Stage names:
Hayakawa Dengorô
Miyazaki Dengorô
Existence: 1670 ~ 20 November 1719
Connection:
Master: Miyazaki Denkichi
Brother: Hayakawa Denshirô
Disciple: Hayakawa Hatsuse
Career:
1670: born in Ôsaka. He becomes a disciple of Miyazaki Denkichi at a very young age. His first stage name is Miyazaki Dengorô.
1680: Dengorô settles in Edo with his master Miyazaki Denkichi.
November 1700: he becomes katakiyaku, takes the name of Hayakawa Dengorô and plays at the Yamamuraza the role of Taira no Tokimori in the kaomise drama "Yorimasa Mannen Goyomi".
November 1706: premiere in the same theater of the drama "Taihei Shusse Kagekiyo", which is considered as an earlier version of the kabuki jûhachiban drama "Kagekiyo"; Dengorô plays the role of Kajiwara Heizô Kagetoki [casting].
1708: Dengorô becomes jitsuaku.
March 1709: Dengorô's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, jitsuaku section, is jô-jô (superior - superior).
November 1709: Dengorô plays at the Ichimuraza the role of Takakura-no-Miya in the kaomise drama "Gempuku Nue Yorimasa".
March 1710: Dengorô's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, jitsuaku section, is jô-jô-(shiro)kichi (superior - superior - (white) excellent).
November 1710: Dengorô plays at the Moritaza the role of Kiyomori in the kaomise drama "Onna Tsuwamono Tokiwa no Matsu"; his stage partners are Shinomiya Gempachi, Takahashi Motojirô, Tsutsui Kichijûrô I, Hisamatsu Tasanta, Saigoku Hyôsuke, Yasuda Kichirôji, Narukawa Genzaemon, Ichikawa Danzô I, Saruwaka Sanzaemon II, Matsumoto Shirosaburô and Fujioka Daikichi.
March 1711: Dengorô's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, jitsuaku section, is jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent). He shares the same rank with Yamanaka Heikurô I.
November 1713: Dengorô plays at the Yamamuraza the role of Yamashina in the kaomise drama "Sazare Ishi Nasu no Futahashira".
November 1714: Dengorô plays at the Ichimuraza the role of Kageyu Saemon in the kaomise program "Enman Taiheiki"; his main stage partners are Ichikawa Danzô I, Ichimura Takenojô IV, Matsumoto Koshirô, Asao Jûjirô, Yamashita Karumo and Mimasuya Sukejûrô I.
November 1715: Dengorô plays at the Nakamuraza the role of Yorimasa in the kaomise drama "Kogane no Kaburi Konrei Yorimasa".
November 1716: Dengorô becomes tachiyaku and plays at the Moritaza the role of Chihara Sakon in the kaomise drama "Yomeiri Miyako no Tsunagi Uma".
January 1717: Dengorô's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, is jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent). He shares the same rank with Ichikawa Danjûrô II, Matsumoto Kôshirô I, Tomizawa Hanzaburô I and Murayama Heiemon III.
May 1717: Chikamatsu Monzaemon's masterpiece "Kokusen'ya Gassen" is produced simultaneously in the 3 Edo Kabuki theaters. This is the first Kabuki adaptation of a puppet theater play in Edo. It is produced at the Moritaza under the title "Kokusen'ya Gojitsu Gassen"; Dengorô plays the role of Gosankei [more details].
November 1717: Dengorô becomes jitsuaku and plays at the Moritaza the role of Kageyu Saemon in the kaomise program "Hônô Taiheiki"; his stage partners are Ichikawa Danjûrô II, Ôtani Hiroemon I, Ogawa Zengorô I, Asao Jûjirô and Ichikawa Monnosuke I.
November 1718: Dengorô plays at the Nakamuraza the role of Matano in the kaomise program "Hirakana Yomeiri Izu Nikki", which welcomes in Edo the Kamigata actor Sanogawa Mangiku.
January 1719: Dengorô plays at the Nakamuraza the roles of Kudô Saemon Suketsune and Kamei Rokurô Saemon in the sogamono "Kaibyaku Sakayaki Soga", commonly called "Ninin Kudô" ("The two Kudô"). The other Kudô is played by Yamanaka Heikurô I.
20 November 1719: Dengorô dies in Edo.
Comments:
Hayakawa Dengorô was a talented and popular actor, who was born in Kamigata and achieved fame for himself in Edo during the 1700s and the 1710s. He was endowed with an amazing voice and was specialized in villain roles but also made a successful season as a tachiyaku in 1717, excelling in jitsugoto or yatsushigoto. As a jitsuaku actor, he was said to be on par with Yamanaka Heikurô I, the king of jitsuaku actors.
Hayakawa Dengorô (right) and his disciple Hayakawa Hatsuse (left) playing the roles of Ôtomo no Kuronushi and Kôbai in the kaomise drama "Kôbai no Momoyoguruma", which was staged in November 1711 at the Moritaza