NAKAMURAZA SOGAMONO 1779


Play title	Gohiiki Nennen Soga
Theater	Nakamuraza
Producers	Nakamura Kanzaburô IX, Nakamura Denkurô III
Playwrights	Sakurada Jisuke I (tatesakusha), Kasanui Sensuke I, Sone Shôkichi I, Hama Onozô, Murata Yahei, Yamada Heizô, Umeda Hyôzô

The new year sogamono drama "Gohiiki Nennen Soga" was produced in the 1st lunar month of 1779 at the Nakamuraza by Nakamura Kanzaburô IX and Nakamura Denkurô III with the following casting:

Code	Actors	Roles
1	Matsumoto Kôshirô IV	Kudô Saemon Suketsune
2	Ôtani Tomoemon I	Oniô Shinzaemon
3	Ichikawa Monnosuke II	Hakuômaru
4	Bandô Mitsugorô I	Kobayashi no Asahina
5	Iwai Hanshirô IV	The courtesan Kewaizaka no Shôshô

Others actors in identified roles were:

Actors	Roles
Bandô Mitsugorô I	Soga Jûrô Sukenari
Ôtani Tomoemon I	Mikuni Kurô
Matsumoto Kôshirô IV	Gunsuke
Nakamura Rikô I	The courtesan Ôiso no Tora
Iwai Hanshirô IV	Tsukisayo
Ichikawa Monnosuke II	Danzaburô
Yoshizawa Ayame IV	Ômi no Kotôta's nyôbô
Ôtani Hiroemon III	Matsui Gengo, Yawata Saburô
Yamashina Shirojûrô	Yoshida no Shôshô, Mankô
Nakamura Kumejirô	Miura no Katakai
Nakamura Kanzaburô IX	Matsuwakamaru
Nakamura Denkurô III	Ômi no Kotôta's son
Ichikawa Jun'emon	Kaba no Kaja Noriyori, Mukade Kinbê
Bandô Sanpachi II	Kajiwara Kunihira
Ichikawa Komazô III	Kudô Inubômaru Suketomo

The opening day was the 15th day of the 1st lunar month of the 8th year of the An'ei era (1779), which was the 2nd of March 1779 in the western calendar.