LESSER KNOWN ACTORS - DEKISHIMA
   
Dekishima Heihachi
Dekishima Heihachi  In Japanese
 

Dates of birth and death unknown. Disciple of Dekishima Sagenta, he received the name of Dekishima Heihachi and was recorded for the first time as performing as a wakashugata in the 11th lunar month of 1717 at the Moritaza in Murase Genzaburô's kaomise drama "Hônô Taiheiki". He performed for a while in tabi shibai and went back to Edo in fall 1722 and played at the Nakamuraza the role of Sasano Tsuneharu in the kaomise drama "Hônen Taiheiki". He appeared on stage for the last time in the 11th lunar month of 1735 at the Kawarasakiza the role of Kazusa no Gorô in the kaomise drama "Banzei Ikioi Izu Nikki". His rank in the 1736 Edo hyôbanki, tsuno katsura wakatachiyaku [1] section, was jô-(shiro)jô (superior - (white) superior) [visual]. No record afterwards.

Dekishima Heihachi playing the role of Kamo no Jirô in the kaomise drama "Kankatsu Michinoku no Miyako", which was staged in the 11th lunar month of 1730 at the Moritaza

Print made by Torii Kiyomasu in 1730

Dekishima Kichiya
Dekishima Kichiya  In Japanese
 

Date of birth unknown. He was recorded for the first time in a 1688 Edo hyôbanki. He was most likely a disciple of Dekishima Kozarashi I and, later, of Dekishima Kozarashi II [2]. His stage name was Dekishima Kichiya and he became a wakaonnagata. He played in the 11th lunar month of 1709 at the Moritaza the role of Minamoto no Yorinaga's sister Princess Haru [3] in the kaomise drama "Tametomo Furiwakegami", which welcomed in Edo the Ôsaka actors Hisamatsu Tasanta and Iwai Tamanoe. He appeared on stage for the last time in the 11th lunar month of 1714, when he played at the Moritaza the role of Shiraito in the kaomise drama "Onna Ryûko Futatsu Gashira". His rank in the 1715 Edo hyôbanki, wakaonnagata section was (superior) [visual]. He died the 19th day of the 7th lunar month of 1715 [4]. He was the master of Dekishima Sagenta and Dekishima Sango I.

The name of Dekishima Kichiya in the 1715 Edo hyôbanki (the zone within the red box)

Dekishima Sagenta
Dekishima Sagenta  In Japanese
 

Dates of birth and death unknown. Disciple of Dekishima Kichiya, he received the stage name of Dekishima Sagenta. He was recorded for the first time in the 11th lunar month of 1709 as performing as a wakaonnagata at the Moritaza in the kaomise drama "Tametomo Furiwakegami", which welcomed in Edo the Ôsaka actors Hisamatsu Tasanta and Iwai Tamanoe. He appeared on stage for the last time in the 1st lunar month of 1724, in Edo at the Nakamuraza, where he performed in the new year drama "Matsu Kazari Kamakura Biraki". His rank in the 1724 Edo hyôbanki [5], wakaonnagata section was (superior) [visual]. No record afterwards. He was the master of Dekishima Heihachi.

The name of Dekishima Sagenta in the 1724 Edo hyôbanki (the zone within the red box)

Dekishima Shôgorô
Dekishima Shôgorô  In Japanese
 

Date of birth unknown. He was recorded for the first time in a 1693 Edo hyôbanki. Was he a disciple of Dekishima Kozarashi II? [6]. He became tachiyaku and performed in the 11th lunar month of 1695 at the Yamamuraza in the kaomise drama "Kaomise Jûnidan". He became tôdori at the Ichimuraza in 1713. He played in the 11th lunar month of 1715 at the Ichimuraza the role of Honma Gekizaemon in the kaomise drama "Banzei Onna Hachinoki". His rank in the 1716 Edo hyôbanki [7], tachiyaku section was (superior) [visual]. He died the 19th day of the 5th lunar month of 1716 [8].

The name of Dekishima Shôgorô in the 1715 Edo hyôbanki (the zone within the red box)

 

Notes

[1] Literally the horned wig (tsuno katsura) young male actors.

[2] Dekishima Kichiya was not recorded on the Dekishima family tree in Nojima Jusaburô's book "Kabuki Jinmei Jiten" but he performed mainly in Edo at the Moritaza, which was the Dekishima theater.

[3] Minamoto no Yorinaga was played by Takahashi Motojirô.

[4] The 19th day of the 7th lunar month of the 5th year of the Shôtoku era was the 17th of August 1715 in the western calendar.

[5] He had the same ranking in the two 1724 hyôbanki, the one published after the kaomise in the 1st lunar month of 1724 and the one published after the new year drama in the 3rd lunar month of 1724.

[6] No answer to this question so far.

[7] This hyôbanki was published in the 4th lunar month of 1716.

[8] The 19th day of the 5th lunar month of the 6th year of the Shôtoku era was the 8th of July 1716 in the western calendar.

 
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