Namiki Gohei I

Namiki Gohei I was a Kabuki playwright active in Kyoto, Edo and Osaka. He wrote over 100 plays, mostly in the genres of jidai-mono and sewa-mono.
Born in the Doshōmachi district in Osaka in 1747, Gohei was a student of the playwright Namiki Shōzō I. By 1775 he was already the main playwright for the Hayakumo-za Kabuki theatre in Kyoto.
Two of his plays have been translated into English, The Temple Gate and the Paulownia Crest and Five Great Powers that Secure Love, both in Kabuki Plays on Stage II: Villainy and Vengeance, 1773-1799, edited by James R. Brandon and Samuel L. Leiter.

Plays

Genpei Tsūrikimaru with Namiki Shōzō IHi-no-Moto Banzei no Hōrai with Namiki JūsukeTenmangū Natane no Gokū with Nakamura Akei and Tatsuoka MansakuŌiri Kabuki no Tsuitachi with Nakamura Akei and Tatsuoka MansakuKeisei Hakataori Kimon Gosan no Kiri Keisei Yamato Zōshi Katsuragawa Renri no Shigarami adapted from a work of Suga SensukeTaikō Shinkenki Sewa Ryōri Yaoya Kondate Shima Meguri Uso no Kikigaki Godairiki Koi no Fūjime Suda no Haru Geisha Katagi Tomioka Koi no Yamabiraki

''Bandai Fueki Shibai no Hajimari''