EDO KAOMISE 1722
   
Play title Hinazuru Katoku Soga  In Japanese
Theater Ichimuraza
Producer Ichimura Takenojô IV
Playwright ???

The kaomise drama "Hinazuru Katoku Soga" was produced by Ichimura Takenojô IV at the Ichimuraza in Edo in the 11th lunar month of 1722 [1]. It was staged with the following casting:

Code Actors Roles
1 Nakamura Denpachi Ecchû no Jirobê
2 Ichimura Takenojô IV Kudô Saemon Suketsune
3 Nakamura Kichibê I Yaheibyôe Munekiyo
4 Sanjô Kantarô II Itô's daughter Princess Tatsuta
5 Mizuki Kikusaburô Tôkurô Morihisa (disguised as Minamoto no Yoritomo)
6 Miyakawa Hachirôzaemon Ôba Saburô
7 Sanjô Kantarô II Itô's daughter Princess Tatsuta
8 Kamakura Chôkurô II Okazaki Akushirô
9 Fujimura Handayû II The Kawazu kôshitsu
10 Yamanaka Heikurô I The nyûdô Itô
11 Fujimura Handayû II Sanko-no-Mae
12 Sawamura Sôjûrô I Minamoto no Yoritomo
13 Sawamura Sôjûrô I Sanada no Yoichi
14 Ichikawa Danzô I Matano Gorô
15 Yamanaka Heikurô I The nyûdô Itô
16 Matsumoto Kôshirô I Kawazu no Saburô

The stars [2] of this kaomise program were:

Actors Category/Ranking
Yamanaka Heikurô I jitsuaku
goku-jô-jô-kichi (extreme - superior - superior - excellent) [Visual]
Matsumoto Kôshirô I tachiyaku
jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]
Ichikawa Danzô I tachiyaku
jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]
Sawamura Sôjûrô I tachiyaku
jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]
Nakamura Denpachi dôkegata
jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]
Fujimura Handayû II wakaonnagata
jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]
Sanjô Kantarô II wakaonnagata
jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]

Others actors were Yamazaki Jûgorô, Nakamura Shirôji, Hayakawa Denshirô, Nanboku Magotarô II, Murakami Zenzaemon and Nakamura Sayonosuke.

[1] "I worked on this kaomise page in November 2022, almost 300 years afterwards!" (Shôriya Aragorô)

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

 
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