EDO KAOMISE 1723 (original) (raw)

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 Matagor� �e no Minbu
2 Anegawa Senzaemon Takiguchi
3 Nakajima Saburoshir� Ecch� no Zenji
4 Tomizawa Hanzabur� I I no Hayata
5 Mizuki Kangor� Takit�
6 Morita Kan'ya IV Minamoto no Yorimasa
7 Ichikawa Danshir� II Taira no Kiyomori
8 Ogino Makinoj� Ayame-no-Mae
9 Wakabayashi Shirogor� Dewanosuke
10 Tamazawa Rin'ya Dewanosuke's ny�b� Taema
11 Sanogawa J�z� �e no Hachir�
12 Fujimura Handay� II Hayata's ny�b� Kumoi
13 Sengoku Hikosuke I Nobutsura
14 Hayakawa Shinkatsu Makomo-no-Mae

The stars [2] of this kaomise program were:

Actors Category/Ranking
Tomizawa Hanzabur� I tachiyakuj�-j�-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]
Fujimura Handay� II wakaonnagataj�-j�-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]
Tamazawa Rin'ya wakaonnagataj�-j�-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]
Sengoku Hikosuke I d�kegataj�-j�-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]

Others actors were Saigoku Hy�suke, Dekishima Daisuke II and Ichikawa Gennosuke.

[1] "I worked on this kaomise page in October 2023, almost 300 years afterwards!" (Sh�riya Aragor�)

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