MORITAZA SOGAMONO 1772


Play title	Hatsu Akebono Niwatori Soga
Theater	Moritaza
Producer	Morita Kan'ya VI
Playwrights	Horikoshi Saiyô, Ogi Batai, Nakamura Seikurô II, Sawai Chûzô, Sei Basetsu, Sei Hidezô

The new year sogamono drama "Hatsu Akebono Niwatori Soga" was produced in the 1st lunar month of 1772 at the Moritaza by Morita Kan'ya VI with the following casting:

Code	Actors	Roles
1	Nakamura Tomijûrô I	Kudô Saemon Suketsune
2	Ichikawa Danjûrô V	Soga Jûrô Sukenari
3	Nakamura Jûzô II	Soga Gorô Tokimune
4	Yamashita Kinsaku II	Kudô's wife Tamamaki Gozen
5	Ichikawa Danjûrô V	Akushichibyôe Kagekiyo
6	Nakamura Tomijûrô I	???

Help needed! Who could help us identifying the role played by Nakamura Tomijûrô I?

Others actors in identified roles were:

Actors	Roles
Bandô Mitsugorô I	Oniô Shinzaemon (Jûrô's retainer)
Nakamura Sukegorô II	Danzaburô (Gorô's retainer)
Yamashina Shirojûrô	Kobayashi no Asahina
Nakamura Noshio II	Jûnai's nyôbô
Segawa Yûjirô I	Tsukisayo
Sawamura Kijûrô I	Akazawa Jûnai
Ôtani Hiroemon III	Ômi no Kotôta
Matsumoto Daishichi	Yawata no Saburô
Sakata Kunihachi	Kajiwara Heizô Kagetoki

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.