MORITAZA SOGAMONO 1721
   
Play titles Nigiwai Suehiro Soga  In Japanese
Theater Moritaza
Producer Morita Kan'ya IV
Playwrights ???

The new year sogamono drama "Nigiwai Suehiro Soga" was produced by Morita Kan'ya IV and was staged in the 1st lunar month of 1721 in Edo at the Moritaza with the following casting:

Code Actors Roles
1 Ogawa Zengorô I Kudô Saemon Suketsune
2 Sodeoka Masanosuke II The mother of the Soga Brothers
3 Saigoku Hyôsuke The bettô of Hakone
4 Ichikawa Danjûrô II Soga Gorô Tokimune
5 Narumi Goroshirô I Kobayashi no Asahina
6 Morita Kan'ya IV Soga no Zenji
7 Mimasuya Sukejûrô I Soga Jûrô Sukenari
8 Ichikawa Monnosuke I The courtesan Ôiso no Tora (Jûrô's lover)
9 Nakajima Mihoemon I Sakata Rokkaku
10 Sodesaki Miwano I The courtesan Kewaizaka no Shôshô (Gorô's lover)
11 Sodeoka Masanosuke II The mother of the Soga Brothers
12 Ichikawa Danjûrô II Yojibê

Others actors in identified roles were:

Actors Roles
Takamura Matashirô Wada no Yoshimori
Mizuki Kikusaburô Nitta no Shirô
The priest Renshô Kanazawa Heiroku
 
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