EDO KAOMISE 1720
   
Play title Kaigô Sakiwake Shitennô  In Japanese
Theater Moritaza
Producers Morita Kan'ya IV, Bandô Matakurô III, Bandô Matazaemon II
Playwright ???

The kaomise drama "Kaigô Sakiwake Shitennô" was produced by Morita Kan'ya IV at the Moritaza in Edo in the 11th lunar month of 1720 [1]. It was staged with the following casting:

Code Actors Roles
1 Sodesaki Miwano I Princess Hanazono
2 Ichikawa Monnosuke I Minamoto no Raikô
3 Ogawa Zengorô I Hirai no Yasumasa
4 Takamura Matashirô Tada no Mitsunaka
5 Nakajima Mihoemon I Minamoto no Yorichika
6 Ichikawa Danjûrô II [2] Watanabe Taketsuna [3]
7 Mimasuya Sukejûrô I Urabe Kageyu Suetake
8 Ichikawa Gennosuke Bijiyomaru
9 Narumi Goroshirô I Usui no Aratarô [4]
10 Sodeoka Masanosuke II Watanabe's mother
11 Ôtani Ryûzaemon I Fujiwara no Chiharu
12 Miyakogawa Hanamurasaki Naniwazu
13 Mizuki Kikusaburô Suetake's nyôbô
14 Ichikawa Danjûrô II [2] Watanabe Taketsuna [3]

The stars [5] of this kaomise program were:

Actors Category/Ranking
Ichikawa Danjûrô II tachiyaku
goku-jô-jô-kichi (extreme - superior - superior - excellent) [Visual]
Ogawa Zengorô I tachiyaku
jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]
Nakajima Mihoemon I jitsuaku
jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]
Sodeoka Masanosuke II kashagata
jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]
Ichikawa Monnosuke I wakashugata
jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]

[1] "I worked on this kaomise page in October 2020, almost 300 years afterwards!" (Shôriya Aragorô)

[2] Ichikawa Danjûrô II also played the role of Sakata Kintoki.

[3] Equivalent to Watanabe no Tsuna.

[4] Equivalent to Usui Sadamitsu.

[5] Our definition of star is a ranking equal or above jô-jô-kichi.

 
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