Stage names:
Ogawa Kichitarô III
Nakamura Motosaburô
Guild: Kagaya
Line number: SANDAIME (III)
Poetry names: Eishi, Baizan
Existence: 1785 ~ 18 September 1851
Connection:
Master: Nakamura Utaemon III
Career:
March 1805: Nakamura Motosaburô takes the name of Ogawa Kichitarô III.
November 1807: Kichitarô becomes zamoto in Ôsaka and produces at the Naka no Shibai the drama "Shin Usuyuki Monogatari", which stars Arashi Sangorô III and Kataoka Nizaemon VII.
Fall 1808: Kichitarô goes to Edo.
November 1808: Kichitarô plays at the Nakamuraza the role of Yoritomo in the drama "Nure Yatsushi Kana no Inzen".
Fall 1809: Kichitarô goes back to Ôsaka.
November 1812: Kichitarô plays at the Naka no Shibai 3 roles in the drama "Hirugaesu Nishiki no Tamoto", which welcomes in Ôsaka the Edo star Bandô Hikosaburô III. Kichitarô also plays the roles of Momoi Wakasanosuke, Yasubei and Igo in "Kanadehon Chûshingura".
November 1814: Kichitarô plays at the Kitagawa no Shibai the role of Watanabe Shizuma in the drama "Tsugi Awase Ekiji no Ume".
Summer 1815: tour in Nagoya.
November 1815: Kichitarô plays at the Kado no Shibai the role of Yagorô in the drama "Taiheiki Chûshin Kôshaku".
January 1816: Kichitarô plays in the same theater the role of Watanabe Shizuma in the drama "Igagoe Norikake Gappa".
May 1816: Kichitarô plays in the same theater the role of Kanônosuke Naonobu and Shinsaku in the drama "Gion Sairei Shinkôki".
January 1818: Kichitarô's rank in the Kamigata hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, is jô-jô-(shiro)kichi (superior - superior - (white) excellent).
October ~ November 1818: Kichitarô plays at the Naka no Shibai the role of Watanabe Shizuma in the drama "Igagoe Dôchû Sugoroku".
August 1824: Kichitarô plays at the Kado no Shibai the role of Watanabe Shizuma in the drama "Igagoe Norikake Gappa".
November 1825: Kichitarô plays at the Kitagawa no Shibai the role of Watanabe Shizuma in the drama "Igagoe Norikake Gappa".
June 1833: Kichitarô plays the roles of Iwakuni Yajûrô and Tamata Jûsaburô in the drama "Meiboku Sendai Hagi", which is staged in the precincts of the Inaba Yakushi Temple in Kyôto. He also plays the role of Hanshichi in the drama "Mai Ôgi"; the role of Sankatsu is played by Nakamura Karoku I.
13 July 1838: his master Nakamura Tamasuke dies.
Fall 1839: Kichitarô goes to Edo.
November 1839: Kichitarô plays at the Ichimuraza in the drama "Taiheiki Irifune Shinozuka", which celebrates the shûmei of Bandô Shûka I.
January 1840: Kichitarô's rank in the Kamigata hyôbanki (even though he is in Edo, his name is recorded in this book), tachiyaku section, is jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent).
April 1840: Kichitarô plays at the Ichimuraza the roles of Enju and Kamata Hayato in the jidaimono "Hirakana Seisuiki", which celebrates the shûmei of Seki Sanjûrô III.
January 1841: Kichitarô's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, is one little stroke below jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent).
January 1848: Kichitarô's rank in the Kamigata hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, is kô-jô-jô-kichi (meritorious - superior - superior - excellent). He shares the same ranking with Nakayama Bunshichi III.
18 September 1851: Kichitarô dies in Ôsaka. His tombstone is said to be in the precinct of the Shôbôji Temple in the district of Teramachi in Ôsaka.
Comments:
Ogawa Kichitarô III achieved a very good reputation in his native Kamigata and also in Edo as a wagotoshi, who was expert in yatsushigoto. One of his most notable roles was Watanabe Shizuma in the "Igagoe" dramas. In his latter years, he performed also as a kashagata or an oyajigata. As he had no heir, his death resulted in end of the Ogawa clan.
Ogawa Kichitarô III playing the role of Watanabe Shizuma
in the drama "Igagoe Norikake Gappa",
which was staged in November 1825 at the Kitagawa no Shibai
(print made by Shunshosai Hokuchô)
Print made by Utagawa Toyokuni in 1809
The Ogawa Kichitarô line of actors