Stage names:
Sôryô Jinroku II
Kirishima Giemon I
Guild: Ôzakaya
Line number: NIDAIME (II)
Poetry names: Tôgi, Kidô, Tokô
Existence: ??? ~ 14 August 1837
Connection:
Disciple: Sôryô Jinroku III
Career:
Before 1799: he was most likely born and trained in Kamigata. His first stage name is Kirishima Giemon I. There is no evidence of any relationship to the actor Kirishima Gizaemon.
February 1799: Giemon plays at the Nakamuraza the role of the rônin Saitô Gorobei in the drama "Ômiura Date no Nebiki".
June 1802: the drama "Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami" is produced for the first time at the Kawarazakiza; Giemon plays the role of Mikawaya Giheiji [casting].
September 1810: Chikamatsu Monzaemon I's drama "Komochi Yamamba" is staged for the first time in Edo, at the Nakamuraza; Giemon plays the role of Ôta Jûrô [casting].
November 1816: Kirishima Giemon I takes the name of Sôryô Jinroku II at the Kawarazakiza, playing the roles of Sekihara Yoichi and Ôshima Kiyû in the kaomise drama "Kiyomori Eiga no Utena".
March 1817: premiere at the Kawarazakiza of Tsuruya Namboku IV's masterpiece "Sakura Hime Azuma Bunshô"; Jinroku plays the roles of Nagaura and Sanukiya Kinbei [casting].
June 1830: Jinroku plays at the Ichimuraza the role of Mikawaya Giheiji in the drama "Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami"; the role of Danshichi Kurobei is played by Kataoka Ichizô I.
September 1832: Jinroku plays at the Kawarazakiza the roles of Sagisaka Bannai and Yoichibei in the drama "Kanadehon Chûshingura".
July 1837: Jinroku appears on stage for the last time, at the Ichimuraza, where he plays the role of Ofuji in the drama "Sanshô Dayû Kogane no Toridoshi".
14 August 1837: Jinroku dies in Edo.
Comments:
Sôryô Jinroku II was a 19th century popular dôkegata and handôgataki actor. From a cultural point of view, it is interesting to note that the expression sôryô no jinroku means "first born, least clever" in Japanese.
Sôryô Jinroku II (right/seated) and Bandô Mitsugorô III (left/standing) playing the roles of
Tsubô Kurôdayû and Kurofune Chûemon in the new year drama "Satsuki no Fuji Soga Hatsuyume",
which was staged in January 1825 at the Ichimuraza
(print made by Utagawa Kunisada I)
Print made by Utagawa Kunisada
The Sôryô Jinroku line of actors