Stage names:
| Fujikawa Hachizô III |  |
| Fujikawa Hachitarô II | |
Guild: Ôzakaya
Line number: SANDAIME (III)
Poetry name: Happo
Existence: 1778 ~ 28 May 1805
Connection:
Great-grandfather: Ichinokawa Hikoshirô I
Grandfather: Ichinokawa Hikoshirô II
Father: Fujikawa Hachizô II
Disciple: Fujikawa Kunizô
Career:
1778~1795: born in Ôsaka. His first stage name is Fujikawa Hachitarô II and he starts his career in kodomo shibai, where he becomes quite popular.
9 March 1787: his father Fujikawa Hachizô II dies.
November 1795: he becomes zamoto and takes the name of Fujikawa Hachizô III at the Kado no Shibai, producing the kaomise drama "Ichiban Yari Tôkai Suzuri", in which he plays the role of the yakko Yatsuhei; his stage partners are Nakayama Bunshichi II, Sawamura Kunitarô I, Arashi Hinasuke II, Arashi Koroku III, Nakayama Bungorô I, Yoshizawa Iroha I, Mimasu Matsugorô, Yamamura Giemon II, Yamamura Tomoemon I and Asao Sennosuke.
January 1796: Hachizô's rank in the Ôsaka hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, is jô-(shiro)jô (superior - (white) superior). He shares the same rank with Asao Okujirô I.
July 1796: premiere of Chikamatsu Tokuzô's play "Ise Ondo Koi no Netaba", which is produced by Hachizô in Ôsaka at the Kado no Shibai [casting].
December 1796: Hachizô produces plays at the Kado no Shibai the drama "Futatsu Chôchô Kuruwa Nikki", in which he plays the role of Nan Yohei; the same play is staged with the same casting in April 1797 in Kyôto at the Kitagawa no Shibai.
September 1801: premiere at the Kitagawa no Shibai of Shiba Shisô's drama "Hakone Reigen Izari no Adauchi"; Hachizô plays the role of Iinuma Sampei [casting].
January 1805: Hachizô's rank in the Kamigata hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, is jô-jô-(hanshiro)kichi (superior - superior - almost excellent). He shares the same rank with Nakamura Utaemon III.
April 1805: Hachizô plays the role of Wada no Hyôe Hidemori in the drama "Ômi Genji Senjin Yakata", which is produced by Arashi Torasaburô in Ôsaka at the Kado no Shibai; his stage partners are Arashi Kichisaburô II (Sasaki Moritsuna and Miuranosuke), Kanô Minshi I (Kagaribi), Mimasu Tokujirô I (Bimyô) and Morita Kan'ya IX (Hôjô Tokimasa). The same play is performed with the same casting in May in Kyôto at the Kitagawa no Shibai. Hachizô suddenly falls ill while he is on stage. He retires but can't recover and dies the 28th of May.
Comments:
Fujikawa Hachizô III was popular and promising Ôsaka actor, who made all his career in Kamigata from the beginning of the 1780s to the middle of the 1800s. He excelled in yakko and otokodate roles. He was said to be more at ease in sewamono than in jidaimono. He unfortunately died too young.
Fujikawa Hachizô III
The Fujikawa Hachizô line of actors