KYÔTO KAOMISE 1717
   
Play title Genjôraku Biwa no Ôumi  In Japanese
Theater Ebisuya Kichirôbê's theater
Producer Yamatoyama Jinzaemon I
Playwright Adachi Saburôzaemon

The kaomise drama "Genjôraku Biwa no Ôumi" was produced by Yamatoyama Jinzaemon I in Ebisuya Kichirôbê's theater in Kyôto in the 11th lunar month of 1717 [1]. It was staged with the following casting:

Code Actors Roles
1 Yamamura Utanosuke Princess Take [2]
2 Yamamura Kazaemon Jibudayû's son Shinohara Gekinojô
3 Onoe Sodenosuke Rintarô
4 Fujikawa Kinjûrô Shôsuke
5 Kikukawa Kiyotarô I Princess Sawa [3]
6 Yamatoyama Jinzaemon I The motoyuiya Kyôsuke, in reality Goinosuke
7 Miyazaki Giheita The bashi Gonzô
8 Murayama Heijûrô II The bashi Washinosuke
9 Matsumoto Shigemaki The keisei Toyoura
10 Tatsuoka Someemon Kajiemon
11 Yashio Ikuemon Kurando
12 Yamatoyama Sensuke A koyaku performing a roppô
13 Nanboku Sabu II The motoyuiya Tamasuke
14 Nakamura Kichisaburô I Chiyokatsu
15 Fujikawa Buzaemon I Shinohara Jibudayû
16 Yoshizawa Ayame I Gekinojô's nyôbô Otaga
17 Ôshima Monnosuke Jibudayû's grandson Jûtarô

[1] "I worked on this kaomise page in December 2017, almost 300 years afterwards!" (Shôriya Aragorô)

[2] Take-hime. Literally Princess Bamboo.

[3] Sawa-hime. Literally Princess Mountain Stream.

 
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