Line number: SHODAI (I)
Existence: 1657 ~ 23 January 1718
Connection:
Brothers: Shinozuka Seiemon, Shinozuka Jûzaemon
Son: Shinozuka Sôhachi
Nephew: Shinozuka Kikumatsu (Bandô Hikosaburô I)
Disciples: Shinozuka Kazaemon, Shinozuka Isogorô
Career:
1657: born in Nagoya. He starts his career in Ise, performing in local theaters under the name of Shinozuka Jirozaemon.
1691: he settles in Ôsaka and becomes katakiyaku.
March 1699: Jirozaemon's rank in the Ôsaka hyôbanki, katakiyaku section, is jô (superior).
January 1704: Jirozaemon plays the role of Hamamatsu Kenkô in the new year drama "Koi no Minamoto Yumi Hajime", which is produced in Ôsaka by Iwai Hanshirô II.
February 1704: Jirozaemon's rank in the Ôsaka hyôbanki, katakiyaku section, is jô-jô (superior - superior).
1705: short stay in Edo.
Fall 1706: Jirozaemon goes back to Ôsaka, in the company of his nephew Bandô Kikumatsu I and his son Shinozuka Shômatsu.
November 1706: Jirozaemon becomes zamoto and produces in Ôsaka the kaomise drama "Kantô Koroku"; his stage partners are Otowa Jirosaburô I, Hyakunin'isshu Genzaburô, Bandô Kikumatsu I, Hanai Azuma and Onogawa Orie.
March 1707: Jirozaemon's rank in the Ôsaka hyôbanki, katakiyaku section, is jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent).
4 October 1707: a powerful earthquake destroys Ôsaka, damaging the theater mamanged by Jirozaemon.
November 1707: Jirozaemon's theater is rebuilt and he produces the kaomise drama "Hyakuma Yamamba", which celebrates the shûmei of Bandô Hikosaburô I.
January 1708: his son Shinozuka Shômatsu replaces him as zamoto to produce the new year drama "Keisei Warai Otoko"; Jirozaemon plays the role of Magokaba Fukuemon.
November 1709: Jirozaemon becomes tachiyaku and he plays the role of the senior retainer Senzaemon in the kaomise drama "Onna Gosho Bunko", which is produced in Ôsaka by his son Shinozuka Shômatsu.
March 1710: Jirozaemon's rank in the Ôsaka hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, is jô-jô-(shiro)kichi (superior - superior - (white) excellent).
November 1711: Jirozaemon plays the role of the senior retainer Senzaemon in the kaomise drama "Maizuru Yomeiri Kagami", which is produced in Ôsaka by his son Shinozuka Shômatsu.
March 1712: Jirozaemon's rank in the Ôsaka hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, is jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent).
Fall or winter 1713: Jirozaemon goes to Kyôto.
January 1714: Jirozaemon achieves a great success by playing the role of Higuki Rokurô Saemon in the kaomise drama "Toshitokujin Midoribune", which is produced in Kyôto at Ebisuya Hatsudayû's theater by Mitsuyama Shichisaburô; Jirozaemon's rank in the Kyôto hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, is jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent).
Fall 1717: Jirozaemon goes back to Ôsaka after 4 seasons spent in Kyôto.
November 1717: Jirozaemon, who is ill, appears on stage for the last time, playing in Ôsaka the role of Karatsuma Ôtaemon in the kaomise drama "Benten Chôja Uga no Tama", which is produced at the Kado no Shibai by Ogino Kinnojô.
23 January 1718: Jirozaemon dies in Ôsaka.
Comments:
Shinozuka Jirozaemon I, the founder of the Shinozuka clan, was a talented actor, who performed as a katakiyaku or a jitsuaku and changed to tachiyaku at the beginning of his fifties. As a tachiyaku, he excelled as a jitsugotoshi or in budôgoto roles.
Shinozuka Jirozaemon I