KYÔTO KAOMISE 1722
   
Play titles Aioi Ôshimadai  In Japanese
Kantô Koroku  In Japanese
Theater Hoteiya Umenojô's theater
Producer Ogino Yaegiri I
Playwright Yoshida Rôfu

The kaomise drama "Aioi Ôshimadai" was produced by Ogino Yaegiri I at Hoteiya Umenojô's theater in Kyôto in the 11th lunar month of 1722 [1]. It welcomed back in Kyôto the star Kirinoya Gonjûrô I. From the 28th day of the 11th lunar month, a kiri kyôgen entitled "Kantô Koroku" was staged to end the program. This kaomise was staged with the following casting:

Code Actors Roles
1 Katayama Kozaemon The yakko Manohei
2 Okajima Motoemon The nakama Yagohei (in reality the Hanazono kôshitsu's brother Daizô)
3 Kirinami Onoe The keisei Ôsaka
4 Ichinoya Jûrobê Aburaya Jûbê
5 Hyakuninshu Genzaburô The wakadono Kunitarô
6 Nakamura Kanjûrô The Hanazono karô Sasaemon
7 Tamekawa Kohyôe The Hanazono kôshitsu
8 Fujikawa Heikurô Ude no Yohê
9 Yashio Ikuemon Shishidô Heima
10 Kikukawa Kiyotarô I Wadaemon's younger sister Osuga
11 Ogino Yaegiri I Kanzaemon's younger sister Oshige
12 Ogino Izaburô I Tomimaru
13 Yoshida Jûrobê II Wadaemon's father Sakurai Bundayû
14 Somenoi Hanshirô Nanaura Kanzaemon
15 Uemura Kichiya III Aburaya Jûbê's nyôbô Okatsu
16 Kirinoya Gonjûrô I Sakurai Wadaemon

The stars [2] of this kaomise program were:

Actors Category/Ranking
Kirinoya Gonjûrô I tachiyaku
jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]
Ogino Yaegiri I wakaonnagata
goku-jô-jô-kichi (extreme - superior - superior - excellent) [Visual]

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

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

 
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