Okamoto Kidô's drama "Shinjuku Yawa" was premiered in May 1927 at the Hongôza [more details].

"Shinjuku Yawa" is rarely produced on Kabuki stages; from the end of World War II to the end of the twentieth century, we've found only 4 records of performances in ôshibai between 1952 and 1977:

The actors Ichikawa Shôchô II, Ichikawa Sumizô VI and Ichikawa Sadanji II playing the roles of the kakaeko Shinanoya Ochô, Saitô Daihachi and Saitô Jingozaemon in the drama "Shinjuku Yawa", which was staged in December 1938 at the Minamiza