KYÔTO KAOMISE 1751


Play title	Kyôganoko Asahi no Nishiki
Theater	Minamigawa no Shibai
Producer	Sakakiyama Shirotarô II
Playwrights	Toyota Sanshi, Murayama Ginshi

The kaomise drama "Kyôganoko Asahi no Nishiki" was produced in the 11th lunar month of 1751 at the Minamigawa no Shibai by Sakakiyama Shirotarô II. It was staged with the following casting:

Code	Actors	Roles
1	Sakakiyama Danshirô I	Todoroki Shiganosuke
2	Yamamoto Koheiji	Jukkoku Danbê
3	Sakakiyama Shirotarô II	Dambei's nyôbô Oben
4	Takenaka Heikichi	The servant Jûsuke
5	Sawamura Kunitarô I	The fox spirit of the Inari Shrine
6	Anegawa Daikichi I	The keisei Takamura
7	Bandô Sukesaburô I	Yaban Ichisuke, in reality Katsura Sanjûrô
8	Shinozuka Sôza	Tamura Kamonnosuke
9	Mihogi Shichitarô	The hairdresser Ohana
10	Sakakiyama Koshirô II	Kokonoe Tamiemon
11	Sasao Otojûrô II	Kaguraoka Otomenosuke
12	Arashi Ugenta	The female soothsayer Ozasa
13	Someyama Sôjûrô	The wakatô Kôsuke
14	Hanakawa Ichinojô	Otaki
15	Ichikawa Danzô III	The kannushi Ukyô
16	Arashi Ugenta	The female soothsayer Ozasa

Ichikawa Danzô III played the role of Hashidate Ikkaku before the kannushi Ukyô. Others actors were Fujikawa Daizô (Todoroki Satoemon) and Okada Hikoshichi (the servant Kyûshichi). Minakawa Sôza took the name of Someyama Sôjûrô during this kaomise program.

The opening day was the 26th day of the 11th lunar month of the 1st year of the Hôreki era (1751), which was the 12th of January 1752 in the western calendar.