YAEGASUMI SOGA NO KUMIITO


Play title	Yaegasumi Soga no Kumiito Kokoro no Take Iute Mikagura
Author	Tsuruya Nanboku IV^[1]
History	Tsuruya Nanboku IV's new year sogamono drama "Yaegasumi Soga no Kumiito" was premiered in the 1st lunar month of 1823^[2] at the Ichimuraza [casting]. This new year drama mixed several sekai as it was a sogamono, an osono-rokusamono and a koito-sashichimono. It also added elements from the 1810 drama "Itoya no Musume" and from the story of Nezumi Kozô. The Tokiwazu-based dance-drama "Kokoro no Take Iute Mikagura" was staged within this new year program.
Key words	Furugane-kai Haru Kyôgen Hatsu Kyôgen Hatsu Shibai Hatsuharu Kyôgen Itoya Jidaimono Kajiwara Heizô Kagetoki Koito-sashichimono Kudô Saemon Suketsune Nitta Shirô Tadatsune Nusubito Oshô Osono-rokusamono Senju Shukuba Soga Gorô Tokimune Soga Jûrô Sukenari Sogamono Tokiwazu
Summary
Notes	[1] The others main sakusha were Segawa Jokô II, Matsui Yusuke II, Matsui Kozo II, Oto Usuke I, Matsuchi Shôkichi, Hanagasa Rosuke, Tsurumine Sensuke I and Oyomi Eisuke. [2] The opening day was the 15th day of the 1st lunar month of the 6th year of the Bunsei era, which was the 25th of February 1823 in the western calendar.

Illustration from an ehon banzuke for the staging of the drama "Yaegasumi Soga no Kumiito" in the 1st lunar month of 1823 at the Ichimuraza