SHINJUKU YAWA
   
Play title Shinjuku Yawa  In Japanese
Author Okamoto Kidô
History

Okamoto Kidô's drama "Shinjuku Yawa" was premiered in May 1927 at the Hongôza [more details].

"Shinjuku Yawa" is rarely produced on Kabuki stages; from the end of World War II to the end of the twentieth century, we've found only 4 records of performances in ôshibai between 1952 and 1977:

Date Theater Jingozaemon Daihachi Ochô
1977/12 Minamiza (Kyôto) Kataoka Nizaemon XIII Kataoka Takao Kataoka Hidetarô II
1956/04 Kabukiza (Tôkyô) Ichikawa Ennosuke II Ichikawa Danshirô III Kataoka Gadô V
1953/09 Ôsaka Kabukiza (Ôsaka) Bandô Jusaburô III Kataoka Nizaemon XIII Nakamura Tomijûrô IV
1952/01 Kabukiza (Tôkyô) Ichikawa Ennosuke II Ichikawa Danshirô III Kataoka Roen V
Structure

Key words Bashi
Hatagoya
Kakaeko
Sewamono
Shinkabuki
Summary

The actors Ichikawa Shôchô II, Ichikawa Sumizô VI and Ichikawa Sadanji II playing the roles of the kakaeko Shinanoya Ochô, Saitô Daihachi and Saitô Jingozaemon in the drama "Shinjuku Yawa", which was staged in December 1938 at the Minamiza

 
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