ICHIMURAZA SOGAMONO 1779
   
Play title Chô Chidori Wakayagi Soga  In Japanese
Theater Ichimuraza
Producers Ichimura Uzaemon IX
Playwrights Masuyama Kinpachi I (tatesakusha), Nakamura Jûsuke II, Ichizuka Taiji, Tsutsui Hanji, Nakamura Raisuke

The new year sogamono drama "Chô Chidori Wakayagi Soga" was produced in the 2nd lunar month of 1779 at the Ichimuraza by Ichimura Uzaemon IX with the following casting:

Code Actors Roles
1 Yamashita Kinsaku II Ôiso no Tora
2 Segawa Kikunojô III Kewaizaka no Shôshô
3 Onoe Kikugorô I Kudô Saemon Suketsune
4 Sakata Hangorô II Gosho no Goromaru Fuyuyasu
5 Ichimura Uzaemon IX Soga Gorô Tokimune

Others identified actors and roles were:

Actors Roles
Onoe Kikugorô I Soga Jûrô Sukenari, Nijô Kurando
Segawa Kikunojô III Otsune, Tsukisayo
Yamashita Kinsaku II Oseki, Akoya
Ichimura Uzaemon IX The Soga Brothers' mother Mankô, Taira no Kagekiyo
Sakata Hangorô II The hinin of the Seta Village, Noura Nasuemon (in reality Nijô Umemaru)
Ôtani Hiroji III Oniô Shinzaemon, Daidôji Denbatanosuke Terumitsu, Chûgorô
Sawamura Shirogorô I Daidôji Sanaenosuke, Yawata no Saburô
Nakamura Sukegorô II Danzaburô (Gorô's retainer), Wada Kotarô
Bandô Hikosaburô III Zenjibô, the katanaya Hanshichi
Nakajima Kanzaemon III Ômi no Kotôta, Akazawa Jûnai
Matsumoto Kojirô I Kobayashi no Asahina
Ichimura Kamezô II Honda Jirô
Onoe Ushinosuke I Soga Jûrô Sukenari's son
Sanogawa Ichimatsu II Kudô's okugata, Jingorô's sister Oichi
Ikushima Daikichi IV Katagai, Kosan

The opening day was the 8th day of the 2nd lunar month of the 8th year of the An'ei era (1779), which was the 25th of March 1779 in the western calendar.

 
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