EDO KAOMISE 1723

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EDO KAOMISE 1723


Play title	Yorimasa Kaikeizan
Theater	Moritaza
Producer	Morita Kan'ya IV
Playwright	Tsuuchi Han'emon

The kaomise drama "Yorimasa Kaikeizan" was produced by Morita Kan'ya IV at the Moritaza in Edo in the 11th lunar month of 1723^[1]. It was staged with the following casting:

Code	Actors	Roles
1	Katsuyama Matagorô	Ôe no Minbu
2	Anegawa Senzaemon	Takiguchi
3	Nakajima Saburoshirô	Ecchû no Zenji
4	Tomizawa Hanzaburô I	I no Hayata
5	Mizuki Kangorô	Takitô
6	Morita Kan'ya IV	Minamoto no Yorimasa
7	Ichikawa Danshirô II	Taira no Kiyomori
8	Ogino Makinojô	Ayame-no-Mae
9	Wakabayashi Shirogorô	Dewanosuke
10	Tamazawa Rin'ya	Dewanosuke's nyôbô Taema
11	Sanogawa Jûzô	Ôe no Hachirô
12	Fujimura Handayû II	Hayata's nyôbô Kumoi
13	Sengoku Hikosuke I	Nobutsura
14	Hayakawa Shinkatsu	Makomo-no-Mae

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

Actors	Category/Ranking
Tomizawa Hanzaburô I	tachiyaku jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]
Fujimura Handayû II	wakaonnagata jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]
Tamazawa Rin'ya	wakaonnagata jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]
Sengoku Hikosuke I	dôkegata jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]

Others actors were Saigoku Hyôsuke, Dekishima Daisuke II and Ichikawa Gennosuke.

[1] "I worked on this kaomise page in October 2023, almost 300 years afterwards!" (Shôriya Aragorô)

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

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