MORITAZA SOGAMONO 1772
   
Play title Hatsu Akebono Niwatori Soga  In Japanese
Theater Moritaza
Producer Morita Kan'ya VI
Playwrights Horikoshi Saiyô, Ogi Batai, Nakamura Seikurô II, Sawai Chûzô, Sei Basetsu, Sei Hidezô

The new year sogamono drama "Hatsu Akebono Niwatori Soga" was produced in the 1st lunar month of 1772 at the Moritaza by Morita Kan'ya VI with the following casting:

Code Actors Roles
1 Nakamura Tomijûrô I Kudô Saemon Suketsune
2 Ichikawa Danjûrô V Soga Jûrô Sukenari
3 Nakamura Jûzô II Soga Gorô Tokimune
4 Yamashita Kinsaku II Kudô's wife Tamamaki Gozen
5 Ichikawa Danjûrô V Akushichibyôe Kagekiyo
6 Nakamura Tomijûrô I ???

Help needed! Who could help us identifying the role played by Nakamura Tomijûrô I?

    

Others actors in identified roles were:

Actors Roles
Bandô Mitsugorô I Oniô Shinzaemon (Jûrô's retainer)
Nakamura Sukegorô II Danzaburô (Gorô's retainer)
Yamashina Shirojûrô Kobayashi no Asahina
Nakamura Noshio II Jûnai's nyôbô
Segawa Yûjirô I Tsukisayo
Sawamura Kijûrô I Akazawa Jûnai
Ôtani Hiroemon III Ômi no Kotôta
Matsumoto Daishichi Yawata no Saburô
Sakata Kunihachi Kajiwara Heizô Kagetoki

The opening day was the 15th day of the 1st lunar month of the 9th year of the Meiwa era (1772), which was the 18th of February 1772 in the western calendar.

 
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