MIYAKOZA

City

Edo

History

Fall 1793: the Nakamuraza goes out of business and gives its license to the Miyakoza.

November 1793: opening of the Miyakoza, with the kaomise program "Yasa Gumbai Miyako no Jintori", which stars Segawa Kikunojô III, Ichikawa Danjûrô VI, Iwai Kumesaburô I, Ôtani Hiroji III and Bandô Mitsugorô II.

September 1796: the play "Hikosan Gongen Chikai no Sukedachi" is staged for the first time in Edo, at the Miyakoza with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Rokusuke, Kinugawa Yasaemon	Ichikawa Yaozô III
Ichimisai's elder daughter Osono	Nakamura Noshio II
Kyôgoku no Takumi	Kataoka Nizaemon VII
The yakko Sagohei	Ôtani Tokuji I
Ichimisai's younger daughter Okiku	Iwai Kiyotarô II
Kinugawa Yasaburô	Ichikawa Danjûrô VI
Harukaze Tôzô	Sawamura Tôzô
Mokusokan, the yakko Tomohei	Nakamura Nakazô II
Yoshioka Ichimisai, Okô	Yamashina Shirojûrô
Takumi's sister Otaka	Iwai Kumesaburô I
Lord Koori Otonari	Ichikawa Hamazô
Miyuki Gozen	Yamashita Mangiku II
Mashiba Hisayoshi	Yamamoto Kyôshirô II

"Hikosan Gongen Chikai no Sukedachi" is also staged at the Kiriza [casting]

Fall 1797: the Miyakoza has to give back its license to the Nakamuraza, which is back in business.

March 1818: premiere at the Miyakoza of the 7-role hengemono "Miyama no Hana Todokanu Edaburi", starring Onoe Kikugorô III in the seven roles. One of these roles is "Kosode Monogurui" ("the short-sleeved garment madness"), staged nowadays as an independent Kiyomoto-based dance called "Yasuna".