SHITENNÔ UBUYU NO TAMAGAWA


Play titles	Shitennô Ubuyu no Tamagawa Yama Mata Yama Oyozume Banashi Migawari The Four Guardians and the Rebirth of the Tamagawa (Theater)^[1]
Author	Tsuruya Nanboku IV^[2]
History	Tsuruya Nanboku IV's kaomise drama "Shitennô Ubuyu no Tamagawa" was premiered in the 11th lunar month of 1818^[3] at the Tamagawaza [casting]. Two dance-drama were staged within this kaomise program: the Tomimoto-based dance "Yama Mata Yama Oyozume Banashi" and the Nagauta-based dance "Migawari".
Key words	Hirai Yasumasa Kaomise Minamoto Raikô Minamoto Yorimitsu Nagauta Sakata Kintoki Shitennô Shitennômono Sôma Yoshikado Taira Masakado Taira Yoshikado Tomimoto Ubuyu Urabe Suetake Usui Sadamitsu Watanabe Tsuna Yamanba Yamanbamono
Summary
Notes	[1] Shôriya Aragorô's awkward translation: the four guardians (shitennô) and the rebirth (ubuyu being the first bath of a newborn baby) of the Tamagawaza (which celebrated its reopening in Fall 1818 with this kaomise program). [2] The others sakusha were Segawa Jokô II, Mimasuya Nisôji, Matsui Yûsuke II, Katsui Genpachi, Katsu Hyôsuke, Terashima Gosuke, Matsuchi Shôkichi, Hanagasa Rosuke and Iozaki Kyûsuke. [3] The opening day was the 1st day of the 11th lunar month of the 1st year of the Bunsei era, which was the 28th of November 1818 in the western calendar.


The actors Ichikawa Danjûrô VII and Segawa Kikunojô V playing the roles of Sakata Shumenojô Kintoki and the yamanba in the dance-drama "Yama Mata Yama Oyozume Banashi" of the kaomise drama "Shitennô Ubuyu no Tamagawa", which was staged in the 11th lunar month of 1818 at the Tamagawaza (print made by Utagawa Kunisada I)