TÔKYÔZA
   
Name Tôkyôza
City Tôkyô
History

March 1897: opening of the Tôkyôza in Tôkyô in the district of Kanda Misaki-chô. Its first zagashira is Ichikawa Danjûrô IX's disciple Ichikawa Sumizô V.

January 1902: Takeshiba Kisui's drama "Kichirei Kotobuki Soga" (commonly called "Soga no Ishidan") was staged with the following casting:

Roles Actors
Kudô Saemon Suketsune Ichikawa Ennosuke I
Soga Gorô Tokimune Ichikawa Yaozô VII
Soga Jûrô Sukenari Sawamura Gennosuke IV
Oniô Shinzaemon (Jûrô's retainer) Jitsukawa Enjirô I
Kobayashi no Asahina Ichikawa Sumizô V

February/March 1904: premiere at the Tôkyôza of Tsubouchi Shôyô's drama "Kiri Hitoha", which was staged with the following casting:

Roles Actors
Yodogimi Nakamura Shikan V
Katagiri Katsumoto Kataoka Gatô III
Kimura Shigenari, Sassa Narimasa Ichikawa Komazô VIII
Hitoha-no-Mae, Kagerô Ichikawa Metora II
Ishikawa Sadamasa, Toyotomi Hideyoshi Ichikawa Ennosuke I
Ginnojô, Ôno Shûrinosuke Sawamura Tosshô III
The ama Shôei Nakamura Shikaku I
Ôno Dôken Ichikawa Sumizô V
Toyotomi Hideyori Ichikawa Dankichi II

October 1904: premiere at the Tôkyôza of the Kabuki adaptation of the kyôgen "Buaku", which was staged with the following casting:

Roles Actors
The servant Buaku Ichikawa Ennosuke I
Tarôkaja Ichikawa Komazô VIII
The daimyô Onoe Eizaburô VI

March 1906: Tsubouchi Shôyô's drama "Hototogisu Kojô no Rakugetsu" is produced for the first time in Tôkyô, at the Tôkyôza. It is staged with the following casting:

Roles Actors
Yodogimi Nakamura Shikan V
Katagiri Katsumoto, Ujiie Naizen Ichikawa Ennosuke I
Ôno Shurinosuke Sawamura Tosshi VII
Omatsu, Tokiwagi Ichikawa Metora II
Toyotomi Hideyori Ichikawa Komazô VIII
Princess Sen Sawamura Sônosuke I
Koguruma no Tsubone Bandô Shûchô III
Aeba no Tsubone Arashi Yoshisaburô IV

January 1919: final performance at the Tôkyôza.

Ichikawa Danjûrô IX playing the role of Watônai in the drama "Kokusen'ya Gassen", which was staged during the opening program of the Tôkyôza in March 1897 (print made by Toyohara Kunichika)

 
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