SIX GENERATIONS
Yamashita Kinsaku I
  The founder of the line Yamashita Kinsaku I held this name from November 1709 to October 1737, then from November 1739 to 1749.
Yamashita Kinsaku I portraying a courtesan in a print made by Torii Kiyomasu II in the 1720s
Yamashita Kinsaku II
  The actor Yamashita Kinsaku II held this name from November 1749 to September 1799.
Yamashita Kinsaku II in a print made in 1770 by Ippitsusai Bunchô for the Ehon Butai Ôgi series of prints
Yamashita Kinsaku III
 

Dates of birth and death unknown. There is some confusion regarding Yamashita Kinsaku III, who took this name around 1807. Was he Yamashita Kamematsu III, adopted son of Yamashita Kinsaku II or was he Yoshizawa Sakitarô, the son of Yoshizawa Sakinosuke II, who was later on adopted by Yamashita Kinsaku II? We are sure that he was a minor actor who made a short and obscure career in Kamigata.

Yamashita Kinsaku IV
  The actor Yamashita Kinsaku IV held this name from November 1832 to December 1858.

Yamashita Kinsaku IV playing the role of Yasuke's wife Okayo in the drama "Kanadehon Chûshingura", which was staged in May 1851 at the Naka no Shibai (print made by Utagawa Hirosada)

Yamashita Kinsaku V
 

Date of birth unknown. He started his career in Kamigata koshibai, performing as a wakaonnagata named Segawa Michinosuke II. He was adopted by the family of late Yamashita Kinsaku IV and took the name of Yamashita Kinsaku V in 1859. He spent most of his short career in hama shibai (like the Kita-Horie Ichigawa no Shibai in Ôsaka) or miyaji shibai. He excelled in keisei or nyôbô roles in sewamono dramas. He died in 1861.

Haimyô Yagô
Baishi, Rogyô Tennôjiya
Yamashita Kinsaku VI
 

Dates of birth and death unknown. Disciple of Yamashita Kinsaku IV, his first stage name was Yamashita Kikunosuke II. He took the name of Yamashita Rikô IV at an unknown date, the name of Arashi Sankatsu IV in 1860 and the name of Yamashita Kinsaku VI in 1865. His name appeared for the last time on a theater playbill in 1880. We don't know what happened to him afterwards. He was an onnagata actor, excelling in keisei and musume roles. He was quite successful at the end of the 1860s, performing for example in March 1867 at the Minamigawa no Shibai the prestigious role of Osono in the drama "Keya-Mura". He spent the 1870s in koshibai or miyaji shibai in Kamigata.

Haimyô Yagô
Rikô Tennôjiya
 
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