Stage names:
| Mihogi Gizaemon II |  |
| Fujimatsu Sanjûrô I | |
| Mihogi Fujimatsu | |
Other name:
| Kataoka Nizaemon VI | |
Guild: Tomimasuya
Line number: NIDAIME (II)
Poetry name: Sotô
Existence: 1731 ~ 15 September 1789
Connection:
Master: Mihogi Shichitarô
Career:
1731 ~ 1757: he starts his career in miyaji shibai as a disciple of the Mihogi Shichitarô, performing under the name of Mihogi Fujimatsu.
November 1757: he becomes tachiyaku.
End of 1759: he takes the name of Fujimatsu Sanjûrô I.
June 1770: Namiki Shôzô I's drama "Yadonashi Danshichi Shigure no Karakasa" is staged for the first time in Ôsaka ôshibai, at the Kado no Shibai; Sanjûrô plays the role of Wataya Tokuemon [casting].
March ~ May 1771: first Kabuki adaptation of the puppet theater drama "Imoseyama Onna Teikin", produced by Mimasu Tokujirô I at the Kitagawa no Shibai; Sanjûrô plays the roles of Fujiwara no Tankai and Motome [casting].
November 1776: Fujimatsu Sanjûrô I takes the name of Mihogi Gizaemon II in Kyôto, playing the role of Shinraku Jûnai in the kaomise drama "Oso Uji Yodo no Irifune", which is produced by Matsuyama Kogenji.
January 1777: premiere at the Kitagawa no Shibai of the drama "Keisei Tonoi Zakura", whose plot is very close to Nagawa Kamesuke I's drama "Igagoe Norikake Gappa"; Gizaemon plays the roles of Karaki Masaemon and Wada Yukie [casting].
End of November 1779 ~ January 1780: Gizaemon plays at the Kado no Shibai the role of Ôboshi Yuranosuke in the drama "Kanadehon Chûshingura"; the roles of Kô no Moronô and En'ya Hangan are played by Yamamoto Giemon and Ogawa Kichitarô I.
January 1782: the play "Tengajaya-Mura" is staged for the first time in Kyôto, at the Kitagawa no Shibai; Gizaemon plays the roles of Tôma Saburôemon and Yasuke [casting]
September 1783: the play "Igagoe Dôchû Sugoroku" is adapted to Kabuki for the first time, in Ôsaka at the Naka no Shibai; Gizaemon plays the roles of Karaki Masaemon and Wada Yukie [casting].
January 1784: Gizaemon's rank in the Ôsaka hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, is jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent).
November 1786: Gizaemon plays at the Naka no Shibai in the kaomise drama "Neko Shakkyô Fûki no Hanabusa", which celebrates the shûmei of Nakayama Bungorô I.
July 1789: Gizaemon appears on stage for the last time, in Ôsaka at the Kado no Shibai, playing in the drama "Kanjin Kanmon Tekuda no Hajimari".
15 September 1789: Gizaemon dies in Ôsaka.
Comments:
Mihogi Gizaemon II was a tachiyaku actor, who achieved fame for himself in Kamigata during the second half of the 18th century. This small-sized actor, endowed with a great voice, excelled in budôgoto and jitsugoto. As he was the heir of Kataoka Nizaemon I's disciple Mihogi Gizaemon I (he was in fact the disciple of Mihogi Gizaemon I's grandson), he posthumously received the prestigious name of Kataoka Nizaemon VI.
Mihogi Gizaemon II in an illustration from the book "Santo Yakusha Omokage Zukushi", which was published in Ôsaka by Yamatoya Kaemon in 1784
The Mihogi Gizaemon line of actors
The Kataoka Nizaemon line of actors