NAKAMURAZA SOGAMONO 1772


Play title	Haru ha Soga Akebono Zôshi
Theater	Nakamuraza
Producer	Nakamura Kanzaburô VII
Playwrights	Nakamura Jûsuke II




The actors Ichikawa Komazô II (top), Ichikawa Monnosuke II (bottom/left) and Ichikawa Yaozô II (bottom/right) playing the roles of Kudô Saemon Suketsune, Soga Gorô Tokimune and Soga Jûrô Sukenari	The actors Nakamura Nakazô I (top/left) and Nakajima Mihoemon II (bottom/right) playing the roles of Oniô Shinzaemon and Danzaburô

The actors Ichikawa Yaozô II (top/left), Nakamura Shôchô (top/right), Iwai Hanshirô IV (center/left), Nakamura Nakazô I (center/right), Nakamura Shichisaburô III (bottom/left) and Ichikawa Sumizô I (bottom/right) playing the roles of Soga Jûrô Sukenari, ???, Tsukisayo, Oniô Shinzaemon, ??? and ???	The actors Ichikawa Yaozô II (top/right), Nakamura Nakazô I (center/left), Ichikawa Monnosuke II (center/right) and Matsumoto Kôshirô II (bottom/) playing the roles of Soga Jûrô Sukenari, Oniô Shinzaemon, Soga Gorô Tokimune and Ômi Hachimannosuke

The new year sogamono drama "Haru ha Soga Akebono Zôshi" was produced in the 1st lunar month of 1772 at the Nakamuraza by Nakamura Kanzaburô VII with the following casting:

Code	Actors	Roles
1	Ichikawa Komazô II	Kudô Saemon Suketsune
2	Matsumoto Kôshirô II	Ômi Hachimannosuke, in reality Taira no Kagekiyo
3	Nakamura Denkurô II	Kobayashi no Asahina
4	Nakamura Nakazô I	Oniô Shinzaemon
5	Yoshizawa Sakinosuke III	Asahi Gozen
6	Ichikawa Danzô III	Monban Shigoemon, in reality Yamada no Saburô

Others actors in identified roles were:

Actors	Roles
Ichikawa Yaozô II	Soga Jûrô Sukenari
Ichikawa Monnosuke II	Soga Gorô Tokimune
Nakamura Shôchô	Sasaki Moritsuna
Yamashita Yaozô I	The courtesan Ôiso no Tora
Iwai Hanshirô IV	Tsukisayo
Nakajima Mihoemon II	Danzaburô
Yoshizawa Kônosuke	The courtesan Kewaizaka no Shôshô

Others actors with unidentified roles were Nakamura Matsue I, Yamashita Jirosa I, Osagawa Tsuneyo II, Ichikawa Jun'emon, Ichikawa Sumizô I and Nakamura Shichisaburô III.

The opening day was the 15th day of the 1st lunar month of the 9th year of the Meiwa era (1772), which was the 18th of February 1772 in the western calendar.