ÔSAKA KAOMISE 1717
   
Play titles Inari Yashiki Daikoku Bashira  In Japanese
Ôsaka Shinjû Hajimari  In Japanese
Theater Naka no Shibai
Producer Sawamura Chôjûrô I
Playwrights ???

The kaomise drama "Inari Yashiki Daikoku Bashira" was produced in the 11th lunar month of 1717 [1] in Ôsaka at the Naka no Shibai by Sawamura Chôjûrô I. The opening day was the 2nd day of the 11th lunar month of the 2nd year of the Kyôhô era, which was the 4th of December 1717 in the western calendar. A kiri kyôgen entitled "Ôsaka Shinjû Hajimari" [2] was staged from the 1st day of the 12th lunar month (the 2nd of January 1718 in the western calendar). The kaomise and the kiri kyôgen were staged with the following casting:

Code Actors Roles
Inari Yashiki Daikoku Bashira
1 Yamamura Ichitarô The wakadono Kamenomaru
2 Takeshima Kôzaemon II Seki no Danpei
3 Kumamoto Izaemon The Inariyama kôshitsu Jumeiin
4 Kirinami Wakanojô Princess Tamazuru
5 Arashi Kanshirô I Nagahisa Kuniemon
6 Sagawa Bunzô I Man'yo Chihayanosuke
7 Sawamura Chôjûrô I Inamatsu Genjûrô
8 Yamashita Kinsaku I Okura
9 Ichikawa Sôzaburô I Ôhara Bannai
Others main actors (not on the picture): Sanogawa Mangiku (Genjûrô's nyôbô Oshige), Mizuki Kikunojô (the fortune-teller Oyû), Ichiyama Sukegorô I (Ishimaru Kanjûrô) and Kaneko Kichizaemon (Kinbê)
Ôsaka Shinjû Hajimari
10 Sawamura Chôjûrô I Masuya Kanbê
11 Sawamura Masagorô Kanbê's brother Hanshichi
12 Sanogawa Mangiku The keisei Yamatoya Ichinojô
13 Ichiyama Sukegorô I Chôemon
14 Kaneko Kichizaemon Yohê
Others main actors (not on the picture): Arashi Kanshirô I (Hada Jinsuke), Takeshima Kôzaemon II (Ôtsuka Hanzaemon), Ichikawa Sôzaburô I (Ichibê) and Yamashita Kinsaku I (the nakai Roku).

Others actors who took part in this kaomise program were:

Roles Actors
tachiyaku Iwai Genpachi
Sawamura Hanjûrô
Sawamura Kanzaemon
katakiyaku Murayama Shigeemon
Nakajima Kuraemon
Matsutani Gozaemon
wakaonnagata Tomizawa Montarô I
Arashi Kinzaburô
Arashi Shirosaburô
Sawamura Kikusaburô
Hayama Shigenojô
Miyakogawa Hanasato
Seyama Mantarô
Nakagawa Tatsunosuke
Izumikawa Hannosuke
Morita Kônosuke
Sakakiyama Shôtarô
wakashugata Matsushima Sakuya II
Toki Mankichi
Ichiyama Shimanosuke
Sawamura Minegorô I
Sanogawa Kuranosuke

[1] "I worked on this kaomise page in November 2017, almost 300 years afterwards!" (Shôriya Aragorô)

[2] This drama was a shinjûmono based on the story of Chôemon and his lover Ichinojô. The 17th day of the 5th lunar month of the 3rd year of the Tenna era (the 11th of June 1683 in the western calendar), the courtesan Yamatoya Ichinojô and her lover Goze no Chôemon committed suicide together in Ôsaka. This event caused quite a stir and three Ôsaka theaters decided to capitalize on the situation by simultaneously producing the same month the first shinjûmono of Kabuki history.

 
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