LESSER KNOWN ACTORS - SOMEKAWA
   
Somekawa Harugorô
Somekawa Harugorô  In Japanese | Somekawa Sanjûrô  In Japanese | Somekawa Tatsujûrô  In Japanese | Somekawa Sanjûrô  In Japanese
 

Dates of birth and death unknown. He was a disciple of Sakurayama Shirosaburô I, then joined Somekawa Konohê, who gave him the name of Somekawa Sanjûrô. He played at the Minamigawa no Shibai the role of the karô Sasao Ikkaku in the 11th lunar month of 1758 in the kaomise drama "Homare Musha Senri no Kachidoki", which was produced by Sawamura Kunitarô I and Somematsu Matsujirô.(first-recorded performance). He took the name of Somekawa Tatsujûrô in the 11th lunar month of 1761 at the Kita-Horie Ichi-no-Gawa Shibai (Ôsaka). He took back the name of Somekawa Sanjûrô in the 11th lunar month of 1762 in Ôsaka at the Kita no Shinchi Shibai. He finally took the name of Somekawa Harugorô in the 11th lunar month of 1769 in Kyôto, playing the role of the yakko Imasuke in the kaomise drama "Tatsu no Itten Renri no Kachidoki". No record afterwards.

Somekawa Rokurôzaemon
Somekawa Rokurôzaemon  In Japanese
 

Dates of birth and death unknown. He started his career as a musician, playing tsutsumi in Kabuki theaters. He became disciple of the actor Somekawa Ubê, who gave him the name of Somekawa Rokurôzaemon. They performed together in tabi shibai for a while. Rokurôzaemon was back in Kyôto in Fall 1721 and he performed as a tachiyaku in the 11th lunar month of 1721 at Hoteiya Umenojô's theater in the kaomise drama "Banshiki Kogane no Miyako", which was produced by Ogino Yaegiri I. He went to Ôsaka in Fall 1723 and played in the 11th lunar month of 1725 at the Ônishi no Shibai the role of Kokonoe Santazaemon in the kaomise drama "Gokoku Jôju Naniwa no Yakata". He went to Kyôto in the 2nd lunar month of 1728, became jitsuaku and performed in the drama "Man'yô no Hana Nishiki no Akebono", which was produced by Kanazawa Hikogorô in Kyôto. He performed in the 1st lunar month of 1729 in Kyôto as a tachiyaku in the new year ni-no-kawari drama "Keisei Obasuteyama". His rank in the Kyôto hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, was jô-jô (superior - superior) [visual]. No record afterwards.

The actors Ogino Umenosuke (left) and Somekawa Rokurôzaemon (right) playing the roles of Ohaya and Miyashiro Daiemon in the kaomise drama "Tatsu Goyomi Daishô Wagô no Tsurugi", which was staged in the 11th lunar month of 1723 in Kyôto

Somekawa Tsuneyo
Somekawa Tsuneyo  In Japanese
 

Dates of birth and death unknown. Disciple of Somekawa Ubê, he received the name of Somekawa Tsuneyo and performed as a wakaonnagata iroko in Edo at the Nakamuraza in the 11th lunar of 1716 in the kaomise drama "Mitsudomoe Katoku Biraki", which celebrated the shûmei of Arashi Kiyosaburô II. He became wakaonnagata in the 11th lunar month of 1728 and played at the Nakamuraza the role of Princess Shiratae in the kaomise drama "Hoshi Kabuto Goban Tadanobu". He played in the 11th lunar month of 1732 at the Moritaza the role of Ikeda Samanosuke and Onoe-no-Mae in the kaomise drama "Ikioi Gongorô Kagemasa". his ranking in the 1733 Edo hyôbanki, wakaonnagata section, was jô-(shiro)jô (superior - (white) superior) [visual]. No record afterwards.

Somekawa Tsuneyo (top/left), Ichikawa Danzô I (top/right), Saigoku Hyôgorô III(bottom/left) and Arashi Kisanta (bottom/right) playing the roles of Ikeda Samanosuke, Kamakura Gongorô Kagemasa, Bunzô and Kagemasa's sister Miyagino in the kaomise drama "Ikioi Gongorô Kagemasa", which was staged in the 11th lunar month of 1732 at the Moritaza

Somekawa Ubê
Somekawa Ubê  In Japanese
 

Dates of birth and death unknown. Disciple of Somekawa Jûrobê, he started his career at the beginning of the 1700s, performing as a wakaonnagata in Ôsaka. He played in Ôsaka in the 1st lunar month of 1702 a tsubone role in the new year drama "Keisei Meoto Ike". He became kashagata in 1709. Ubê played in the 11th lunar month of 1731 at the Kado no Shibai the role of the Takasago kôshitsu in the kaomise drama "Aioi Kikenjô". His rank in the 1732 Ôsaka hyôbanki, kashagata section, was jô-jô (superior - superior) [visual]. No record afterwards. He was the master of Somekawa Rokurôzaemon and Somekawa Tsuneyo.

Somekawa Ubê playing the role of the Fujiwara kôshitsu in Azuma Sanpachi's kaomise drama "Hako Denju Ise Monogatari", which was staged in the 11th lunar month of 1710 in Ôsaka

 
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