Stage names:
Arashi Hinasuke II
Nakamura Jûzô III
Kanô Hidenosuke
Arashi Hidenosuke I
Other name: Arashi Minshi II
Guilds: Naritaya, Yoshidaya
Line number: NIDAIME (II)
Poetry name: Minshi (2)
Existence: 1774 ~ 4 February 1801
Connection:
Grandfather: Arashi San'emon V
Father: Arashi Koroku III (Hinasuke I)
Brothers: Arashi Koroku IV, Arashi Hinasuke III, Arashi Koroku V
Son: Arashi Hinasuke IV
Disciple(s): Arashi Hinasuke 4.5 (?), Arashi Hinasuke V
Career:
1785: he starts his career as a child-actor, performing under the name of Arashi Hidenosuke I.
1786: he takes the name of Kanô Hidenosuke.
Spring 1789: he takes the name of Nakamura Jûzô III.
April 1793: Jûzô plays at the Kado no Shibai the role of Yosaku in the drama "Koi Nyôbô Somewake Tazuna".
January 1794: Nakamura Jûzô III takes the name of Arashi Hinasuke II at the Kado no Shibai.
March 1795: Chikamatsu Monzaemon I's drama "Komochi Yamamba", which was originally written for the puppet theater, is adapted to Kabuki for the first time, in Ôsaka at the Kado no Shibai; Hinasuke plays the role of Minamoto no Yorimitsu [casting].
29 March 1796: his father Arashi Koroku III dies.
April 1796: Hinasuke replaces his father to perform the roles of Ishikawa Goemon, Ishida-no-Tsubone, Rikyû and Bansaku (his only role in the original casting) in the drama "Hade Kurabe Ishikawazome", which is staged at the Kado no Shibai.
May 1796: Hinasuke goes to Kyôto and plays at Miyako Mandayû's theater the roles of Ishikawa Goemon and Ishida-no-Tsubone in the drama "Hade Kurabe Ishikawazome".
January 1797: Hinasuke's rank in the Ôsaka hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, is jô-jô-(shiro)kichi (superior - superior - (white) excellent).
August~September 1797: Hinasuke plays at the Kita-Shinchi no Shibai (Ôsaka) the roles of Shigenoi, Sagisaka Sanai, the yakko Ippei and Takemura Sadanoshin in the drama "Koi Nyôbô Somewake Tazuna"; he also plays the role of Yaegiri in "Komochi Yamamba".
January~February 1799: Hinasuke plays at the Naka no Shibai the roles of Ishikawa Goemon and Sôemon's wife in the drama "Kinmon Gosan no Kiri"; the role of Goemon's enemy Mashiba Hisayoshi is played by Sawamura Sôjûrô III.
Fall 1799: Hinasuke goes to Edo.
November 1799: Hinasuke plays at the Ichimuraza the role of Akita Jônosuke in the kaomise drama "Utsukushiki Yuki no Sekai", which celebrates the shûmei of Ogino Izaburô II; Hinasuke's others stage partners are Ichikawa Hakuen I, Bandô Hikosaburô III, Segawa Kikunojô III, Osagawa Tsuneyo II, Bandô Matatarô IV and Arashi Sampachi I. Hinasuke is kindly welcomed by Ichikawa Hakuen I, who offers him his patronage, a paper lantern where he wrote his haimyô Hakuen and the right to use both his yagô Naritaya and his mon mimasu; Hinasuke's new mon becomes mimasu with the ideogram kanô written in it.
January 1800: Hinasuke plays in the same theater the roles of Kyô no Jirô and Kudô Saemon Suketsune in the new year drama "Ume Kaoru Homare Soga".
February 1800: Hinasuke plays in the same theater the roles of Mashiba Hisatsugu and Ishikawa Goemon in the drama "Sanmon Gosan no Kiri"; the role of Goemon's enemy Mashiba Hisayoshi is played by Bandô Hikosaburô III.
May 1800: Hinasuke plays in the same theater the roles of Kajiwara Heiji Kagetaka, Matsuemon and Higuchi Jirô Kanemitsu in the drama "Hirakana Seisuiki".
June 1800: Hinasuke plays in the same theater the role of the warrior Saitô Bettô Sanemori in the drama "Gempei Nunobiki no Taki". He also plays the role of Satsuma Gengobei in Namiki Gohei I's drama "Godairiki Koi no Fûjime".
July 1800: Hinasuke plays in the same theater the roles of Kakogawa Honzô, Okaru's mother, Igo and Teraoka Heiemon in the drama "Kanadehon Chûshingura".
September 1800: Hinasuke plays in the same theater the role of Matsuômaru in the drama "Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami".
November 1800: Hinasuke moves with Bandô Hikosaburô III to the reopening Kawarazakiza and plays in the kaomise drama "Modoribashi Tsuna-ga-Kaomise".
January 1801: Hinasuke appears on stage for the last time, at the Kawarazakiza, playing the roles of Tsurugisawa Danjô Saemon, Iba-no-Jûzô and Kyô no Jirô in the new year drama "Ataridoshi Hatsutora Soga"; he suddenly falls ill and dies in Edo the following month.
Comments:
Arashi Hinasuke II was a promising tachiyaku actor, excelling in jidaimono dramas. He unfortunately died in his prime but he could have been the worthy heir of his father Arashi Hinasuke I. He was said to be an outstanding dancer.
Arashi Hinasuke II playing the role of the thief Ishikawa Goemon in the drama "Sanmon Gosan no Kiri", which was staged in February 1800 at the Ichimuraza
Print made by Utagawa Toyokuni in 1800
Print made by Utagawa Toyokuni in 1800
The Arashi Hinasuke line of actors