Stage names:

Onoe Fujaku III
Onoe Tokumatsu II

Guild: Nambuya

Line number: SANDAIME (III)

Poetry name: Seiga (?)

Existence: 1793 ~ 5 January 1831

Connections:

Master: Onoe Koisaburô I

Brother: Onoe Shinshichi II

Son: Onoe Fujaku V

Career:

1793 ~ 1818: he starts his career as a disciple of Onoe Koisaburô I, who gives him the name of Onoe Tokumatsu II. He spend most of his early years performing in the precincts of temples or shrines in Ôsaka or Kyôto (miyaji shibai).

9 March 1809: his master Onoe Koisaburô I dies.

18 June 1818: his brother Onoe Shinshichi II dies.

1818 ~ 1819: Onoe Tokumatsu II takes the name of Onoe Fujaku III.

February ~ March 1819: tour in Nagoya; Fujaku performs at the Seijuin no Shibai, sharing the stage with Kataoka Ichizô I, Nakayama Ittoku II and Arashi Mitsugorô.

November 1822: Fujaku plays at the Ônishi no Shibai the role of Sonobe Saemon in the drama "Zôho Usuyuki Monogatari".

January 1823: Fujaku plays at the Ônishi no Shibai the role of Honda Dainaiki in the drama "Igagoe Norikake Gappa".

March ~ June 1824: tour in Nagoya; Fujaku performs at the Seijuin no Shibai, sharing the stage with Arashi Sankatsu III, Arashi Mitsugorô and Ichikawa Tsuruzô.

May 1825: Fujaku plays at the Ônishi no Shibai the role of Gengobei in the drama "Godairiki Koi no Fûjime".

January 1826: Fujaku achieves a great success at the Ônishi no Shibai by playing the role of Oguri Hangan in the drama "Hime Kurabe Futaba Ezôshi"; the role of Princess Terute is played by Nakayama Isshi I.

July 1826: Fujaku plays in the same theater the role of Hagizuka Narutonosuke in the drama "Momo Chidori Naruto no Shiranami".

February 1827: Fujaku plays at the Takeda no Shibai (Ôsaka) the roles of Ôboshi Yuranosuke, Hayano Kampei and Yashichi in the classic "Kanadehon Chûshingura"; his main stage partners are Onoe Tamizô II, Kataoka Ichizô I and Nakayama Isshi I.

January 1829: Fujaku plays at the Chikugo no Shibai the role of Miyagi Asojirô in the drama "Keisei Tsukushi no Tsumagoto".

January 1831: Fujaku suddenly falls ill and dies in Ôsaka.

Comments:

Onoe Fujaku III was a Kamigata tachiyaku, specialized in wajitsu, who spent most of his career in Ôsaka minor theaters (hama shibai) and his later years at the Ônishi no Shibai.

Fujaku was a haimyô used by the actors Onoe Koisaburô I and Onoe Shinshichi II, who never held the name of Onoe Fujaku but were acknowledged as the first and the second in this line of actors.

Onoe Fujaku III playing the role of wakatô Shimbei in the drama "Azuma Namari Koi no Fukagawa" (print made by Shunkyokusai Hokumei in 1830)

Print made by Jukôdô Yoshikuni in 1822

The Onoe Fujaku line of actors