ÔSAKA KAOMISE 1722

The kaomise drama "Odori Hotei" was produced in the 11th lunar month of 1722^[1] in Ôsaka at the Naka no Shibai by Takeshima Kôzaemon II. The opening day was the 11th day of the 11th lunar month of 1722^[2]. This kaomise program was staged with the following casting:

Code	Actors	Roles
1	Kaneko Kichizaemon	Mizunoto Ushô
2	Yoshizawa Tamazuma	Ushô's mekake Asakura
3	Takeshima Kôzaemon II	Yarimochi Daizô
4	Sadoshima Chôgorô I	Gofukuya Hanzaburô (in reality Ichiyô Kaguranosuke)
5	Fujii Hanamatsu	Princess Hatsuyuki
6	Sanogawa Hanazuma I	Mansuke's nyôbô Usugumo
7	Iwamura Takegorô I	Mizunoto Utanosuke
8	Sawamura Otoemon I	Ichiyô Daizenmaru
9	Sawamura Masagorô	Sangorô
10	Yamashita Kinsaku I	The keisei Ôshû
11	Sawamura Chôjûrô I	Takamatsu Gennai
12	Karyû Sawaemon	Kokonoe Mansuke (in reality Takamatsu Chikaranosuke)
13	Narukawa Jûrôzaemon	The yakko Kuniemon
14	Miyakogawa Hanasato	Omiyo
15	Nanboku Sabu II	Gofukuya Kanshichi (the gofukuya Kanshichi)

The stars^[3] of this kaomise program were:

Actors	Category/Ranking
Sawamura Chôjûrô I	tachiyaku goku-jô-jô-kichi (extreme - superior - superior - excellent) [Visual]
Takeshima Kôzaemon II	tachiyaku jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]

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

[2] The 11th day of the 11th lunar month of the 7th year of the Kyôhô era was the 18th of December 1722 in the western calendar.

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