MORITAZA SOGAMONO 1762


Play titles	Koi Zakura Umewaka Soga
Theater	Moritaza
Producer	Morita Kan'ya VI
Playwrights	Namiki Aryû (Namiki Ryôsuke), Ichizuka Taiji, Fujii Hanzô, Ogi Ginji

The new year sogamono drama "Koi Zakura Umewaka Soga" was produced by Morita Kan'ya VI and was staged in the 1st lunar month of 1762 in Edo at the Moritaza with the following casting:

Code	Actors	Roles
1	Sengoku Sukeji	Kobayashi no Asahina
2	Nakamura Denzô I	Yoshida Takewakamaru
3	Ôtani Hirohachi I	The old woman Mukade
4	Nakamura Matsue I	Kewaizaka no Shôshô
5	Morita Kan'ya VI	The zamoto making a kôjô
6	Anegawa Daikichi I	Soga Jûrô Sukenari disguised as a tôzoku, in reality Yoshida Matsuwakamaru
7	Sakata Sajûrô I	Izu no Jirô
8	Sanogawa Ichimatsu I	Soga Gorô Tokimune disguised as a tôzoku
9	Anegawa Daikichi I	Soga Jûrô Sukenari
10	Tomizawa Tatsujûrô	Kudô Saemon Suketsune
11	Sanogawa Ichimatsu I	Soga Gorô Tokimune
12	Ichikawa Danzô III	Kagekiyo
13	Sanogawa Ichimatsu I	Shigetada's okugata Yuranoto
14	Sawamura Otoemon II	The nyûdô Yawata
15	Bandô Sanpachi I	Kamata Matahachi
16	Tomizawa Montarô II	Ôiso no Tora
17	Sanogawa Ichimatsu I	Oniô Shinzaemon's nyôbô
18	Ichikawa Danzô III	Oniô Shinzaemon

"Koi Zakura Umewaka Soga" mixed four sekai: it was a sogamono, an oshichi-kichisamono, a kagekiyomono and a sumidagawamono.

The zagashira Ichikawa Danzô III played the role of Kagekiyo disguised as Kudô Saemon Suketsune.

Anegawa Daikichi I, Ôtani Hirohachi I, Nakamura Matsue I and Nakamura Denzô I also played the roles of Kisshôin Kichisaburô, Yawata no Saburô, Yaoya Oshichi and Benchô.

The opening day was the 15th day of the 1st lunar month of the 12th year of the Hôreki era (1762), which was the 8th of February 1762 in the western calendar.