Stage names:
Arashi Hinasuke VII
Kanô Hinasuke IV
Ichikawa Benisuke I
Ichikawa Tôtarô
Other name: Arashi Kyôshô
Guild: Naritaya
Line number: SHICHIDAIME (VII)
Poetry name: Kyôshô
Existence: ??? ~ February 1872
Connections:
Master : Ichikawa Ebijûrô IV
Disciple : Arashi Sangorô VI
Career:
??? ~ 1849: born in Kamigata, he starts his career as a disciple of Ichikawa Ebijûrô IV and takes the names of Ichikawa Tôtarô and Ichikawa Benisuke I at unknown dates.
1849: Ichikawa Benisuke takes the name of Kanô Hinasuke IV.
February 1858: Kanô Hinasuke IV settles in Edo and takes the prestigious name of Arashi Hinasuke VII at the Nakamuraza, playing in the drama "Date Moyô Somete Kisaragi".
March 1859: Hinasuke plays at the Moritaza the roles of Sagenji and Jûsaburô in the drama "Tanomimasu Soga no Kamigaki".
May 1859: Hinasuke plays at the Moritaza the role of Otatsu in the drama "Zôho Natsu Matsuri Otoko Kagami". His stage partners in the roles of Danshichi Kurobei, Tokubei and Sabu are Nakamura Fukusuke I, Ichikawa Kuzô III and Ichikawa Danzô VI. Hinasuke also plays the roles of Harunaga and Hisayoshi in the drama "Toki ha Ima Kikyô no Hataage".
July 1859: Hinasuke plays at the Moritaza the role of Karukaya Dôshin in the drama "Zôho Tsukushi no Iezuto".
March 1860: Hinasuke plays at the Moritaza the roles of Jûbei, Shôroku and Busuke in the drama "Hana Gatami Gojûsan Tsugi" (similar to "Igagoe Dôchû Sugoroku").
November 1860: Hinasuke plays at the Moritaza the role of Munesada in the dance-drama "Tsumoru Koi Yuki no Seki no To". His stage partners are Ichikawa Shinsha I (Kurozome), Sawamura Tanosuke III (Komachi) and Nakamura Shikan IV (Kuronushi).
August 1861: premiere at the Moritaza of of Kawatake Mokuami's drama "Sakura Sôshi Gonichi no Bundan", a revised version of Segawa Jokô III's drama "Higashiyama Sakura Sôshi"; Hinasuke plays the roles of Ashikaga Yoshimasa and Kamimura Hayato [casting].
October 1861: premiere at the Moritaza of Segawa Jokô III's drama "Zôho Futatsu Domoe"; Hinasuke plays the roles of Oda Harunaga, Urabe Suetake, Junrei Tanesaku and Gunsuke [casting].
August 1862: Hinasuke plays at the Moritaza the roles of Fujikake Tôjûrô and Ôdate Samanosuke in the drama "Kanzen Chôaku Nozoki Garakuri".
October 1862: Hinasuke plays at the Moritaza the roles of Shirokiya Shôbei and Enrakushi Yojirô in the drama "Takurabete Azuma Hakkei". He also plays the role of Hachiman Tarô in the "Sodehagi Saimon" scene of the drama "Ôshû Adachi-ga-Hara".
March 1863: Hinasuke plays at the Moritaza the roles of Naganuma Kenmotsu, Gion no Okaji and Kikuchi Hyôgonosuke in the drama "Keisei Omokage Zakura".
January 1864: Hinasuke's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, is jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent).
September 1864: Hinasuke goes back to in Ôsaka; he plays at the Naka no Shibai the roles of En'ya Hangan, Hayano Kampei and Jûtarô in the classic "Kanadehon Chûshingura". His stage partners are Arashi Kichisaburô III, Nakamura Jakuemon I, Jitsukawa Enzaburô I and Ogino Senjo.
January 1865: Hinasuke's rank in the Ôsaka hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, is jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent).
July 1865: Hinasuke plays at the Horie no Shibai the roles of Harunaga and Tôkichi in the drama "Shusse Ukejô".
March 1866: Hinasuke plays at the Chikugo no Shibai the roles of Yuranosuke and Jûtarô in the classic "Kanadehon Chûshingura".
March 1867: Hinasuke plays in the same theater the role of Iwafuji in the drama "Kagamiyama Hana no Sugatae".
September 1867: Hinasuke plays at the Temma no Shibai (Ôsaka) the role of Owari Dennai in the drama "Katakiuchi Ura no Asagiri".
March 1868: Hinasuke becomes zagashira at the Chikugo no Shibai and plays the roles of Takechi Mitsuhide, Ano no Tsubone and Keikaku in the drama "Ehon Taikôki".
April 1868: Hinasuke settles in Kyôto; he plays at the Minamigawa no Shibai the role of Takechi Mitsuhide in the drama "Ehon Taikôki".
September 1868: Hinasuke goes back to Ôsaka; he plays at the Horie no Shibai the role of Abe no Sadatô in the "Sodehagi Saimon" scene of the drama "Ôshû Adachi-ga-Hara". His stage partners are Nakamura Sôjûrô (Sodehagi), Jitsukawa Enjaku I (Abe no Munetô) and Nakamura Kanjaku III (Hachiman Tarô).
November 1868: Hinasuke plays in Kyôto at the Minamigawa no Shibai the role of Abe no Sadatô in the "Sodehagi Saimon" scene of the drama "Ôshû Adachi-ga-Hara". The casting is the same as the Ôsaka performance.
October 1869: Hinasuke plays at the Chikugo no Shibai the role of Chiyo in the classic "Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami"; the role of Matsuômaru is played by the Edo actor Bandô Hikosaburô V.
October 1870: Hinasuke plays in the same theater the role of the old woman Koshiji in the "Takenoko Hori" scene of the drama "Honchô Nijûshikô" His stage partners are Jitsukawa Enjaku I (Yokozô) and Nakamura Kanjaku III (Jihizô).
March 1871: Hinasuke plays in the same theater the roles of Yuranosuke, Kazuemon, Gengoemon and Nuinosuke in the drama "Appare Chûshin Homare no Ishizue".
April 1871: Hinasuke plays in the same theater the role of Rokuyata in the drama "Ichi-no-Tani Futaba Gunki".
September 1871: Hinasuke plays in the same theater 4 roles in the drama "Chûkô Homare no Futamichi".
January 1872: Hinasuke appears on stage for the last time, at the Chikugo no Shibai, playing the role of Shigetada in the drama "Dan no Ura Kabuto Gunki". His stage partners are Ôtani Tomoemon V (Akoya), Arashi Rikan IV (Iwanaga) and Jitsukawa Enjaku I (Hanzawa Rokurô).
Comments:
Arashi Hinasuke VII was a talented kaneru yakusha, who achieved fame for himself in both Edo (1858~1864) and Ôsaka (1864~1872). He excelled in jidaimono dramas.
Arashi Hinasuke VII playing the role of Tezuka no Tarô in a print made by Utagawa Toyokuni III (1862~1863)
Print made by Utagawa Toyokuni in 1859