MORITAZA SOGAMONO 1779


Play title	Edo Meisho Midori Soga
Theater	Moritaza
Producers	Morita Kan'ya VII
Playwrights	Kawatake Shinshichi I (tatesakusha), Okuno Sasuke, Nakamura Kashichi, Okuno Eiji, Nakamura Chôgorô, Tsumoto Ichiji

The new year sogamono drama "Edo Meisho Midori Soga" was produced in the 1st lunar month of 1779 at the Moritaza by Morita Kan'ya VII with the following casting:

Code	Actors	Roles
1	Onoe Tamizô I	Yoshida Matsuwakamaru
2	Onoe Matsusuke I	Kagekiyo's nyôbô Akoya
3	Nakamura Nakazô I	Chichibu no Shôji Shigetada
4	Ichikawa Danjûrô V	Taira no Kagekiyo
5	Ichikawa Danzô IV	The yakko Gunsuke

Others identified actors and roles were:

Actors	Roles
Ichikawa Danjûrô V	Kudô Saemon Suketsune
Ichikawa Danzô IV	Oniô Shinzaemon, Ômi no Kotôta
Bandô Matatarô IV	Danzaburô (Gorô's retainer)
Sawamura Chôjûrô IV	Aburaya Tarobê, Usami Jûnai
Onoe Matsusuke I	Banba no Chûta
Nakamura Nakazô I	Kobayashi no Asahina, Osaragi Sabu, Dainichibô
Osagawa Tsuneyo II	Osome, Gokuraku Jibê's nyôbô
Onoe Tamizô I	Hanjo-no-Mae
Bandô Matakurô IV	Soga Gorô Tokimune
Sawamura Yodogorô II	Soga Jûrô Sukenari
Yamashita Matatarô IV	Yawata no Saburô
Ôtani Kunitarô	Yoshida Umewakamaru
Sakata Kikunoi	Princess Hitomaru

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.