ICHIMURAZA SOGAMONO 1780


Play title	Ume Goyomi Akebono Soga
Theater	Ichimuraza
Producers	Ichimura Uzaemon IX
Playwrights	Sakurada Jisuke I (tatesakusha), Kasanui Sensuke I, Tsutsui Hanji, Sone Shôkichi I, Hama Onozô, Sakurada Bunpei

The new year sogamono drama "Ume Goyomi Akebono Soga" was produced in the 1st lunar month of 1780^[1] at the Ichimuraza by Ichimura Uzaemon IX with the following casting:

Code	Actors	Roles
1	Ôtani Hiroji III	Honda no Jirô, in reality Oniô Shinzaemon
2	Ichimura Uzaemon IX	Kagekiyo
3	Segawa Kikunojô III	The courtesan Ôiso no Tora
4	Matsumoto Kôshirô IV	Yawata no Saburô, in reality Kyô no Jirô
5	Onoe Kikugorô I	Kudô Saemon Suketsune
6	Ôtani Tomoemon I	Ômi no Kotôta, in reality Kusumidayû

Others actors in identified roles were:

Actors	Roles
Segawa Kikunojô III	The courtesan Kewaizaka no Shôshô, Shizuka Gozen
Onoe Kikugorô I	Mankô Gozen
Matsumoto Kôshirô IV	Kaminari Tsurunosuke
Sawamura Sôjûrô III	The komamonoya Sukeshichi (in reality Soga Jûrô Sukenari), Kantô Koroku
Bandô Hikosaburô III	Soga Gorô Tokimune
Ichimura Uzaemon IX	The ghost of Kawazu Saburô Sukeyasu
Ôtani Tomoemon I	Kawa Daijin
Ichikawa Komazô III	Danzaburô (Gorô's retainer)
Nakajima Mihoemon II	Kobayashi no Asahina
Onoe Tamizô I	Kudô's mekake Nagi-no-Ha
Matsumoto Kojirô I	Torigane no Kurobê^[3]
Sanogawa Ichimatsu II	The chaya woman Matsumotoya Oichi
Segawa Otome	Oniô Shinzaemon's nyôbô Tsukisayo
Onoe Ushinosuke I	Ômi no Kotôta's son Kudô Inubômaru Suketomo

The opening day was the 15th day of the 1st lunar month of the 9th year of the An'ei era (1780), which was the 19th of February 1780 in the western calendar.

[1] "I worked on this kaomise page in January 2020, almost 240 years afterwards!" (Shôriya Aragorô)

[2] Literally the minister (daijin) of the River (kawa). To be clarified as it is quite unclear for us.

[3] Torigane, Torikane or Torikin. At least 3 possible readings.

Kabuki Playbill for "Umegoyomi Akebono Soga" at the Ichimura Theater (MFA)