THREE GENERATIONS
Segawa Kichiji I
 

The actor Segawa Kikunojô I held the name of Segawa Kichiji I from 1690s to the end of 1708.

Segawa Kichiji II
 

The actor Segawa Kikunojô II held the name of Segawa Kichiji II from September 1750 to October 1756.

Segawa Kichiji III
Ichikawa Hamazô  In Japanese | Ichikawa Hamazô  In Japanese | Segawa Kichiji III  In Japanese | Segawa Kichimatsu  In Japanese
 

Date of birth unknown. He was the son of Hamaseya Kin'emon, the owner of an important chaya in Edo in the theater quarter of Sakai-chô. He started his career at an early age, as a disciple of the star Segawa Kikunojô II, who gave him the name of Segawa Kichimatsu. He made his debut on stage in November 1764, performing at the Nakamuraza as a koyaku in the kaomise drama "Azuma no Hana Sôma no Dairi". He became wakaonnagata in 1769 and took the name of Segawa Kichiji III in November 1770 at the Ichimuraza in the kaomise drama "Meoto Giku Izu no Kisewata", which welcomed in Edo the Kamigata star Arashi Sangorô II and also celebrated the shûmei of Bandô Hikosaburô III and Bandô Sampachi II. He became a disciple of Ichikawa Danjûrô V in 1785, became tachiyaku and took the name of Ichikawa Hamazô in November 1785, playing at the Nakamuraza in the kaomise program "Yuki Motsu Take Furisode Genji". Later on, he changed the writing for Hamazô at an unknown time (old writing --> new writing). He went on tour in Miyajima in 1822. He suddenly fell ill on his way back to Ôsaka, where he died in June 1822.

Haimyô Yagô
Hamase, Rogiku, Jûto Hamaseya

Segawa Kichiji III in a print made in 1770 by Ippitsusai Bunshô for the Ehon Butai Ôgi series of prints

 
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