Stage names:
Jitsukawa Yaozô I
Jitsukawa Ennosuke I
Onoe Sanchô
Jitsukawa Enjo
Real name: Jitsukawa Yaozô
Guild: Izutsuya
Line number: SHODAI (I)
Poetry name: Enkaku
Existence: 1838 ~ 6 February 1892
Connections:
Masters: Jitsukawa Gakujûrô II, Onoe Tamizô II
Adopted son: Jitsukawa Yaozô II
Disciples: Jitsukawa Momonosuke, Jitsukawa Yaoe
Career:
1847: he starts his career as a disciple of Jitsukawa Enzaburô I, who gives him the name of Jitsukawa Enjo. Later on, at the end of the Kôka era, he takes the name of Jitsukawa Ennosuke I.
1854: he becomes disciple of the actor Onoe Tamizô II and receives the name of Onoe Sanchô I.
1856: he joins back the Jitsukawa clan and takes back the name of Jitsukawa Ennosuke I.
1863: Jitsukawa Ennosuke I takes the name of Jitsukawa Yaozô I at the Naka no Shibai.
1879: Yaozô becomes zagashira at the Kadoza (Ôsaka).
1885 ~ 1890: Yaozô settles in Tôkyô; he performs mainly at the Harukiza.
February 1890: Yaozô goes back to Ôsaka with Nakamura Tokizô I and Bandô Shûka II.
February 1892: Yaozô appears on stage for the last time, in Ôsaka at the Asahiza. He suddenly falls ill and quickly dies.
Comments:
Jitsukawa Yaozô I was a talented Kamigata actor, able to play a wide range of roles as a katakiyaku, wagotoshi, onnagata or fukeyaku.
Jitsukawa Yaozô I playing the role of Yuranosuke in the drama "Kanadehon Chûshingura"