Stage names:
Matsumoto Kinshô
Matsumoto Kôshirô VI
Ichikawa Komazô V
Matsumoto Kinshi
Guild: Kôraiya
Line number: SHODAI (I)
Poetry names: Kinshô, Kinshi
Existence: 1812 ~ 3 November 1849
Connection:
Grandfather: Matsumoto Kôshirô IV
Father: Matsumoto Kôshirô V
Career:
1812 ~ 1817: born in Edo. Son of Matsumoto Kôshirô V, who gives him the name of Matsumoto Kinshi.
August 1817: Matsumoto Kinshi takes the name of Ichikawa Komazô V.
June 1834: Komazô plays at the Nakamuraza the role of Tamiya Iemon in the drama "Tôkaidô Yotsuya Kaidan".
November 1835: Komazô plays at the Nakamuraza the role of Umeômaru in the classic "Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami". His stage partners are Matsumoto Kôshirô V (Shihei), Ichikawa Yaozô V (Sakuramaru) and Ichimura Uzaemon XII ( Matsuômaru).
May 1838: his father Matsumoto Kôshirô V dies.
March 1844: Ichikawa Komazô V and Ichikawa Shinnosuke III respectively take the names of Matsumoto Kôshirô VI and Ichikawa Komazô VII at the Nakamuraza, playing together in the drama "Sugata no Hana Yayoi no Kagamiyama".
July 1844: Kôshirô plays at the Nakamuraza the role of Naosuke Gombei in the drama "Mukashi Mukashi Oiwa no Kaidan", whose plot and characters are similar to "Tôkaidô Yotsuya Kaidan".
November 1846: Matsumoto Kôshirô VI takes the name of Matsumoto Kinshô at the Kawarazakiza, playing in the drama "Ichi-no-Tani Yukimi no Takadono".
April 1849: Kinshô appears on stage for the last time, at the Nakamuraza, where he plays the roles of Nikki Danjô and Arajishi Otokonosuke in the drama "Date Zensei Sakura no Iromaku", whose plot and characters belong to the "Meiboku Sendai Hagi" world.
Comments:
Matsumoto Kinshô was a promising tachiyaku actor, especially in jitsuaku roles. As far as art is concerned, he followed the same path as his father Matsumoto Kôshirô V but he prematurely died, before creating anything of his own. He unfortunately confirmed the old Edo adage that it was difficult for a prestigious house to survive beyond three generations: Matsumoto Kinshô, son of Matsumoto Kôshirô V, grandson of Matsumoto Kôshirô IV, had no heir when he passed away.
Matsumoto Kinshô playing the role of Nikki Danjô in the drama "Date Zensei Sakura no Iromaku", which was staged in April 1849 at the Nakamuraza (print made by Utagawa Toyokuni III)
Print made by Utagawa Kunisada in 1834
Print made by Utagawa Toyokuni in 1849
Print made by Utagawa Toyokuni in 1849
Print made by Utagawa Kunisada in 1849
The Ichikawa Komazô line of actors
The Matsumoto Kôshirô line of actors