
14	Iwai Izaemon	Asai Sukekurô
15	Kirinami Senju II	Shintarô
16	Otowa Jirosaburô I	Sagara Wasuke
17	Tamagawa Genzaburô	The servant Matasaku
18	Fujioka Daikichi	Oyura

In this drama, the star Yoshizawa Ayame I switches back to wakaonnagata roles and performed under his most important stage name (he performed as a tachiyaku under the name of Yoshizawa Gonshichi from the 11th lunar month of 1721 to the 12th lunar month of 1722).

This was the last stage apperance for the actor Matsumoto Shigemaki.

Nakamura Sôjûrô also played the role of Sakurada Kôsuke.