Stage names:
Bandô Jusaburô II
Bandô Shibazô
Nakamura Koshiba
Guild: Toyodaya
Line number: NIDAIME (II)
Poetry name: Ganshi
Existence: 1857 ~ 1 April 1889
Connection:
Brother: Bandô Jutarô III
Master: Nakamura Jakuemon I
Son: Bandô Jusaburô III
Disciple: Bandô Hôsaku
Career:
1857 ~ 1871: born in Kamigata. He joins at an early age a troupe of children-actors (Kodomo Shibai) performing in the precincts of shrines and temples (Miyaji Shibai). His master Nakamura Jakuemon I gives him the name of Nakamura Koshiba at an unknown date.
August 1871: his master Nakamura Jakuemon I dies.
January 1872: Nakamura Koshiba takes the name of Bandô Shibazô in Ôsaka at the Temma no Shibai, playing in the drama "Shôchikubai Tsubomi no Ishizue", which is produced by Arashi Tôkizô.
August 1873: his brother Bandô Jutarô II dies.
September 1873: Bandô Shibazô takes the name of Bandô Jusaburô II in Ôsaka at the Chikugo no Shibai.
February 1877: Jusaburô plays at the Naka no Shibai (Ôsaka) the role of the yakko Mitahei in the drama "Meiboku Sendai Hagi".
January 1880: Jusaburô plays at the Ebisuza (Ôsaka) the roles (in alternance with Arashi Ganshô) of En'ya Hangan, Kô no Moronô, Hayano Kampei, Ichimonjiya Saibei, Ono Sadakurô and Yuranosuke in the classic "Kanadehon Chûshingura".
November 1880: Jusaburô plays at the Naka no Shibai (Ôsaka) the roles of Shizuka Gozen and Sagami Gorô in the classic "Yoshitsune Sembon Zakura". His 2 main stage partners are Nakamura Ganjirô I and Arashi Sangorô VI.
June 1881: Jusaburô plays at the Naka no Shibai the role of Yosaburô in the drama "Yowa Nasake Ukina no Yokogushi"; the role of Otomi is played by Nakamura Ganjirô I.
March 1883: Jusaburô plays at the Naka no Shibai (Ôsaka) the roles of Hayano kampei, Ran no Kata and Yazama Jûtarô in the classic "Kanadehon Chûshingura". The role of Okaru is played by Nakamura Ganjirô I.
November 1886: Jusaburô plays at the Kado no Shibai (Ôsaka) the roles of Masaoka, Date Gekizaemon and Katakura Kojûrô in the drama "Meiboku Sendai Hagi". The roles of Yashio and Hosokawa Katsumoto are played by Nakamura Ganjirô I.
January 1887: Jusaburô plays in Kôbe at the Daikokuza the role of Shizuka Gozen in the classic "Yoshitsune Sembon Zakura". The role of Tadanobu is played by Ichikawa Udanji I.
January 1888: Jusaburô plays at the Kado Gekijô (Ôsaka) the roles of Yakushiji Jirozaemon, Okaru, Tonase and Shioda Matanojô in the classic "Kanadehon Chûshingura". The roles of Yuranosuke, Hayano Kampei, Teraoka Heiemon and Kakogawa Honzô are played by Ichikawa Udanji I, Nakamura Ganjirô I, Nakamura Jakuemon II and Jitsukawa Enzaburô III.
March 1889: Jusaburô appears on stage for the last time, in Kyôto at the Minamigawa no Shibai, playing in the drama "Nezu Gongen Chûshi no Isaoshi".
Comments:
Bandô Jusaburô II was a popular Kamigata actor, able to play almost any kind of roles: jitsuaku, wagoto, wakaonnagata, budôgoto or aragoto. He spent all his short career in Kamigata theaters. Unfortunately he died young at the age of 32.
Bandô Jusaburô II playing the role of Hayano Kampei in the classic "Kanadehon Chûshingura"
The Bandô Jusaburô line of actors