EDO KAOMISE 1722

The kaomise drama "Hinazuru Katoku Soga" was produced by Ichimura Takenojô IV at the Ichimuraza in Edo in the 11th lunar month of 1722^[1]. It was staged with the following casting:

Code	Actors	Roles
1	Nakamura Denpachi	Ecchû no Jirobê
2	Ichimura Takenojô IV	Kudô Saemon Suketsune
3	Nakamura Kichibê I	Yaheibyôe Munekiyo
4	Sanjô Kantarô II	Itô's daughter Princess Tatsuta
5	Mizuki Kikusaburô	Tôkurô Morihisa (disguised as Minamoto no Yoritomo)
6	Miyakawa Hachirôzaemon	Ôba Saburô
7	Sanjô Kantarô II	Itô's daughter Princess Tatsuta
8	Kamakura Chôkurô II	Okazaki Akushirô
9	Fujimura Handayû II	The Kawazu kôshitsu
10	Yamanaka Heikurô I	The nyûdô Itô
11	Fujimura Handayû II	Sanko-no-Mae
12	Sawamura Sôjûrô I	Minamoto no Yoritomo
13	Sawamura Sôjûrô I	Sanada no Yoichi
14	Ichikawa Danzô I	Matano Gorô
15	Yamanaka Heikurô I	The nyûdô Itô
16	Matsumoto Kôshirô I	Kawazu no Saburô

The stars^[2] of this kaomise program were:

Actors	Category/Ranking
Yamanaka Heikurô I	jitsuaku goku-jô-jô-kichi (extreme - superior - superior - excellent) [Visual]
Matsumoto Kôshirô I	tachiyaku jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]
Ichikawa Danzô I	tachiyaku jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]
Sawamura Sôjûrô I	tachiyaku jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]
Nakamura Denpachi	dôkegata jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]
Fujimura Handayû II	wakaonnagata jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]
Sanjô Kantarô II	wakaonnagata jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]

Others actors were Yamazaki Jûgorô, Nakamura Shirôji, Hayakawa Denshirô, Nanboku Magotarô II, Murakami Zenzaemon and Nakamura Sayonosuke.

[1] "I worked on this kaomise page in November 2022, almost 300 years afterwards!" (Shôriya Aragorô)

[2] Our definition of star is a ranking equal or above jô-jô-kichi.