Stage names:
Arashi Kitsusaburô IV
Nakamura Umenosuke
Nakamura Ushinosuke
Real name: Sano Kitsusaburô
Guild: Itamiya
Poetry names: Baikaku, Baien
Line number: YODAIME (IV)
Existence: 1841 ~ 20 April 1915
Connection:
Masters: Arashi Rikan IV, Nakamura Baika II
Career:
1841 ~ 1860: born in Ôsaka. He starts his career at the age of nine, playing in a children-actors troupe under the name of Nakamura Ushinosuke. Later on, he becomes disciple of Nakamura Baika II, who gives him the name of Nakamura Umenosuke.
March 1860: tour in Hiroshima; Umenosuke plays the role of Iori in the drama "Tengajaya-Mura", which is staged within the precinct of the Miyajima shrine.
April 1871: Umenosuke joins the actor Arashi Rikan IV and takes the name of Arashi Kitsusaburô IV, playing 3 roles in the drama "Katakiuchi Midô Mae", which is staged at the Chikugo no Shibai.
April 1877: Kitsusaburô plays at the Shinmoriza (Nagoya) the roles of Abe no Yasuna and Yakampei in the drama "Ashiya Dôman Ôuchi Kagami".
December 1878: Kitsusaburô plays at the Kitagawa no Shibai the role of Otoku in the drama "Domo Mata".
November 1880: Kitsusaburô plays at the Kitagawa no Shibai the role of Jihizô in the drama "Honchô Nijûshikô"; the role of Yokozô is played by Onoe Tamizô II.
February 1882: Kitsusaburô plays at the Tachibanaza (Nagoya) the role of Wakaba no Naishi in the classic "Yoshitsune Sembon Zakura".
May 1883: Kitsusaburô plays at the Ebisuza (Ôsaka) the role of Chidori in the drama "Heike Hyogogashima"; the roles of Shunkan, Tanzaemon, Naritsune and Senoo Tarô are played by Jitsukawa Enjaku I, Jitsukawa Enzaburô III, Arashi Rishô II and Ichikawa Aragorô III.
October 1884: Kitsusaburô plays at the Ebisuza (Ôsaka) the role of Iori in the drama "Tengajaya-Mura"; his stage partners are Arashi Rikan IV (Motoemon), Nakamura Ganjirô I (Genjirô), Jitsukawa Enjaku I (Yasuke, Kôemon) and Ichikawa Aragorô III (Tôma Saburôemon).
July 1888: Kitsusaburô plays at the Sakaiza (Kyôto) the role of Motoemon in the drama "Tengajaya-Mura"; his stage partners are Bandô Jûsaburô II (Iori), Nakamura Fukuen (Genjirô) and Ichikawa Aratarô (Tôma Saburôemon).
August 1890: Kitsusaburô plays at the Minamigawa Gekijô the role of Danshichi Kurobei in the drama "Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami".
October 1890: Kitsusaburô plays at the Sakaiza (Kyôto) the role of Abe no Munetô in the drama "Sodehagi Saimon", sharing the stage with Nakamura Jakuemon II and Nakamura Tokizô I.
December 1890: Kitsusaburô plays at the Asahiza (Ôsaka) the role of Matahei in the drama "Domo Mata".
January 1895: Kitsusaburô plays at the Kado Gekijô the role of Otoku in the drama "Domo Mata"; the role of Matahei is played by Kataoka Gatô III.
March 1896: Kitsusaburô plays at the Bentenza (Ôsaka) the role of Iwafuji in the drama "Kagamiyama"; his stage partners are Arashi Rikaku IV (Onoe) and Arashi Sangorô VI (Ohatsu).
June 1896: Kitsusaburô plays at the Bentenza (Ôsaka) the role of Osato in the "Sushiya" scene of the classic "Yoshitsune Sembon Zakura".
July ~ August 1896: Kitsusaburô plays at the Kado Gekijô the role of Issun Tokubei in the drama "Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami".
October 1896: Kitsusaburô plays at the Bentenza (Ôsaka) the role of Tamate Gozen in the drama "Sesshû Gappô-ga-Tsuji"; his stage partners are Ichikawa Aratarô (Gappô) and Onoe Tamimaru (Shuntokumaru).
June 1897: Kitsusaburô plays at the Bentenza the role of Osato in the classic "Yoshitsune Sembon Zakura".
May 1900: Kitsusaburô plays at the Misonoza (Nagoya) the role of Shigenoi in the drama "Koi Nyôbô Somewake Tazuna".
March 1903: Kitsusaburô plays at the Bentenza the role of Iwafuji in the drama "Kagamiyama"; his stage partners are Jitsukawa Enzaburô IV (Onoe) and Onoe Taminosuke (Ohatsu).
July 1903: Kitsusaburô plays at the Bentenza the role of Gappô in the drama "Sesshû Gappô-ga-Tsuji"; his stage partners are Arashi Tokusaburô V (Tamate Gozen) and Kataoka Gadô IV (Shuntokumaru).
November 1906: Kitsusaburô plays at the Bentenza the roles of Yazaemon ("Sushiya") and Kawagoe Tarô in the classic "Yoshitsune Sembon Zakura".
July 1911: Kitsusaburô plays at the Asahiza (Ôsaka) the role of Tsuribune Sabu in the drama "Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami"; his stage partners are Jitsukawa Enjirô I (Danshichi) and Nakamura Naritarô I (Issun Tokubei, Otatsu).
Comments:
Arashi Kitsusaburô IV was a popular kaneru yakusha, who spent all his career in Kamigata minor or major theaters, sharing the stage with the biggest stars. His popularity went down in his later years and he ended his career as a supporting actor in the troupe led by the star Nakamura Ganjirô I.
Arashi Kitsusaburô IV portraying Shimizu Kaja Yoshidaka in a print made by Utagawa Yoshitaki (1878)