ICHIMURAZA SOGAMONO 1779


Play title	Chô Chidori Wakayagi Soga
Theater	Ichimuraza
Producers	Ichimura Uzaemon IX
Playwrights	Masuyama Kinpachi I (tatesakusha), Nakamura Jûsuke II, Ichizuka Taiji, Tsutsui Hanji, Nakamura Raisuke

The new year sogamono drama "Chô Chidori Wakayagi Soga" was produced in the 2nd lunar month of 1779 at the Ichimuraza by Ichimura Uzaemon IX with the following casting:

Code	Actors	Roles
1	Yamashita Kinsaku II	Ôiso no Tora
2	Segawa Kikunojô III	Kewaizaka no Shôshô
3	Onoe Kikugorô I	Kudô Saemon Suketsune
4	Sakata Hangorô II	Gosho no Goromaru Fuyuyasu
5	Ichimura Uzaemon IX	Soga Gorô Tokimune

Others identified actors and roles were:

Actors	Roles
Onoe Kikugorô I	Soga Jûrô Sukenari, Nijô Kurando
Segawa Kikunojô III	Otsune, Tsukisayo
Yamashita Kinsaku II	Oseki, Akoya
Ichimura Uzaemon IX	The Soga Brothers' mother Mankô, Taira no Kagekiyo
Sakata Hangorô II	The hinin of the Seta Village, Noura Nasuemon (in reality Nijô Umemaru)
Ôtani Hiroji III	Oniô Shinzaemon, Daidôji Denbatanosuke Terumitsu, Chûgorô
Sawamura Shirogorô I	Daidôji Sanaenosuke, Yawata no Saburô
Nakamura Sukegorô II	Danzaburô (Gorô's retainer), Wada Kotarô
Bandô Hikosaburô III	Zenjibô, the katanaya Hanshichi
Nakajima Kanzaemon III	Ômi no Kotôta, Akazawa Jûnai
Matsumoto Kojirô I	Kobayashi no Asahina
Ichimura Kamezô II	Honda Jirô
Onoe Ushinosuke I	Soga Jûrô Sukenari's son
Sanogawa Ichimatsu II	Kudô's okugata, Jingorô's sister Oichi
Ikushima Daikichi IV	Katagai, Kosan

The opening day was the 8th day of the 2nd lunar month of the 8th year of the An'ei era (1779), which was the 25th of March 1779 in the western calendar.