ICHIMURAZA SOGAMONO 1767


Play title	Soga Yawaragi Soga
Theater	Ichimuraza
Producer	Ichimura Uzaemon IX
Playwrights	Horikoshi Saiyô

The new year sogamono drama "Soga Yawaragi Soga" was produced by Ichimura Uzaemon IX and was staged in the 1st lunar month of 1767 in Edo at the Ichimuraza. It was staged with the following casting:

Code	Actors	Roles
1	Sakata Hangorô II	Kudô Saemon Suketsune
2	Ichimura Kamezô II	Rokudai Gozen
3	Ichikawa Danzô III	Tadanobu
4	Sanjô Kametarô	Ninomiya
5	Segawa Kikunojô II	The Soga servant Otae, in reality Kagekiyo's daughter Hitomaru
6	Ichimura Uzaemon IX	Soga Jûrô Sukenari
7	Bandô Sanpachi I	Yawata no Saburô
8	Ichikawa Yaozô II	Soga Gorô Tokimune
9	Nakajima Mihozô II	Izumi no Kojirô
10	Nakajima Mihoemon II	Ômi no Kotôta
11	Tomizawa Tatsujûrô	The mother of the Soga Brothers
12	Ichikawa Danzô III	Oniô Shinzaemon
13	Bandô Aizô	Tsukisayo
14	Nakamura Sukegorô II	Kobayashi no Asahina
15	Azuma Tôzô II	Tsujigimi, in reality Gokumon Shôbei's nyôbô Okono
16	Ôtani Hiroji III	Kurofune Chûemon, in reality Danzaburô (Gorô's retainer)

Bandô Aizô also played the role of the courtesan Kewaizaka no Shôshô (Gorô's lover).

This new year drama mixed several sekai with the Soga Brothers story:

oshichi-kichisamono: Yaoya Oshichi and the temple page Kichisaburô were performed by Segawa Kikunojô II and Ichikawa Yaozô II. The role of Yaoya Kyûbê was played by Tomizawa Tatsujûrô.

kurofune-chûemonmono: Kurofune Chûemon and Gokumon Shôbei were played by Ôtani Hiroji III and Nakamura Sukegorô II. The role of Gokumon Shôbei's nyôbô Okono was played by Azuma Tôzô II.

kagekiyomono: the roles of Kagekiyo's daughter Princess Hitomaru and Kagekiyo's brother Iba-no-Jûzô were played by Segawa Kikunojô II and Nakajima Mihoemon II.

In the final scene of this drama, Ichimura Uzaemon IX and Ichikawa Danzô III played the role of the deity Fudô. Segawa Kikunojô II played the role of the goddess Benzaiten.

The opening day was the 15th day of the 1st lunar month of the 4th year of the Meiwa era (1767), which was the 13th of February 1767 in the western calendar.