Stage names:
Arashi Izaburô II
Arashi Kanjûrô I
Arashi Kankurô
Araki Mankichi
Bandô Mankichi
Nickname: Gusokuya Kanjûrô
Guild: Gusokuya
Line number: NIDAIME (II)
Poetry name: Keisha
Existence: 1774 ~ 27 July 1846
Connections:
Master: Arashi Kichisaburô II
Son: Arashi Kannosuke
Disciple: Arashi Kangorô
Career:
1774: born in Kamigata. He starts his career at an unknown date, performing under the names of Bandô Mankichi and Araki Mankichi.
Winter 1796: he becomes disciple of Arashi Kichisaburô II and receives the name of Arashi Kankurô.
Fall 1800: he goes to Edo, along with Sawamura Sôjûrô III, Sawamura Gennosuke I, Fujikawa Buzaemon II and the playwright Nagawa Shimesuke I.
November 1800: Arashi Kankurô takes the name of Arashi Kanjûrô I at the Ichimuraza, playing the role of Aratôta in Nagawa Shimesuke I's kaomise drama "Oishigeru Nami no Une Une", which also celebrates the shûmei of Ichikawa Danjûrô VII.
January 1814: Kanjûrô plays the roles of Tataranosuke and Keian in the drama "Keisei Tsukushi no Tsumagoto", which is staged in Ôsaka at the Kado no Shibai. This is the first performance in Kabuki history of a play based on the "Asagao Nikki" world [casting].
April 1814: "Keisei Tsukushi no Tsumagoto" is staged with the same casting in Kyôto at the Minamigawa no Shibai.
November 1818: Kanjûrô plays at the Minamigawa no Shibai the roles of Motoemon and Mansuke in the drama "Tengajaya".
November 1819: Kanjûrô plays at the Kado no Shibai the role of Gonkurô in the drama "Futatsu Chôchô Kuruwa Nikki".
Fall 1820: Kanjûrô goes to Edo with Onoe Kikugorô III, Nakamura Waichi and Onoe Kikunosuke I.
November 1820: Kanjûrô plays at the Kawarazakiza the role of Senoo Jûrô in the drama "Ise Heiji Ume no Mitegura", which celebrates the shûmei of Onoe Tamizô II.
26 September 1821: his master Arashi Kitsusaburô I dies in Ôsaka.
May 1822: Kanjûrô plays at the Nakamuraza the roles of Ono Kudayû, Horibe Yajibei and Ôta Ryôchiku in the drama "Kanadehon Chûshingura".
May 1823: Kanjûrô plays at the Nakamuraza the roles of Fujiwara no Shihei, Shundô Gemba, Yatôji and Shiratayû in the drama "Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami".
March 1828: Kanjûrô plays at the Kawarazakiza the roles of Kawagoe Tarô, Sagami Gorô and Yazaemon in the drama "Yoshitsune Sembon Zakura".
November 1828: Kanjûrô plays at the Nakamuraza 3 roles in the drama "Motomishi Hana Otogi Heike"; his yearly salary is 450 ryô.
March 1829: Kanjûrô plays at the Nakamuraza the roles of Sagami Gorô and Yazaemon in the drama "Yoshitsune Sembon Zakura".
January 1832: Kanjûrô's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, jitsuaku section, is jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent).
February 1834: Kanjûrô plays at the Nakamuraza the roles of Kô no Moronô, Horibe Yasubei and Ishidô Umanojô in the drama "Kanadehon Chûshingura".
March 1836: Kanjûrô plays at the Nakamuraza the roles of Benkei and Yazaemon in the drama "Yoshitsune Sembon Zakura".
Summer 1837: tour in Nagoya with Arashi San'emon IX, Ichikawa Ichijûrô I and Jitsukawa Enzaburô I.
January 1838: Kanjûrô's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, katakiyaku section, is kô-jô-jô-kichi (meritorious - superior - superior - excellent).
November 1841: Arashi Kanjûrô I and his disciple Arashi Kanzô respectively take the names of Arashi Izaburô II and Arashi Kangorô at the Kawarazakiza; the new Izaburô plays the role of Haji no Hyôe in the drama "Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami".
October 1842: Izaburô takes part in the opening ceremony of the newly-built Nakamuraza in the district of Asakusa Saruwaka-chô, playing in the drama "Kinryûzan Chikai no Ishizue", which is produced by Nakamura Kanzaburô XII; his stage partners are Iwai Tojaku, Sawamura Tosshô II, Arashi Kichisaburô III, Onoe Eizaburô III, Bandô Hikosaburô IV, Osagawa Tsuneyo IV and Ichikawa Danzaburô V.
May 1844: Izaburô plays at the Nakamuraza the roles of Haji no Hyôe and Shiratayû in the drama "Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami".
January 1846: Izaburô appears on stage for the last time, at the Nakamuraza, where he performs in the play "Nazorae Soga Ôe Yamairi", which celebrates the shûmei of Onoe Baikô IV and Onoe Eizaburô IV.
27 July 1846: Izaburô dies in Edo.
Comments:
Arashi Izaburô II was a popular supporting katakiyaku and oyajigata of the first half of the nineteenth century. He spent the first half of his career in Kamigata and definitively settled in Edo in 1820, where he achieved fame in the 1830s.
Arashi Izaburô II playing the role of Haji no Hyôe in the drama "Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami", which was staged in November 1841 at the Kawarazakiza (print made by Utagawa Kunisada I)
Print made by Gigadô Ashiyuki in 1814
Print made by Utagawa Kunisada around 1830
The Arashi Kanjûrô line of actors
The Arashi Izaburô line of actors