Stage names:
Bandô Hikosaburô II
Bandô Kikumatsu II
Other name: Bandô Shinsui II
Guild: Yorozuya
Line number: NIDAIME (II)
Poetry name: Shinsui (2)
Existence: 1741 ~ 4 May 1768
Connection:
Father: Bandô Hikosaburô I
Disciple: Bando Hikozaemon I
Career:
November 1749: he makes his first appearance on stage at the Ichimuraza, receiving the name of Bandô Kikumatsu II and playing a child role in the drama "Yoritomo Gunbai Kagami".
January 1751: his father Bandô Hikosaburô I dies.
November 1751: Bandô Kikumatsu II takes the name of Bandô Hikosaburô II at the Ichimuraza, playing 2 roles in the kaomise drama "Kamimukae Nigiwai Genji".
November 1764: Hikosaburô achieves a great success by playing in the Ichimuraza kaomise drama "Wakaki no Hana Suma no Hatsuyuki".
September 1766: Hikosaburô plays at the Ichimuraza the role of Hayano Kampei in the drama "Kanadehon Chűshingura". The role of Okaru is played by Onoe Matsusuke I.
January 1768: Hikosaburô appears on stage for the last time, at the Nakamuraza, playing in the drama "Fude Hajime Soga no Tamazusa".
Comments:
Bandô Hikosaburô II was mainly a tachiyaku, who was also able to perform wakashugata or wakaonnagata roles. He was a very popular actor among the female audience of Edo theaters but he unfortunately died young.
Bandô Hikosaburô II in a print made by Torii Kiyomitsu (1760~1765)
Print made by Torii Kiyomitsu in 1759
Print made by Suzuki Harunobu in 1760
Print made by Torii Kiyomitsu in 1760
Print made by Utagawa Toyokuni (1862~1863)
The Bandô Hikosaburô line of actors