Stage names:
Sakata Hangorô III
Bandô Kumajûrô I
Bandô Kumajirô
Guild: Shôgatsuya
Line number: SANDAIME (III)
Existence: 1756 ~ 6 June 1795
Connections:
Masters: Sakata Hangorô II, Ichimura Uzaemon IX
Disciple: Sakata Hangorô IV (?)
Career:
1756 ~ 1771: born in Edo. He starts his career at the Ichimuraza as a disciple of Ichimura Uzaemon IX, who gives him the name of Bandô Kumajirô.
November 1771: Bandô Kumajirô takes the name of Bandô Kumajûrô I at the Ichimuraza, playing a katakiyaku role in the drama "Kono Hana Yotsugi no Hachinoki".
1771 ~ 1782: he becomes disciple of the actor Sakata Hangorô II at an unknown date.
17 May 1782: his master Sakata Hangorô II dies.
November 1783: Bandô Kumajûrô I takes the name of Sakata Hangorô III at the Moritaza, playing the role of Aoyagi Midorinosuke in the drama "Ono no Terusaki Yuki no Akebono".
November 1788: Hangorô plays at the Nakamuraza the role of Mitsuhide in the kaomise drama "Tôzumô Hana no Edogata".
November 1791: Hangorô plays at the Ichimuraza the roles of Iga Heinai and Tametomo in the kaomise drama "Kinme Nuki Genji no Kakutsuba", which celebrates the shûmei of Ichikawa Ebizô and Ichikawa Danjûrô VI.
March 1795: Hangorô appears on stage for the last time, at the Kiriza, where he plays the role of Mitsuhide in the drama "Toki ha Ima Kuruwa no Hanamichi".
Comments:
Sakata Hangorô III was a good katakiyaku of the second half of the 18th century. His forte were jitsuaku roles, notably the role of Takechi Mitsuhide in Taikôki dramas.
Sakata Hangorô III playing the role of Kinadora in the drama "Komachimura Shibai no Shôgatsu", which was staged in November 1789 at the Nakamuraza (print made by Katsukawa Shunkô)