KYÔTO KAOMISE 1718
   
Play title Chôseiden Kogane no Ishizue  In Japanese
Theater Hayagumo Chôdayû's theater
Producer Sakakiyama Shirotarô I
Playwright Sakakiyama Kansuke I

The kaomise drama "Chôseiden Kogane no Ishizue" was produced in the 11th lunar month of 1718 [1] in Ôsaka at Hayagumo Chôdayû's theater by Sakakiyama Shirotarô I. The opening day was the 18th day of the 11th lunar month of the 3rd year of the Kyôhô era, which was the 8th of January 1719 in the western calendar. This kaomise program was staged with the following casting:

Code Actors Roles
1 Tominaga Tamagiri Koyuki
2 Somenoi Hanshirô Ôminato Naniwanosuke
3 Sakakiyama Kansuke I The yakko Kakutahei
4 Sakakiyama Shirotarô I The wakadono Hitofuji [2] Yukienojô
5 Matsushima Moheiji The master Soronoshin
6 Kirinami Takie Arima no Kofuji
7 Shibazaki Rinzaemon I Kikuchi Sadaemon [3]
8 Sakakiyama Koshirô I The karô Kokonoe Wadaemon
9 Tamamura Haginojô Masaki-no-Mae
10 Yamanaka Naojûrô Hitofuji [2] Takanenosuke
11 Yamada Jinpachi The kagokaki Jinsuke
12 Tomizawa Shôtarô The keisei Kinzan
13 Nakagawa Shigejûrô Mikiemon
14 Tatsuoka Someemon Umebayashi Jûsuke
15 Karyû Sawaemon Kikuchi Bunzô
16 Karyû Sawaemon The hinin Chûbê
17 Ôtani Hikosaburô The kumosuke Yami no Yajibê

Others actors who took part in this kaomise program were:

Roles Actors
tachiyaku Tsukui Hachirôzaemon
Nakamura Gonjûrô
katakiyaku Ichikawa Dannojô II
dôkegata Matsumoto Goroshirô
kashagata Ichikawa Toyama III
wakaonnagata Hanakawa Chiyono
Hanakawa Iseno
Kataoka Takinoi
Sodesaki Kasen
wakashugata Sakakiyama Tamon

[1] "I worked on this kaomise page in December 2018, almost 300 years afterwards!" (Shôriya Aragorô)

[2] Hitofuji or Ichifuji. Two possible readings. We prefer Hitofuji.

[3] Kikuchi Sadaemon or Kikuchi Jôemon. 2 possible readings. We prefer Kikuchi Sadaemon.

 
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