KITAZA

Names

Kitaza
Kitagawa no Shibai

City

Kyôto

History

September 1746: the play "Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami", which was originally written for the puppet theater and staged for the first time in August 1746 in Ôsaka at the Takemotoza, is adapted to Kabuki for the first time, produced at the Kitagawa no Shibai, produced by Nakamura Kiyosaburô I and staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Takebe Genzô	Anegawa Shinshirô I
Kan Shôjô, Matsuômaru	Fujioka Daikichi
Kakuju, Tonami	Asao Motogorô
Tatsuta-no-Mae, an unidentified role	Nakamura Kiyosaburô I

January 1758: first Kabuki adaptation of the puppet theater drama "Gion Sairei Shinkôki", which was originally written by Asada Icchô, Nakamura Akei and Toyotake Ôritsu in December 1757. It is simultaneously staged at the Minamigawa no Shibai [casting] and the Kitagawa no Shibai. The play is produced by Nakamura Kumetarô I at the Kitagawa no Shibai with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Princess Yuki, Kichô no Mae	Nakamura Kumetarô I
Matsunaga Daizen	Fujikawa Hachizô I
Konoshita Tôkichi	Fujikawa Heikurô
Kanônosuke Naonobu	Onoe Montarô
Kusuriya Zesai, Shibata Gonroku Katsushige	Sakurayama Shirôsa
Miyoshi Shurinotayû Masayasu, Shinsaku	Bandô Sukesaburô
Keijuin, Zesai's wife Osaji	Tatsuoka Hisagiku
Oda Nobunaga	Imamura Shichisaburô II
Yoshiteru, Shibata Katsumasa	Mihogi Fujimatsu
Sogô Gumpei, Satô Masakiyo, Asakura Yoshikage	Kirishima Shinshirô
Sechibei, Matsunaga Kitôta	Arashi Sanohachi
The priest Keikaku	Mizuki Kichisaburô
Zesai's daughter Otsuyu	Sanogawa Tôkichi II
Mori no Ranmaru, Ageya Daikichi	Tatsuoka Mansaku
Yamaguchi Kurojirô, Kojibei	Kirishima Gizaemon
Osono, Miyoshi's wife	Yoshizawa Sakinosuke II

March 1771: first Kabuki adaptation of the puppet theater drama "Imoseyama Onna Teikin", which is produced by Mimasu Tokujirô I with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Soga no Emiji, Fukashichi, Kanawa Gorô	Asao Tamejûrô I
Sadaka, Omiwa	Arashi Hinasuke I
Hinadori, Okiji	Sawamura Kunitarô I
Daihanji no Kiyosumi, Soga no Iruka	Nakayama Raisuke I
Koganosuke	Sawamura Tanosuke I
Fujiwara no Kamatari	Onoe Shinshichi I
Fujiwara no Tankai, Motome	Fujimatsu Sanjûrô I
Shibaroku	Edosaka Kyôemon
Princess Tachibana	Mimasu Tokujirô I
Yukinushi, the decchi Netarô	Ogino Kichisaburô
Omiwa's mother	Shinozuka Sôza
Miyakoshi Gemba	Yamashita Shungorô
Uneme	Nakamura Torashichi
Medo-no-Kata	Arashi Shigenoi

January 1777: premiere in Kyôto at the Kitagawa no Shibai of the drama "Keisei Tonoi Zakura", whose plot is very close to Nagawa Kamesuke I's drama "Igagoe Norikake Gappa" and which is produced by Matsuyama Kogenji with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Sasaki Tan'emon, Honda Dainaiki, Uesugi Ieyori Shuzen	Onoe Shinshichi I
Karaki Masaemon, Wada Yukie	Mihogi Gizaemon II
Sawai Matagorô, Matagorô's mother Narumi, the doctor Sanai	Yamamoto Gizaemon
Wada Shizuma	Somematsu Shichisaburô II
Ishidome Busuke, Uesugi Unai Akisada, Daihachi	Asao Toyozô
Kondô Nomorinosuke	Matsumoto Tomojûrô II
Sawai Shirogorô, Magoichi	Otowa Jiroza II
Otane, Sasao	Anegawa Minato II
Osono, Busuke's wife	Yamashita Kyônosuke

January 1782: the play "Tengajaya-Mura" is staged for the first time in Kyôto. It is produced by Nakayama Ihachi I at the Kitagawa no Shibai with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Adachi Motoemon	Kasaya Matakurô II
Tôma Saburôemon, Yasuke	Mihogi Gizaemon II
Hayase Iori	Nakayama Ihachi I
Hayase Genjirô	Nakamura Noshio II
Somenoi	Yoshizawa Iroha I
Kôemon	Onoe Kikugorô I

September 1801: premiere at the Kitagawa no Shibai of Shiba Shisô's drama "Hakone Reigen Izari no Adauchi", which is staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Iinuma Katsugorô	Arashi Sangorô III
Sassa Narimasa, Tsukumo Shinzaemon, Omuro Yosenami	Onoe Koisaburô I
Fudesuke	Nakamura Utaemon III
Katsugorô's wife Hatsuhana, Yodomachi Gozen	Fujikawa Tomokichi I
Satô Gôsuke, Takiguchi Kôzuke	Asao Kuzaemon I
Hôjô Ujimasa	Nakayama Bungorô I
Tokuemon	Mimasu Daigorô III
Mandokoro, Fudesuke's wife, Osada	Matsumoto Yonesaburô I
Iinuma Sampei	Fujikawa Hachizô III

Summer 1802: the play "Ehon Taikôki" is staged for the first time in Kyôto. It is produced by Arashi Sankichi at the Kitagawa no Shibai with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Takechi Mitsuhide, Chôzaemon	Ichikawa Danzô IV
Mashiba Hisayoshi	Arashi Kichisaburô II
Oda Harunaga	Arashi Sangorô III
Misao	Yoshizawa Iroha I

June 1821: Tsuruya Namboku IV's drama "Kachi Zumô Ukina no Hanabure", commonly called "Shirafuji Genta", is revived for the first time, 11 years and 3 months after its premiere in Edo at the Ichimuraza [casting]. It is staged in Kyôto at the Kitagawa no Shibai with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
The sumô wrestler Shirafuji Genta	Bandô Mitsugorô III
The courtesan Oshun	Iwai Hanshirô V
Gonsuke, the rice dealer Sakama Dembei	Matsumoto Kôshirô V
Tomihachi	Sawamura Gennosuke II
Tsugawa Mondo	Asao Yûjirô
Tsugawa Katsujirô	Ichikawa Shinzô III
Ushioda Bannoshin	Bandô Mitsuemon I
Gonsuke's wife Otori	Ichikawa Sôzaburô IV
Osawa	Iwai Matsunosuke I
Osawa's sister Otomi	Arashi Rikô
Oshun's mother Okaya	Sawamura Chôshirô

November 1822: premiere at the Kitagawa no Shibai of the drama "Kajiwara Heizô Kidai no Ishikiri", a new version of the third act of "Miura no Ôsuke Ôbai Tazuna", revised by Kanazawa Ryûgoku I. It is staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Kajiwara Heizô Kagetoki	Nakamura Utaemon III
Rokurôdayû	Asao Kuzaemon I
Kozue	Fujikawa Tomokichi II
Matano Gorô	Ôtani Tomoemon II
Ôba Saburô	Asao Okuyama II

March 1833: premiere at the Kitagawa no Shibai of "Hana Fubuki Koi no Tekagami", which is staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Kanô Shirojirô	Nakamura Utaemon III
Koyuki	Nakamura Tomijûrô II
Iwakiya Tôzaburô	Bandô Jutarô I
Utanosuke	Onoe Tamizô II

June 1835: the play "Sesshû Gappô-ga-Tsuji", which was originally written for the puppet theater and staged in February 1773, is adapted to Kabuki for the first time, in Kyôto at the Kitagawa no Shibai, with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Tamate Gozen	Yamashita Kinsaku IV
Gappô	Asao Kuzaemon II
Shuntokumaru	Nakayama Yoshio II
Princess Asaka	Nakamura Tomisaburô
Gappô's wife Otoku	Nakamura Shikinosuke
The yakko Irihei	Jitsukawa Enzaburô I

April 1866: Nakamura Shibazô II takes the name of Nakamura Shibajaku II at the Kitagawa no Shibai, playing 4 roles in the drama "Meiboku Sendai Hagi".

December 1888: Arashi Wasaburô III takes the name of Arashi Tokusaburô V at the Kitagawa no Shibai.

1893: the Kitaza is definitively destroyed during the widening work of the Shijô avenue in Kyôto.