KYÔTO NI-NO-KAWARI 1720
   
Play title Keisei Hachimannichi  In Japanese
Theater Miyako Mandayû's theater
Producer Miyako Mandayû
Playwright Sadoshima Saburôzaemon [1]

The new year ni-no-kawari "Keisei Hachimannichi" was staged in the 1st lunar month of 1720 [2] in Kyôto at Miyako Mandayû's theater with the following casting:

Code Actors Roles
1 Haruyama Genshichi I The bonze Rinzôsu, later the samurai Okaemon
2 Miyazaki Giheita Mochizuki Bundayû
3 Tamagawa Genzaburô Tosahei
4 Sadoshima Chôgorô I The wakadono Hachihana Manjûrô
5 Yamamoto Kamon The courtesan Yakko no Yachiyo
6 Yamanaka Naojûrô Mochizuki Utaemon
7 Asao Hisamatsu The koshô Orinosuke
8 Tamekawa Kohyôe The midaidokoro
9 Otowa Jirosaburô I The midaidokoro's brother Kihê, later Yagi Sôzaemon
10 Yoshioka Saburôsuke The daikan Jirozaemon
11 Nakata Rokujûrô The keisei Enshû
12 Sadoshima Hachisaburô Tsunematsu
13 Kiyosaki Handayû Chiyohashi
14 Shibazaki Rinzaemon I Tsukioka Sadaemon
15 Otowa Jirosaburô I Yagi Sôzaemon

[1] Not reported in the 1st volume of "Kabuki Nenpyô" but high probability as Sadoshima Saburôzaemon was the sakusha for the kaomise drama "Shôjô Zakaya Mannen-gura" which was staged at Miyako Mandayû's theater in the 11th lunar month of 1719.

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

 
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