NAKAMURAZA SOGAMONO 1780


Play title	Hatsumonbi Kuruwa Soga
Theater	Nakamuraza
Producers	Nakamura Kanzaburô IX, Nakamura Denkurô III
Playwrights	Masuyama Kinpachi I (tatesakusha), Sei Basetsu, Ichizuka Saiji, Yamada Heizô, Sono Eisuke, Tsuuchi Seizaburô, Mura Raisuke

The new year sogamono drama "Hatsumonbi Kuruwa Soga" was produced in the 1st lunar month of 1780^[1] at the Nakamuraza by Nakamura Kanzaburô IX and Nakamura Denkurô III with the following casting:

Code	Actors	Roles
1	Yamashita Kinsaku II	Mankô Gozen
2	Iwai Hanshirô IV	Fuji Minbu's sister Koyuki^[2]
3	Ichikawa Danjûrô V	Kudô Saemon Suketsune
4	Sakata Hangorô II	Oniô Shinzaemon
5	Bandô Mitsugorô I	Soga Jûrô Sukenari
6	Ichikawa Monnosuke II	Soga Gorô Tokimune

Others actors in identified roles were:

Actors	Roles
Ichikawa Danjûrô V	Kagekiyo
Bandô Mitsugorô I	Fuji Minbu
Onoe Matsusuke I	Baramon no Kichi, Furugôri Shinzaemon
Ôtani Hiroemon III	Asama Sazen, Wada no Yoshimori
Nakamura Sukegorô II	Danzaburô
Yamashita Kinsaku II	Fuji Minbu's nyôbô Hanazono
Sakata Hangorô II	Soga Tarô Sukenobu
Nakamura Kumejirô	The courtesan Ôiso no Tora
Nakamura Kanzaburô IX	Minamoto no Yoriie, Zenjibô
Yamashita Mangiku I	Takayasu Saemon Michitoshi's son Takayasu Shuntokumaru
Matsumoto Daishichi	Ômi no Kotôta
Sengoku Hikosuke II	Danzaburô (Gorô's retainer), Detsuchi Mosaku
Nakamura Denkurô III	Oniô Shinzaemon's son Shinzaburô

The opening day was the 15th day of the 1st lunar month of the 9th year of the An'ei era (1780), which was the 19th of February 1780 in the western calendar.

[1] "I worked on this kaomise page in January 2020, almost 240 years afterwards!" (Shôriya Aragorô)

[2] Koyuki or Shirayuki? Or Satsuki Gozen as it seems to be written on the illustration ? To be clarified.

Kabuki Playbill for "Hatsumonbi Kuruwa Soga" at the Nakamura Theater (MFA)