Stage names:
Arashi Koroku V
Kanô Minshi II
Kanô Yasojirô
Guild: Yoshidaya
Line number: GODAIME (V)
Poetry name: Minshi
Existence: ??? ~ August 1858
Connection:
Grandfather: Arashi Koroku I (Arashi San'emon V)
Father: Arashi Hinasuke I (Arashi Koroku III)
Brothers: Arashi Hinasuke II, Arashi Koroku IV, Arashi Hinasuke III
Career:
1792 ~ 1795: born in Kamigata. He is the fourth son of the stage giant Arashi Koroku III. His first stage name is Kanô Yasojirô.
29 March 1796: his father Arashi Koroku III dies.
4 February 1801: his elder brother Arashi Hinasuke II dies.
17 September 1813: his elder brother Arashi Hinasuke III dies.
November 1817: Kanô Minshi I and Kanô Yasojirô respectively take the names of Arashi Koroku IV and Kanô Minshi II at the Naka no Shibai, performing together in the drama "Echizen Sangoku Meoto Zuka".
15 November 1826: his elder brother Arashi Koroku IV dies.
September 1831: Minshi goes to Edo.
November 1843: Kanô Minshi II takes the name of Arashi Koroku V at the Kawarazakiza, performing in the drama "Osana Gunpô Jûroku Musashi"; his main stage partners are Bandô Hikosaburô IV, Seki Sanjûrô III, Nakamura Utaemon IV, Onoe Eizaburô III, Segawa Kikusaburô III and Nakamura Shibajûrô.
September 1852: the play "Sesshû Gappô-ga-Tsuji" is staged for the first time in Edo, at the Ichimuraza; Koroku plays the role of Gappô's wife Otoku [casting].
January 1854: Koroku's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, wakaonnagata section, is one black stroke above jô-jô-(shiro)kichi [visual].
July 1858: Koroku appears on stage for the last time, in Edo at the Nakamuraza, where he plays the roles of Fuji-no-Kata and Oyoshi in the dramas "Ichi-no-Tani Futaba Gunki" and "Ise Ondo Koi no Netaba"
August 1858: Koroku dies in Edo.
Comments:
Arashi Koroku V was the last heir of a great line of Kamigata actors. He unfortunately did not reach the same level of popularity as his grandfather Arashi Koroku I or his father Arashi Koroku III. He did not become a star but was very good in the roles of toshima in the latter years of his career, which he spent in the city of Edo.
Arashi Koroku V playing the role of Sugihae
in the drama "Genji Moyô Furisode Hinagata", which was staged in September 1851
at the Ichimuraza
(print made by Utagawa Toyokuni III)