Stage names:
Mimasu Daigorô II
Mimasu Tanin II
Fujikawa Tokizô
Takeda Tokizô
Guilds: Kyômasuya, Ôzakaya
Line number: NIDAIME (II)
Poetry names: Ikkô, Kokutô (or Kottô ?)
Existence: 1748 ~ 27 July 1793
Connections:
Adoptive father: Mimasu Daigorô I
Master: Fujikawa Hachizô I
Son: Mimasu Daigorô III
Grandsons: Mimasu Yoshisaburô, Mimasu Daigorô IV
Great-grandsons: Mimasu Gengorô I, Mimasu Gengorô II
Disciple: Mimasu Kamesaburô
Career:
1748~1768: born in Ôsaka. He starts his career in hama shibai, performing at the Takeda no Shibai under the name of Takeda Tokizô.
July 1768: Namiki Shôzô I's drama "Yadonashi Danshichi Shigure no Karakasa" is staged for the first time in Ôsaka, at the Takeda no Shibai, a koshibai venue; Tokizô plays the role of Manriki Ichiemon [casting].
End of the 1760s, beginning of the 1770s: he becomes disciple of Fujikawa Hachizô I and his stage name is changed to Fujikawa Tokizô.
November 1772: Tokizô makes his debut in ôshibai, playing in Kyôto at the Minamigawa no Shibai the role of Hangan Terukuni (a katakiyaku role) in the kaomise drama "Ôsaka Zaiku Araki no Mokuzô", which is produced by Yoshizawa Iroha I.
1774: he is adopted by Mimasu Daigorô I and takes the name of Mimasu Tanin II.
April 1777: premiere of Namiki Gohachi's drama "Tenmangû Natane no Gokû", co-written with Nakamura Akei and Tatsuoka Mansaku, which is staged at the Kado no Shibai; Tanin plays the roles of Miyoshi Kiyotsura and Aratôta [casting].
25 September 1780: his adoptive father Mimasu Daigorô I dies.
March 1781: Mimasu Tanin II takes the name of Mimasu Daigorô II at the Naka no Shibai, playing the role of Furuteya Hachirobei in the drama "Mukashi Gatari Nise no Omokage".
January 1782: Daigorô's rank in the Ôsaka hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, is jô-jô-(shiro)kichi (superior - superior - (white) excellent).
January 1784: premiere at the Naka no Shibai of Namiki Gohei's drama "Keisei Yamato Zôshi"; Daigorô plays the role of Futami Sehei [casting].
May 1788: first Kabuki adaptation of the puppet theater drama "Hikosan Gongen Chikai no Sukedachi", which is staged in Ise at the Furuichi no Shibai; Daigorô plays the role of Rokusuke [casting].
January 1793: Daigorô's rank in the Ôsaka hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, is one black stroke above jô-jô-(hanshiro)kichi [visual]. He shares the same rank with Kataoka Nizaemon VII and Mimasu Tokujirô I.
May 1793: Daigorô appears on stage for the last time, playing at the Naka no Shibai the role of Kiya Uhachi in the drama "Kyô Miyage Meisho Izutsu".
27 July 1793: Daigorô dies in Ôsaka. His tombstone is located in the precincts of the Myôjuji Temple in the district of Nakadera.
Comments:
Mimasu Daigorô II was a talented Ôsaka actor, who achieved fame for himself in Kamigata from the end of the 1770s to the beginning of the 1790s. His vocal projection and his voice were very good and he excelled in sewamono dramas in otokodate or sumôtori roles.
Mimasu Daigorô II playing the role of Ban no Yoshio in a print made by Utagawa Toyokuni III (1862~1863)
The Mimasu Tanin line of actors
The Mimasu Daigorô line of actors
