 Adapted to Kabuki, the play was premièred in that mode in January 1748, in the city of Ise, in Mie Prefecture.Kataoka Nizaemon IV and Yamamoto Koheiji were two of the actors in this performance, playing Ginpei and Tadanobu/Genkurō respectively.The premiere in Edo was held at the Nakamura-za in May the same year, and in Osaka at the Naka no Shibai just a few months later in August.