KADO NO SHIBAI - KADOZA
   
Names Kadoza
Kado Gekijô
Kado no Shibai
City Ôsaka (in the district of Minami-ku Nishiyagura-chô)
History

12th lunar month of 1722: first Kabuki adaptation of Chikamatsu Monzaemon's puppet theater drama "Nebiki no Kadomatsu", which was written in the 1st lunar month of 1718. The play was staged in Ôsaka at the Kado no Shibai, under the title "Yamazaki Yojibê Hanchû Bushi" with the following casting:

Roles Actors
Yamazaki Yojibê Arashi San'emon III
The courtesan Fujiya Azuma Matsushima Hyôtarô
Yamazaki Jôkan Shinozuka Jûzaemon
The yakko Gonbei Shinozuka Jûzaemon

1st lunar month of 1724: premiere at the Kado no Shibai of "Edoe Ukiyo Soga", an Edo-flavored new year drama welcoming in Ôsaka the Edo actor Ôtani Hiroji I. This sogamono mixed the Soga world with "Sonezaki Shinjû" (entitled "Sonezaki Shinjû Soga"), "Kokusen'ya Gassen" (entitled "Kokusen'ya Soga") and a kurofune-chûemonmono (entitled "Kurofune Soga"). They were staged with the following casting:

Roles Actors
Kobayashi no Asahina, Osaragi Sabu (Kurofune Chûemon) Ôtani Hiroji I
Soga Gorô, Kokusen'ya Bandô Hikosaburô I
Soga Jûrô, Hiranoya Tokubê, Kamakuraya Gorohachi Arashi San'emon III
Kudô Suketsune Sawamura Otoemon I
Ninomiya Tarô, Kanki, Tachibotoke Tahei (Gokumon Shôbei) Nakamura Shingorô I
Ôiso no Tora, Tenmaya Ohatsu Sanogawa Mangiku
Ninomiya Tarô's wife Wakakusa, Kinshôjo, Kewaizaka no Shôshô Sanogawa Hanazuma I
Kyô no Kojirô, Kuheiji Ichikawa Sôzaburô I
The Soga brothers' mother, Kokusen'ya's mother Sugiyama Kanzaemon III
Oniô Shinzaemon (Jûrô's retainer) Arashi Sangorô I
Kewaizaka no Shôshô Izumikawa Sennosuke

9th lunar month of 1729: Yoshizawa Sakinosuke I took the name of Yoshizawa Ayame II at the Kado no Shibai.

8th lunar month of 1730: first Kabuki adaptation of Hasegawa Senshi and Matsuda Bunkôdô puppet theater drama "Miura no Ôsuke Kôbai Tazuna", which was written in the 2nd lunar month of 1730. The play was produced by Arashi Sanjûrô II in Ôsaka at the Kado no Shibai.

3rd ~ 4th lunar months of 1732: the play "Kiichi Hôgen Sanryaku no Maki" was produced by Arashi Kokuseki at the Kado no Shibai with the following casting:

Roles Actors
Yoshioka Kiichi Hôgen, Sakanoue Buntôji Anegawa Shinshirô I
Ichijô Ôkura Naganari Arashi Kanshirô I
Benkei, Chaya Yoichi Sawamura Otoemon I
Benkei's mother, Naruse Kirinami Takie
Tokiwa Gozen, Yoshioka Kijirô's wife Okyô Yoshizawa Ayame II
The yakko Chienai, Yoshioka Kisanta Sakurayama Shôzaemon II
Yoshioka Kijirô Kirinoya Tôkurô
Princess Minazuru, Asuka Fujii Hanamatsu
The yakko Torazô, Ushiwakamaru Asao Motogorô I
Kasahara Tankai Narumi Koyata

3rd lunar month of 1733: the drama "Dan no Ura Kabuto Gunki" was performed for the first time in Ôsaka, at the Kado no Shibai. It was staged with the following casting:

Roles Actors
Akoya Yoshizawa Ayame II
Chichibu no Shôji Shigetada, Mionoya Shirô Kunitoshi Arashi San'emon III
Iwanaga Saemon Munetsura, Ôgiya Toheiji Fujikawa Heikurô
Yoritomo, Kagekiyo Sawamura Otoemon I

1st lunar month of 1736: the play "Karukaya Dôshin Tsukushi no Iezuto", which was originally written for the puppet theater and staged for the first time in the 8th lunar month of 1735 in Ôsaka at the Toyotakeza, was adapted for Kabuki for the first time, in Ôsaka at the Kado no Shibai (unknown casting).

9th lunar month of 1740: the play "Hirakana Seisuiki" was performed for the first time in Ôsaka, at the Kado no Shibai. It was produced by Nakamura Jûzô I and Nakamura Tomijûrô I played the role of Chidori.

12th lunar month of 1745: the drama "Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami" was staged at the Kado no Shibai for the first time, produced by Arashi Sanjûrô II with the following casting:

Roles Actors
Danshichi Kurobê Arashi Sanjûrô II
Issun Tokubê Iwai Hanshirô III
Tsuribune Sabu Nakamura Shingorô I
Otatsu Mihogi Shichitarô
Okaji Yoshizawa Sakinosuke II
Mikawaya Giheiji Yamanaka Heijûrô II

The same play was simultaneously produced at the Naka no Shibai [casting], Ônishi no Shibai [casting] and Kado no Shibai.

12th lunar month of 1748: the play "Kanadehon Chûshingura", which was originally written for the puppet theater and staged for the first time in the 8th lunar month of 1748 in Ôsaka at the Takemotoza, was adapted for Kabuki for the first time, in Ôsaka at the Kado no Shibai. It was produced by the zamoto Arashi Sangorô II with the following casting:

Roles Actors
Ôboshi Yuranosuke, Hayano Kanpei Arashi Sanjûrô II
Kakogawa Honzô, Ono no Kudayû, Yoichibê's wife, Ryôchiku Kataoka Nizaemon IV
En'ya Hangan Ichinokawa Hikoshirô II
Moronô Ichimura Mihoemon
Rikiya Arashi Sangorô II
Konami, Osono Yamashita Rokusaburô
Bannai, Yakushiji Tamiya Jûzaburô II
Oishi Yoshizawa Sakinosuke II
Ishidô, Amakawaya Gihei Anegawa Shinshirô I
Momonoi Wakasanosuke, Heiemon, Hara Gôemon Yamamoto Koheiji
Okaru Yoshida Manshirô
Tonase Tomizawa Kiyosaki
Kaoyo Gozen Onogawa Kamegiku

11th lunar month of 1752: Arashi Iwajirô I took the name of Arashi Hinasuke I at the Kado no Shibai.

9th lunar month of 1757: first Kabuki adaptation of Namiki Senryû I and Miyoshi Shôraku puppet theater drama "Genpei Nunobiki no Taki", which was written in 1749. The play was produced by Anegawa Daikichi I in Ôsaka at the Kado no Shibai (casting unknown).

12th lunar month of 1758: premiere at the Kado no Shibai of Namiki Shôzô I's drama "Sanjikkoku Yofune no Hajimari"; for the very first time in Kabuki history, a mawari-butai, invented by Namiki Shôzô I, was built and used on the stage of a theater. It was staged with the following casting:

Roles Actors
Shindô Genpachi, the kanekashi Tsumenaga no Gonkurô Nakayama Bunshichi I
Hanamitsu Kenpô, the watashimori Mojibê Nakayama Shinkurô I
Kawaura Ryûken, Sekiguchi Heita Mimasu Daigorô I
Hanamitsu Nuinosuke, the ge'nin Yokurô Matsuyama Sanjûrô
The keisei Agemaki Yamashita Kinsaku II
Genpachi's nyôbô Mifune, Mifune's younger sister Ofune Nakamura Kiyosaburô I
Hanamitsu Kenpô's nyôbô Miyuki Anegawa Daikichi I
Yodo Yozaemon Nakamura Shirogorô III
Kumamoto Bennosaku Yamashita Jirosa I
Hanamitsu Shôgen Sawamura Sukejûrô
Iwase Kinai Minakawa Yaheiji
The taiko mochi Koichi Nakayama Raisuke I
Ikegami Zusho Bandô Iwagorô
Ishibashi Chûjô, the yakko Ganpei Mimasu Kanzô I
Yozaemon's nyôbô Kohata Minakawa Saizô
Yozaemon's younger sister Kichô Nakamura Koisa
Mojibê's granddaughter Omatsu Arashi Matsunojô III
Hanamitsu Kenpô's koshô Shiga Sakon Ogawa Kichitarô I

5th lunar month of 1762: premiere in Ôsaka at the Kado no Shibai of Namiki Shôzô I's drama "Koi Hakke Hashira Goyomi", which was a revision of Chikamatsu Monzaemon's drama "Daikyôji Mukashi Goyomi"; it was staged with the following casting:

Roles Actors
The daikyôji Ishun Nakayama Bunshichi I
Mohei Ichinokawa Hikoshirô II
Osan Nakamura Tomijûrô I
Otama Yoshizawa Sakinosuke II
The bantô Sukeemon Bandô Iwagorô
Gonbê Nakayama Shinkurô I
Kishino Yûsuke Nakamura Kichiemon I
Kikue Yamashita Kinsaku II
Obiya Niemon Nakayama Raisuke I
The inkyo Okuen Asao Tamejûrô I
Takaichi Gôsuke Kirinoya Gonjûrô III

9th lunar month of 1764: première in Ôsaka at the Kado no Shibai of "Oriawase Tsuzure no Nishiki", based on the puppet drama "Katakiuchi Tsuzure no Nishiki", which was revised by Namiki Jûsuke, Ichiyama Bokuhei and Namiki Ôsuke. It celebrated the 16th anniversary (17th memorial service) of the passing away of the star Anegawa Shinshirô I. A similar play was staged one day later under a different title, "Hare Kosode Tsuzure no Nishiki", at the Naka no Shibai [casting]. The competition for the best performance and the best line-up was open between the 2 theaters. The performance at the Kado no Shibai was more successful than the one at the Naka no Shibai. "Tsuzure no Nishiki" was produced at the Kado no Shibai by Nakayama Bunshichi I with the following casting:

Roles Actors
Shundô Jirôemon, the wakatô Ihê Nakayama Bunshichi I
Shundô Sukedayû Nakayama Shinkurô I
Kamura Utaemon Nakamura Utaemon I
Shundô Jihê, Takaichi Buemon Ichinokawa Hikoshirô II
Sahê's nyôbô Onui, Jirôemon's nyôbô Oharu Yoshizawa Sakinosuke II
The wakatô Sahê Fujikawa Hachizô I
Shundô Suketarô, Sakanaya Ihachi Nakayama Raisuke I
Shundô Shinshichi, Oteru Nakamura Senzô
Sahê's nyôbô, the koshimoto Oriki Anegawa Daikichi I
Hikosaka Jinroku, Sudô Genpachi Asao Tamejûrô I
Sudô Rokuroemon, Togiyaru no Jûbê Kirinoya Gonjûrô III
Oharu's sister Sanogawa Hanazuma III
Ohari Osoyo Sanjô Namie I

11th lunar month of 1764: Yoshizawa Sakinosuke II took the name of Yoshizawa Ayame III at the Kado no Shibai.

7th lunar month of 1767: the drama "Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami" was produced at the Kado no Shibai to commemorate the 6th anniversary (7th memorial service) of the passing away of Fujikawa Heikurô. It was produced by Arashi Hinasuke I and staged with the following casting:

Roles Actors
Danshichi Kurobê Fujikawa Hachizô I
Issun Tokubê Nakayama Raisuke I
Tsuribune Sabu Ichinokawa Hikoshirô II
Mikawaya Giheiji Kirinoya Gonjûrô III
Okaji Yoshizawa Ayame III
Otatsu Arashi Hinasuke I

12th lunar month of 1767: the drama "Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura" was produced at the Kado no Shibai for the first time. It was produced by Nakayama Raisuke I and staged with the following casting:

Roles Actors
Tomomori, Hôgen Nakayama Raisuke I
Suke-no-Tsubone, Tadanobu Yoshizawa Ayame III
Shizuka Gozen Sawamura Kunitarô I
Osato Arashi Hinaji

6th lunar month of 1770: Namiki Shôzô I's drama "Yadonashi Danshichi Shigure no Karakasa" was staged for the first time in Ôsaka ôshibai, at the Kado no Shibai with the following casting:

Roles Actors
Danshichi Mohê Arashi Kichisaburô I
Iwai-buro Jisuke Asao Tamejûrô I
Daimonjiya Jihê (commonly called Sakai no Daiji) Nakayama Raisuke I
Okaji Arashi Sankatsu I
Kyûshichi Arashi Shichigorô II
Otomi Sakakiyama Sengiku
Arashi Sangorô Ichiyama Sukegorô II
Wataya Tokuemon Fujimatsu Sanjurô I

9th lunar month of 1774: Yoshizawa Ayame III appeared on stage for the last time, in Ôsaka at the Kado no Shibai.

8th lunar month of 1775: the play "Sekitori Senryô Nobori" was staged for the first time in Ôsaka, produced by Ogawa Kichitarô I at the Kado no Shibai with the following casting:

Roles Actors
The sumôtori Iwagawa Jirokichi Arashi Kichisaburô I
Iwagawa's wife Otowa Sawamura Kunitarô I
The sumôtori Tetsugadake Nakamura Jiroza II
Senbagawa Kichibê Nakayama Bunshichi I
Tsuruya Reizaburô Ogawa Kichitarô I
Senbagawa's wife Oyotsu Anegawa Daikichi I

7th lunar month of 1776: premiere of Iso Isosuke's drama "Yamato Kotoba Suikoden" at the Kado no Shibai; it was produced by Ogawa Kichitarô I and staged with the following casting:

Roles Actors
Kezori Kuemon Asao Tamejûrô I
Sôshichi Ogawa Kichitarô I
Kojorô Yamashina Jinkichi II

4th lunar month of 1777: premiere of Namiki Gohachi's drama "Tenmangû Natane no Gokû", co-written with Nakamura Akei and Tatsuoka Mansaku, which was staged at the Kado no Shibai with the following casting:

Roles Actors
Ki no Haseo, Haji no Hyôe, Shiratayû, Hôsshôbô Mimasu Daigorô I
Takebe Genzô, Sugawara no Michizane Onoe Kikugorô I
Fujiwara no Shihei, Kakuju Arashi Hinasuke I
Miyoshi Kiyotsura, Aratôta Mimasu Tanin II
Sukune Tarô, the toneri Takuramaru Ogawa Kichitarô I
Matsugae, Shôgetsuin, Izayoi, Tonami Sawamura Kunitarô I
Ran no Kanemasa, Shundô Genba Mimasu Matsugorô I
Koiso, Princess Kôbai Yamashina Jinkichi II
Terukuni Fujikawa Ryûzô
Taira no Mareyo Bandô Iwagorô
Sukune's wife Kozakura, Haseo's wife Mimasu Tokujirô I

4th lunar month of 1778: premiere in Ôsaka at the Kado no Shibai of Namiki Gohê's play "Kinmon Gosan no Kiri", which was produced by the zamoto Ogawa Kichitarô I with the following casting:

Roles Actors
Ishikawa Goemon, Akechi Samagorô Arashi Hinasuke I
Konomura Ôinosuke (in reality Sô Sokei), Mashiba Hisayoshi Onoe Kikugorô I
Hayakawa Takakage, Sôemon's wife Onoe Shinshichi I
Kishida Hyôgo, the yakko Yatahei (in reality Junkikan) Fujikawa Hachizô II (who celebrated his shûmei)
Segawa Uneme Ogawa Kichitarô I
The courtesan Hanatachibana Fujikawa Sango
Sonoo-no-Kata, Goemon's wife Oritsu Hanagiri Toyomatsu III
Daibutsumochi Sôemon (in reality Kaida Shingo), Mashiba Hisatsugu Shibazaki Rinzaemon II
Jakotsu Babâ, Tsutsui Junkei, Kojibê, Tsutsui Kumatarô Kiriyama Monji II
Mashiba Kingo Hisaaki, Matsuda Yûsuke Nakamura Jûjirô

3rd lunar month of 1779: premiere in Ôsaka at the Kado no Shibai of Namiki Gohê's drama "Sode Nikki Banshû Meguri", which was staged with the following casting:

Roles Actors
Kosakabe Mondo, the fox Yokurô, Innami Naizen Arashi Hinasuke I
Ikuta Hyôgonosuke, Kuzumi Shinpei Onoe Shinshichi I
The ghost of Hime-ga-Jô Castle (in reality Kinuta-no-Mae), Toya Otsuyu Nakamura Tomijûrô I
Heijibê's daughter Otatsu, the female fox Kojorô Hanagiri Toyomatsu III
The keisei Onoe, the koshimoto Tatsuno Yoshizawa Iroha I
The monk Dabutsubô, Kakogawa Sanpei, Iwabuchi Tôta Fujikawa Hachizô II
Momonoi Mutsujirô, Yumiya Tarô (in reality Tajimi Juntarô) Ogawa Kichitarô I
Shikama Daigaku Shibazaki Rinzaemon II
The koshimoto Akashi, Naizen's younger sister Ikuyo Arashi Matsujirô I
The yakko Okisuke, Saikoku Sonoemon Kiriyama Monji II
Ushimado Jûnai, Kondô Heijibê, the jijû of the Onoe Temple, the tabakoya Koichi Arashi Sanjûrô IV
Momonoi Yaegikumaru Fujikawa Sango
Innami Daizô (later the hôin Dôrakubô), Inami Daihachi Mimasu Matsugorô I
Toya Okuma, the yakko Nadahei Mimasu Tanin II
The monk Abutsubô, Takaoka Gengo Arashi Shichisaburô II
Kanekoya Saibê Nakamura Tomojûrô
Momonoi Shuridayû Yoshizawa Jûzaburô
Kojorô's son Fukuju Arashi Jûtarô
Hayakawa Banzô, Shisô Hayato Edosaka Shôzô
The zôritori Sodesuke Ichiyama Tajirô
Katano Gunnai, Tomo Kuranosuke Mimasu Denzô
Mutsujirô's son Kunimatsu (later Heisaku's son Heikichi) Bandô Kichimatsu
Hashita Oshige, the keisei Mutsuhana, the koshimoto Ako Anegawa Kôkichi
The koshimoto Ishi Hanagiri Shôtarô
The shukurô Tarobê Fujikawa Jûrobê
The koshimoto Sone Ogawa Hachizô
The koshô Motome Nakamura Manzô
Hashita Osuma, the koshimoto Mikazuki Arashi Toyomatsu
Ojare Ousu, the shôya Shirokurô Arashi Gonjûrô
The keisei Konoura Nakayama Tamenosuke
Narumi Yachûta, Miki Shuzen Nakayama Otogorô
Ojare Oyone Yamashina Bunzaburô
Zaisho's musume Otome Nakayama Tomesaburô
Kafuro Kikuya Fujikawa Kikumatsu
Inushima Hyôta, Saigoku Sanjûsaburobê Nakamura Naozô
The koshimoto Totaka Arashi Chiyozô

12th lunar month of 1781: première in Ôsaka at the Kado no Shibai of Nagawa Kamesuke I's drama "Tengajaya-mura". A similar play was staged a few days later under a different title, "Renga Chaya Homare no Bundai", at the Naka no Shibai [casting]. The competition for the best performance and the best line-up was open between the 2 theaters. "Tengajaya-mura" was produced at the Kado no Shibai by Fujikawa Sango with the following casting:

Roles Actors
Adachi Motoemon Nakamura Jiroza II
Tôma Saburôemon, Adachi Yasuke Asao Tamejûrô I
Hayase Iori Nakayama Tazô
Hayase Genjirô Arashi Kichimatsu
Somenoi Fujikawa Sango
Ningyôya Kôemon Nakayama Raisuke I
The mekake Kosai, Kôemon's wife Yamashita Kamenojô IV

12th lunar month of 1782: première in Ôsaka at the Kado no Shibai of Namiki Gohê's drama "Keisei Kogane no Shachihoko", which was staged with the following casting:

Roles Actors
The tôzoku Kakinoki Kinsuke (later Kasai Tarô), the tsubone Chishima Asao Tamejûrô I
Kinsuke's mother Muraji, the tôzoku Kôsaka Jinnai Nakayama Shinkurô II
The farmer Tarosuke, Saitô Tatsuoki Onoe Shinshichi I
The Ashikaga karô Ishidani Kachizaemon Mimasu Daigorô II
The karô Yamagata Dôkan, Nanazato Ujiemon Nakamura Jiroza II
The Ashikaga koshimoto Sekiya (in reality Princess Uesugi Hisakata), the keisei Azumaji Sawamura Kunitarô I
The keisei Kasugano, Tarosuke's nyôbô Sonoo Yamashita Kinsaku II
Fuwa Dategorô, Saitô Gyôbu, Ishiguro Kanbê Mimasu Matsugorô I
Ishidani Kachizaemon's nyôbô Ofuji, the keisei Irisawa Fujikawa Sango
Saitô Tsukasanosuke Somematsu Shichisaburô II
The kôshitsu Misao-no-Mae Arashi Shinpei II
Princess Ashikaga Kuni, the keisei Ayaginu Yamashina Jinkichi II
The yakko Naruhei, Doki Kazuenokami Nakayama Tazô

7th lunar month of 1783: the play "Kagamiyama Kokyô no Nishikie" was performed for the first time in Ôsaka, at the Kado no Shibai, with the following casting:

Roles Actors
Iwafuji Arashi Hinasuke I
Onoe Sawamura Kunitarô I
Ohatsu Yamashita Kinsaku II

4th lunar month of 1784: première in Ôsaka at the Kado no Shibai of Nagawa Shimesuke I's drama "Sumidagawa Gonichi no Omokage", which was staged with the following casting:

Roles Actors
Hôkaibô Ichikawa Danzô IV
Jinzaburô Fujikawa Hachizô II
Okumi Yoshizawa Iroha I
The Eirakuya widow Oraku Yamashita Kinsaku II
The Eirakuya tedai Yôsuke Somematsu Shichisaburô II
Eirakuya Gonzaemon Imamura Shichisaburô III
Yamazakiya Kanjûrô Nakamura Jiroza II
Princess Nowake Arashi Murajirô

5th lunar month of 1784: première in ôshibai, in Ôsaka at the Kado no Shibai, of the gidayû kyôgen "Yura no Minato Sengen Chôja", which was staged with the following casting:

Roles Actors
Ôwada Kuranoshin Ichikawa Danzô IV
The tayû Sanshô Kagaya Kashichi I
Yamaoka Gonroku, Iwaki Hangan Masauji Mihogi Gizaemon II
The menoto Uwatake Yamashita Kinsaku II
Gonroku's nyôbô Yamaoka Orachi, Sanshô's musume Osan Yamashita Kamenojô IV
Ôe Gunryô Tokikado Nakamura Jiroza II
Yura no Saburô, Hora no Kyûsuke Mimasu Matsugorô I
Masauji's wife Iwaki Mutsuki-no-Kata, Sanshô's nyôbô Otoku Anegawa Daikichi I
Kuranoshin's wife Ôwada Sakurado Yoshizawa Iroha I
Motoyoshi Kanamenosuke Nakayama Tazô
The hitokai Komiwarawa no Ushizô Imamura Shichisaburô III
Kuroishi Chikara Fujikawa Nakazô
Masauji's daughter Princess Anju Arashi Murajirô
Masauji's son Zushiômaru Somematsu Torakichi (?)

3rd lunar month of 1788: premiere in Ôsaka at the Kado no Shibai of Namiki Gohei I's play "Sewa Ryôri Yaoya Kondate", which was produced by Nakayama Hisakichi and staged with the following casting:

Roles Actors
Hanbê Nakayama Raisuke II
Ochiyo Yamashita Yaozô I
Ojû Yamashita Kinsaku II
Okuma Yamamura Giemon II
Heiemon, Hanjirô Seki Sanjûrô I

7th lunar month of 1789: premiere in Ôsaka at the Kado no Shibai of Namiki Gohei I's drama "Kanjin Kanmon Tekuda no Hajimari", which was staged with the following casting:

Roles Actors
The tayû Meizan Nakamura Noshio II
The keisei Takao Yoshizawa Iroha I
Kojorô Mimasu Tokujirô I
Saiten Sôkurô, Gotô Daigaku Nakamura Jiroza II
Tsuzuki Denshichi Nakayama Tazô
Numazu Chishima-no-Kami Mihogi Gizaemon II
The wakadono Nagatonosuke, the Unsenji oshô Nakayama Raisuke II

9th lunar month of 1791: premiere at the Kadoza of Nagawa Shimesuke I's drama "Iroha Gana Shijûshichi Moji", which was produced by Nakayama Ittoku I and was staged with the following casting:

Roles Actors
En'ya Hangan, Ôboshi Yuranosuke Ichikawa Danzô IV
Kô no Moronô, Yajibê, Sagisaka Bannai Asao Tamejûrô I
Ishidô Umanojô, Teraoka Heiemon Mimasu Daigorô II
Kanda Yogoro, Sagoemon, Orita Tamon-no-Kami Seki Sanjûrô I
Kamura Sakyô, Teraoka's mother, Sanhin no Tasuke Anegawa Shinshirô III
Tashiro Yasubê, the taiko mochi Ryûsuke Nakayama Raisuke II
Konami, Osai Nakamura Noshio II
The keisei Kashiwagi, the nakai Okaru, Yajibê's musume Yoshizawa Iroha I
Ono no Kudayû, Yakushiji Jirozaemon, the tedai Ibê, Inoko Gunpei, Dennai Yamamura Tomoemon I
Momonoi Wakasanosuke, Yasuke, the cook Shôshichi Mimasu Matsugorô I
Yazama Jûtarô, Ichiriki Teikan Ogawa Kichitarô II
Ôboshi Rikiya Asao Yatarô

1st ~ 3rd lunar months of 1794: premiere of Tatsuoka Mansaku's drama "Keisei Haru no Tori" (7 acts - 23 scenes), which included the famous "Umagiri" scene, a scene where a horseman was cut down with a single slash by Oda Nobutaka. Tatsuoka Mansaku was assisted by Chikamatsu Tokusô and Nagawa Shimesuke I. This ni-no-kawari drama was produced by the zamoto Asao Okujirô I in Ôsaka at the Kado no Shibai and was staged with the following casting:

Roles Actors
Oda Sanshichirô Nobutaka, Mashiba Hisayoshi Ichikawa Danzô IV
Shibata Shurinosuke Katsushige, Kawata Kachizaemon, Iruma Yosodayû, Teruha, Oda Sanshichirô Nobutaka (when he replaces Ichikawa Danzô IV in this role) Arashi Koroku III
Kanai Sankurô, Awaza Tarosuke, Miwa Gorozaemon Takahide Asao Tamejûrô I
Tsuchiya Shôsuke's nyôbô Otani Yamashita Kinsaku II
Takagawa Sehei, Shioya Tôemon, Yosodayû's nyôbô Komitsu Anegawa Shinshirô III
The Korean Imperial Princess Shôgiku, the keisei Sonogiku, Mairase Soroku's nyôbô Oyuki Nakamura Noshio II
Kobayagawa Tatewaki, Nagaoka Shingo Seki San'emon
Tôemon's musume Otoyo Fujikawa Tomokichi I
Segawa Uneme, the carpenter Yoshirô Izumikawa Okezô

9th lunar month of 1794: first Kabuki adaptation of Chikamatsu Hanji's puppet theater drama "Kamakura Sandaiki", which was written in 1781. The play was produced by the zamoto Asao Okujirô I in Ôsaka at the Kado no Shibai with the following casting:

Roles Actors
Princess Toki Nakamura Noshio II
Miuranosuke Arashi Kichisaburô II
The farmer Adachi Tôzaburô, in reality Sasaki Takatsuna Ichikawa Danzô IV
Hôjô Tokimasa, the yakko Sekisuke Otowa Jirosaburô II
Uji-no-Kata, Kagaribi Fujikawa Tomokichi I
Wada no Hyôe Hidemori, Surihari Tarozaemon Asao Tamejûrô I
Wada's nyôbô Yamashita Kinsaku II

3rd lunar month of 1795: Chikamatsu Monzaemon's drama "Komochi Yamanba", which was originally written for the puppet theater, was adapted for Kabuki for the first time, in Ôsaka at the Kado no Shibai. It was successfully staged from the 11th of March to the 27th of April with the following casting:

Roles Actors
Oginoya Yaegiri Arashi Koroku III
Tabakoya Genshichi (in reality Sakata Kurando Tokiyuki), Kaidômaru Arashi Sangorô II
Shiragiku Fujikawa Tomokichi I
Princess Omodaka Hanagiri Tomimatsu II
Minamoto no Yorimitsu Arashi Hinasuke II
Watanabe no Tsuna, the koshimoto Ozasa Nakamura Utaemon III
Kumatake Arashi Sanpachi I
Monobe no Heita Yamamura Tomoemon I
Aradômaru Arashi Kichisaburô II

2nd lunar month of 1796: Suga Sensuke's puppet theater drama "Keisei Koi no Hikyaku" was adapted to Kabuki for the first time and staged at the Kado no Shibai with the following casting:

Roles Actors
Kameya Chûbê Nakayama Bunshichi II
Umegawa Yoshizawa Iroha I
Tanbaya Hachiemon Nakayama Bungorô I
Tsuchiya Jiemon Nakayama Bunzô
Oen Arashi Wakamatsu I
Magoemon Yamamura Giemon II

4th lunar month of 1796: premiere at the Kado no Shibai of the drama "Hade Kurabe Ishikawa-zome", written by Chikamatsu Tokuzô, Tatsuoka Mansaku and Namiki Shôzô II. Arashi Koroku III was supposed to play the roles of Ishikawa Goemon, Ishida-no-Tsubone and Rikyû but he died the 29th day of the 3rd lunar month of 1796. He was replaced by his son Arashi Hinasuke II. The play was a huge success and was staged in Ôsaka from the 1st day of the 4th lunar month up to the 17th day of the 5th lunar month. Then, the troupe moved to Kyôto to perform it at the Kitagawa no Shibai from the 19th day of the 5th lunar month to the last third of the 7th lunar month! The drama was produced in Ôsaka by Fujikawa Hachizô III with the following casting:

Roles Actors
Ishikawa Goemon, Ishida-no-Tsubone, Sen no Rikyû, Fuwa Bansaku Arashi Hinasuke II
Yodomachi Gozen, Goemon's nyôbô Oritsu Sawamura Kunitarô I
Miura Hitachinosuke, Furuta Naribe Yamamura Giemon II
Kobuna no Gengorô, Mashiba Hisatsugu Nakayama Bunshichi II
Sesonji Chûnagon Kiminari, Ueno's sister, Sannigorobê, Hei no Heibei Nakayama Bungorô I
Ishida's daughter Takigawa Yoshizawa Iroha I
Sengoku Gonbê Fujikawa Hachizô III
Kuroda Kenmotsu, Fuji no Kurôji Yamamura Tomoemon I
Katada no Kosuzume, Ueno's okugata Mimasu Matsugorô I
Rikyû's daughter, Princess Chûjô Hanagiri Tomimatsu II
Hayakawa Takakage Nakayama Bunzô

7th lunar month of 1796: premiere of Chikamatsu Tokuzô's play "Ise Ondo Koi no Netaba" in Ôsaka at the Kado no Shibai. It was produced by Fujikawa Hachizô III and staged with the following casting:

Roles Actors
Fukuoka Mitsugi Nakayama Bunshichi II
Okon Yoshizawa Iroha I
Manno Nakayama Bungorô I

11th lunar month of 1800: first Kabuki adaptation, at the Kado no Shibai, of Chikamatsu Yanagi's puppet theater drama "Ehon Taikôki", which was produced by Nakayama Tokujirô with the following casting:

Roles Actors
Takechi Mitsuhide Asao Tamejûrô I
Oda Harunaga Nakamura Utaemon III
Misao Yoshizawa Iroha I
Satsuki Mimasu Tokujirô I

1st lunar month of 1810: premiere at the Kado no Shibai of Chikamatsu Tokuzô and Namiki Miyosuke ni-no-kawari drama "Keisei Sato no Funauta", which was produced by Mimasu Kumesaburô with the following casting:

Roles Actors
Nagasaki Shirozaemon, Kuwanaya Tokuzô, Asakawa Kuranosuke Kataoka Nizaemon VII
Ikkaku's wife Mayumi, Ofuji, Osawa Yoshizawa Ayame V
Tadotsu Ikkaku, Hashitomi Ryôsuke Arashi Kichisaburô II
Takamaru Kamejirô Nakayama Hyakka
The keisei Higaki, Ryôsuke's nyôbô Oyuki Nakayama Yoshio I
Matsuyama Sakon, Nadaroku Nakayama Raisuke IV
Ôdachi Kenmotsu, the boatman Gonta, Kawagoe Dôhachi, Kitsui Nariiwa (?) Asao Okuyama III
Kuranosuke's wife, Seki-no-To, Kureha Nakamura Daikichi I

1st lunar month of 1814: premiere at the Kado no Shibai of Nagawa Harusuke I's drama "Keisei Tsukushi no Tsumagoto", the first play in Kabuki history based on the "Asagao Nikki" world. The play was produced by Ichikawa Zentarô with the following casting:

Roles Actors
Miyagi Asojirô, Okitsu no Nisa Arashi Kichisaburô II
Miyuki, Princess Harusame Sawamura Tanosuke II
The old woman Otama, Yuminosuke, Tokuemon Asao Kuzaemon I
The foot-soldier Denzô, Arao Murakichi, Iwashiro Takita Ôtani Tomoemon II
Tataranosuke, Keian Arashi Kanjûrô I
Oran, The keisei Segawa Kanô Minshi I
Hagino Yûzen Nakamura Tomosa I
The keisei Iwakuni, Yuminosuke's wife Kanô San'emon II

4th lunar month of 1819: Ichikawa Shikô I took the name of Ichikawa Danzô V in Ôsaka at the Kado no Shibai.

3rd lunar month of 1821: premiere at the Kado no Shibai of the drama "Kajiwara Heizô Kôbai Tazuna", a new version of the third act of "Miura no Ôsuke Kôbai Tazuna", revised by Kanazawa Ryûgoku I. It was staged with the following casting:

Roles Actors
Kajiwara Heizô Kagetoki Nakamura Utaemon III
Rokurôdayû Asao Kuzaemon I
Kozue Nakamura Matsue III
Matano Gorô Nakamura Kashichi II
Ôba Saburô Asao Okuyama III

5th day of the 2nd lunar month of 1827: a fire broke out within the Kado no Shibai, destroying itself, the Naka no Shibai, the Ônishi no Shibai and the Kadomaru no Shibai.

1st lunar month of 1830: premiere at the Kado no Shibai of the new year ni-no-kawari ishikawa-goemonmono drama "Keisei Setsugekka", which was staged with the following casting:

Roles Actors
Ishikawa Goemon, Ishida no Tsubone, the kamiyui Sanni no goroshichi Nakamura Utaemon III
Mashiba Hisatsugu, Kobuna Gengorô, the karô Takagi Jirodayû, Iwaki Taemanojô, Miura Tatewaki Arashi Rikan II
Ayanami, the keisei Tsukasa, Gengorô's nyôbô Nakamura Matsue III
Miura Hitachi, Kadoya Toramatsu Matsumoto Kôshirô V
Konomura Ôinosuke, Matsuda Jûnai Kataoka Nizaemon VII
Kureha, Takigawa, Oritsu Sawamura Kunitarô II
Segawa Uneme Ogawa Kichitarô III
Miki-no-Kami, the shôya Shôemon Nakayama Bunshichi III
Saeda Masaemon Ichikawa Hakuen II
Princess Matsuyoi, Ashigara Kinzô Nakamura Kashichi II

2nd lunar month of 1832: the "Gojôbashi" scene of "Ôgiya Kumagai", which was not in the original puppet drama, was added to this drama for the first time and staged in Ôsaka at the Kado no Shibai. This new scene was a kind of parody of the famous encounter on the Gojô Bridge in Kyôto between the young boy Ushiwakamaru and the warrior priest Musashibô Benkei. "Ôgiya Kumagai" was staged with the following casting:

Roles Actors
Kumagai Jirô Naozane Nakamura Utaemon III
Kohagi (in reality Taira no Atsumori) Iwai Shijaku I
Kazusa Ôtani Tomoemon III
Kazusa's wife Arashi Kanô

1st lunar month of 1833: Nakamura Matsue III took the prestigious name of Nakamura Tomijûrô II, which had not been held since 8th lunar month of 1786, at the Kado no Shibai. Premiere of "Chichi Morai", staged as the second part of the new year drama "Keisei Chigo-ga-Fuchi" with the following casting:

Roles Actors
Kanô Shirojirô Nakamura Utaemon III
Koyuki Nakamura Tomijûrô II
Iwakiya Tôzaburô Bandô Jutarô I

1st lunar month of 1839: premiere at the Kado no Shibai of Nishizawa Ippô's drama "Keisei Hama no Masago", which was staged with the following casting:

Roles Actors
Mashiba Hisatsugu, Kofuna no Gengorô, Kumai Gengorô Kataoka Gadô II
Gion-no-Okaji, the keisei Ishikawaya Masagoji, Otaki Nakamura Tomijûrô II
Mashiba Hisayoshi Bandô Mitsugorô IV
Mashiba Hisaaki, Horio Tatewaki Arashi Rikaku II
Kishida Minbu, Ishiba no Gorozô, Tsujiura Jûnai Asao Kuzaemon II
Fuwa Bansaku, Sanni no Goroshichi Nakamura Utajûrô

3rd lunar month of 1839: the play "Sesshû Gappô-ga-Tsuji" was staged for the first time in Ôsaka, at the Kado no Shibai, with the following casting:

Roles Actors
Tamate Gozen, Irihei's wife Osode Nakamura Tomijûrô II
Gappô Dôshin Asao Kuzaemon II
Takayasu Shuntokumaru Nakamura Utajûrô
Princess Asaka Asao Yosaburô
Gappô's wife Otoku Nakayama Bunshichi III
The yakko Irihei Arashi Rikaku II

1848: Ichikawa Tatsuzô made his first stage appearance at the Kadoza.

21st day of the 4th lunar month of 1852: a fire broke out within the Kado no Shibai and destroyed three theaters and numerous others buildings.

10th lunar month of 1852: Ichikawa Kuzô II took the name of Ichikawa Danzô VI at the Kadoza.

11th lunar month of 1855: first Kabuki adaptation of Yamada-no-Kakashi's puppet theater drama "Shôutsushi Asagao Nikki", which was staged as kodomo shibai at the Kado no Shibai with the following casting:

Roles Actors
Miyagi Asojirô, Komazawa Jirozaemon Nakamura Komanosuke V
Miyuki Nakamura Masajirô I

3rd lunar month of 1866: premiere at the Kado no Shibai of "Shunshoku Ume Goyomi", the first adaptation to Kabuki of Tamenaga Shunsui's 1833 novel, which was staged with the following casting:

Roles Actors
Karakotoya Tanjirô Kataoka Gatô II
The geisha Yonehachi Nakamura Sennosuke
The geisha Adahachi ???

1st lunar month of 1872: Kataoka Matsuwaka took the name of Kataoka Gadô III at the Kadoza.

1879: Jitsukawa Yaozô I became zagashira at the Kadoza.

April 1891: Bandô Chôjirô made his first stage appearance at the Kadoza.

March 1901: Kataoka Tsuchinosuke II took the name of Kataoka Gadô IV at the Kadoza.

January 1907: Kataoka Gatô III took the name of Kataoka Nizaemon XI at the Kadoza.

October 1907: premiere at the Kadoza of Watanabe Katei's chûshinguramono "Tsuchiya Chikara", which was staged with the following casting:

Roles Actors
Tsuchiya Chikara Nakamura Ganjirô I
Osono Nakamura Fukusuke IV (who celebrated his shûmei)
Takarai Kikaku Nakamura Baigyoku II (who celebrated his shûmei)
Ôtaka Gengo Jitsukawa Enzaburô V

January 1909: Ichikawa Udanji I and his son Ichikawa Unosuke I respectively took the names of Ichikawa Sai'nyû and Ichikawa Udanji II at the Kadoza.

October 1941: Nakamura Senjaku I took the name of Nakamura Kanjaku IV at the Kadoza; his son Nakamura Senjaku II made his first stage appearance.

Seki Sanjûrô II on the stage of the Kado no Shibai in the 12th lunar month of 1826, with some members of the Sakura patrons group

 
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