Dates of birth and death unknown. He was recorded for the first time in the 11th lunar month of 1796, when he worked for a common kaomise program for the Kitagawa no Shibai (Kyôto) and the Kado no Shibai (Ôsaka); he worked, along with Chikamatsu Tokuzô, Nagawa Tokusuke I, Nagawa Kunisuke and Chikamatsu Monkyô, on the kaomise drama "Yama Katsura Asahi no Menbako", which was staged in Kyôto from the 5th day and in Ôsaka from the 18th day and celebrated the shûmei of Onoe Koisaburô I. He worked in the 11th lunar month of 1798 in Kyôto at the Minamigawa no Shibai, along with Namiki Jûsuke II and Namiki Miyosuke, on the kaomise drama "Nanboku Yuki no Miyako", which celebrated the shûmei of Arashi Raishi I and Arashi Sangorô III. He was recorded for the last time in the 8th lunar month of 1807, in Ôsaka at the Naka no Shibai, where he worked on Iso Isosuke's drama "Yamato Kotoba Suikoden". No record afterwards.

Dates of birth and death unknown. Related to the Chikamatsu clan. He was recorded for the first time in the 11th lunar month of 1822, in Ôsaka at the Naka no Shibai, where he worked on the drama "Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami". He took the name of Chikamachi Jisuke in the 11th lunar month of 1825 and he worked at the Kado no Shibai on the kaomise drama "Ume no Naniwa Hayazaki Genji", which celebrated the shûmei of Nakayama Bungorô II. He was recorded for the last time in the 1826 Kamigata hyôbanki. No record afterwards.

Dates of birth and death unknown. Disciple of Chikamatsu Tokuzô, his pen name was Chikamatsu Tokubei. He was recorded for the first time in the 3rd lunar month of 1799, in Ôsaka at the Kado no Shibai, where he worked on the drama "Ishi Tatami Futaba no Jinmaku". He was recorded for the last time in the 3rd lunar month of 1806, in Ôsaka at the Kado no Shibai, where he worked on the drama "Kokusen'ya Gassen". No record afterwards.

Dates of birth and death unknown. Disciple of Chikamatsu Tokuzô, his pen name was Chikamatsu Tokuji. He was recorded for the first time in the 11th lunar month of 1804, in Kyôto at the Kitagawa no Shibai, where he worked, along with his master Chikamatsu Tokuzô, Namiki Miyosuke and Nagawa Kunisuke ^[39], on the kaomise drama "Ichiyô Ôgi no Kachidoki". He was recorded for the last time in the 1st lunar month of 1805, in the same theater, where he worked on the new year ni-no-kawari drama "Keisei Miyako Yoshino" and the dance-drama "Matsu no Suma-goto". No record afterwards.

Dates of birth and death unknown. He was recorded for the first time in the 1st lunar month of 1765, when he worked at the Ichimuraza on the new year sogamono drama "Iro Jôgo Mikumi Soga". He was recorded for the last time a few years later, when he worked in the 11th lunar month of 1768 at the Nakamuraza on the kaomise drama "Ima o Sakari Suehiro Genji" ^[3], which celebrated the arrival in Edo of the Kamigata star Nakamura Utaemon I and the shûmei of Osagawa Tsuneyo II. No record afterwards.

Dates of birth and death unknown. He was recorded for the first time in the 11th lunar month 1852 in Kyôto at the Minamigawa no Shibai, where he worked with Shimizu Shôshichi II and Namiki Ukitsu on the drama "Tsugiawase Koshiji no Meiboku". He went to Edo and worked with Sakurada Jisuke III and Fukumori Kyûsuke III in the 3rd lunar month of 1855 at the Nakamuraza on the new year sogamono drama "Hanabutai Banjaku Soga". He was recorded for the last time in the 1st lunar month of 1857 in Edo at the Ichimuraza, where he worked with Sakurada Jisuke III and Nakamura Shichirôzaemon on the new year sogamono drama "Toshitoku Matsu no Shimadai". No record afterwards.

Dates of birth and death unknown. Disciple of Ichioka Washichi I, he was recorded for the first time in the 1sth lunar month of 1805, in Ôsaka at the Kado no Shibai, where he worked, along with Chikamatsu Tokuzô, his master Ichioka Washichi I, Namiki Harusuke and Egawa Sadashichi, on the new year ni-no-kawari drama "Koi Môde Kiyomizu Zakura", which was produced by Arashi Torasaburô. He was recorded for the last time in the 1807 Ôsaka hyôbanki, which was published in the 1st lunar month of 1807. No record afterwards.

Dates of birth and death unknown. He was a Kabuki actor belonging to the Ichiyama clan at the beginning of his career. He was most likely a disciple of the actor Ichiyama Sukegorô I ^[37] and performed as a katakiyaku. He switched to sakusha and was recorded for the first time in the 9th lunar month of 1751, when he worked in Ôsaka at the Kado no Shibai on the drama "Oda Gunki Momiji no Kinugasa" which was the onagori kyôgen for the actor Fujikawa Heikurô about to go to Edo. He settled in Kyôto in Fall 1755 and worked in the 11th lunar month of 1755 at the Kitagawa no Shibai on the kaomise drama "Onna Monji Heike Monogatari". He went back to Ôsaka in Fall 1757 and worked in the 11th lunar month of 1757 at the Ônishi no Shibai on the kaomise drama "Shiki Sanban Okina Kagami". He was recorded for the last time in 1764, in Ôsaka at the Kado no Shibai, where he worked in the 11th lunar month of 1764 on the kaomise drama "Momotarô Obako Banashi", which celebrated the shûmei of Yoshizawa Ayame III. No record afterwards.

Dates of birth and death unknown. He was recorded for the first time in the 11th lunar month of 1818, when he worked at the Tamagawaza on the kaomise drama "Shitennô Ubuyu no Tamagawa". He was recorded for the last time the following year, when he worked in the 7th lunar month of 1818 in the same theater on the natsu kyôgen "Chô-mo Hiyoku Yamazaki Odori". No record afterwards.

Dates of birth and death unknown. He was recorded for the first time in the 11th lunar month of 1810, when he worked at the Ichimuraza on the kaomise drama "Shitennô Yagura no Ishizue" ^[2]. He was recorded for the last time the following year, when he worked in the 3rd lunar month of 1811 in the same theater on the yayoi kyôgen "Jidai Sewa Suikoden". No record afterwards.

Dates of birth and death unknown. Disciple of Kanazawa Ryûgoku I, he received the name of Kanazawa Ginsuke He was active in Kamigata from the second half of the 1820s to the second half of the 1830s. No record afterwards.

Dates of birth and death unknown. Disciple of Kanazawa Ryûgoku I, he received the name of Kanazawa Kinsuke He was active in Kamigata from the beginning of the 1820s to the second half of the 1830s. No record afterwards.

Dates of birth and death unknown. He was recorded for the first time in 1760, when he worked at the Nakamuraza. He worked for the tatesakusha Horikoshi Nisôji I ^[28] in the 11th lunar month of 1761 at the Ichimuraza on the kaomise drama "Wakamusha Kokyô no Nishiki". He also worked in the same theater in the 1st lunar month of 1762 on the new year sogamono drama "Nokon no Yuki Katsuiro Soga" ^[29]. No record afterwards.

Dates of birth and death unknown. He was recorded for the first time in 1782 in Kamigata. He was recorded for the last time when he worked in the 7th lunar month of 1790 in Kyôto on the drama "Oriawase Muromachi Nishiki". No record afterwards.

Dates of birth and death unknown. He was recorded for the first time in the 4th lunar month of 1856, when he worked at the Nakamuraza on the drama "Hitokana-de Kodakara Soga" which celebrated the shûmei of Kataoka Gatô II. He was recorded for the last time when he worked in the 2nd lunar month of 1864 at the Moritaza on the drama "Kinoene Soga Daikoku Bashira". No record afterwards.

Dates of birth and death unknown. He was recorded for the first time in the 11th lunar month of 1750, when he worked at the Ichimuraza for the tatesakusha Fujimoto Tobun ^[30] on the kaomise drama "Gaijin Taiheiki", which celebrated the shûmei of Bandô Sanpachi I. Bunroku worked in the 2nd lunar month of 1752 at the Ichimuraza on the new year drama "Hatsuhana Sumidagawa", which included a "Uirô Uri" scene. He was recorded for the last time when he worked ^[31] in the 11th lunar month of 1757 at the Nakamuraza on the kaomise drama "Onna Musha Kaijin Yashima". No record afterwards.

Dates of birth and death unknown. Unknown master. He was recorded for the first time in the 4th lunar month of 1775, in Ôsaka at the Naka no Shibai, where he worked for Nagawa Kamesuke I on the drama "Hade Kurabe Ise Monogatari". He was recorded for the last time in the 11th lunar month of 1778, in Ôsaka at the Naka no Shibai, where he worked on the kaomise drama "Toki-ni Tôdai Sennin Kagami". No record afterwards.

Dates of birth and death unknown. He was recorded for the first time in the 11th lunar month of 1769, when he worked at the Ichimuraza on the kaomise drama "Mutsu no Hana Ume no Kaomise" ^[9], which welcomed in Edo the actors Onoe Kikugorô I, Ôtani Tomoemon I, Nakamura Kiyosaburô I and Onoe Tamizô I. He took the name of Naka Kiichi the folliowing year and worked in the same theater on the new year sogamono drama "Fuji no Yuki Kaikei Soga" ^[10]. He worked on Sakurada Jisuke I's lavish kaomise drama "Gohiiki Kanjinchô" ^[11], which was premiered in the 11th lunar month of 1773 in Edo at the Nakamuraza [casting]. This kaomise program celebrated the shûmei of Nakamura Rikô I. He worked in the same theater in the 7th lunar month of 1775 on the drama "Kanadehon Chûshingura". No record afterwards.

Dates of birth and death unknown. He was recorded for the first time in Ôsaka in 1783. He worked in the 8th lunar month of 1784 in Ôsaka at the Naka no Shibai on the drama "Inabikari Tagoto no Tsuki" ^[12]. He worked in the 8th lunar month of 1786 in Ôsaka at the Nishi no Shibai on the drama "Ôgamiuchi Koi no Migawari" ^[13]. He was active in Kamigata up to 1787. No record afterwards.

Dates of birth and death unknown. He was recorded for the first time in the 11th lunar month of 1752, when he worked at the Minamigawa no Shibai on the kaomise drama "Hatsubaika Asahi no Minato" ^[14]. He most likely worked the following year in the same theater in the 1st lunar month of 1753 on the ni-no-kawari drama "Keisei Naruo no Umi". No record afterwards.

Dates of birth and death unknown. He was recorded for the first time in 1777. He worked for the tatesakusha Okuno Sasuke in the 11th lunar month of 1778 at the Moritaza on the kaomise drama "Date Nishiki Tsui no Yumitori". He was recorded for the last time in the 3rd lunar month of 1786, in Ôsaka at the Ônishi no Shibai, where he worked, along with Namiki Gohê, Chikamatsu Tokusô and Tamekawa Sôsuke, on the drama "Ôminato Koi no Yarikuri". No record afterwards.

Dates of birth and death unknown. He was recorded for the first time in the 11th lunar month of 1778, in Edo at the Ichimuraza, where he worked, along with Masuyama Kinpachi I, Nakamura Seikurô II, Ichizuka Taiji and Tsutsui Hanji, on the kaomise drama "Sakimasuya Ume no Kachidoki", which welcomed in Edo the actor Onoe Kikugorô I. In the 8th lunar month of 1799, he worked in the same theater on the drama "Shin Usuyuki Monogatari", which starred Onoe Kikugorô I, Sawamura Sôjûrô III, Segawa Kikunojô III, Yamashita Kinsaku II, Ichimura Uzaemon IX, Bandô Hikosaburô III, Ôtani Hiroji III, Sakata Hangorô II, Nakamura Sukegorô II and Sawamura Shirogorô I. He was recorded for the last time in the 11th lunar month of 1784, in Edo at the Nakamuraza, where he worked on the kaomise drama "Ôakinai Hiru-ga-Kojima", along with Masuyama Kinpachi I and Sakurada Jisuke I, which celebrated the shûmei of Sanogawa Ichimatsu III and the return in Edo of Ôtani Hiroemon III. No record afterwards.

Dates of birth and death unknown. He was recorded for the first time in the 11th lunar month of 1755, when he worked at the Moritaza on the kaomise drama "Ôtomo no Kuronushi Sokutai Kagami" ^[15]. He was recorded for the last time in the 11th lunar month of 1764, when he worked at the Moritaza on the kaomise drama "Gyosei Kanatami no Megumi" ^[16]. No record afterwards.

Dates of birth and death unknown. He was recorded for the first time in the 3rd lunar month of 1855, in Edo at the Nakamuraza, where he worked on the new year sogamono drama "Hana Butai Banjaku Soga". He was recorded for the last time in the 1st lunar month of 1862, in Edo at the Nakamuraza, where he worked for the tatesakusha Kyôgendô Sakô II on the new year sogamono drama "Sano Keizu Soga no Gosho-zome". This minor sakusha was active only at the Nakamuraza. No record afterwards.

Dates of birth and death unknown. He was recorded for the first time in the 11th lunar month of 1752, when he worked at the Minamigawa no Shibai on the kaomise drama "Hatsubaika Asahi no Minato" ^[17]. He most likely worked the following year in the same theater in the 1st lunar month of 1753 on the ni-no-kawari drama "Keisei Naruo no Umi". No record afterwards.

Dates of birth and death unknown. Disciple of Nakamura Kaemon, he was recorded for the first time in the 6th lunar month of 1721, when he worked in Kyôto on the drama "Keisei Asahi no Taki" ^[19]. He settled in Ôsaka in Fall 1738. He worked in the 11th lunar month of 1738 at the Ônishi no Shibai with the Edo sakusha Tsuuchi Jihê II ^[20] on the kaomise drama "Kusunoki Yakata Sennen Gitsune", which was produced in Ôsaka by Yoshizawa Ayame II. He worked in the 11th lunar month of 1741 at the Ônishi no Shibai on the kaomise drama "Bankoku Taiheiki", which welcomed in Ôsaka the Edo actors Ichikawa Ebizô II and his adopted son Ichikawa Danjûrô III. The following year, he worked on the drama "Narukami Fudô Kitayama Zakura" ^[21], which was premiered in the 1st lunar month of 1742 at the Ônishi no Shibai [casting]. He was recorded for the last time when he worked in the 7th lunar month of 1742 in the same theater on the drama "Hoshiai Sakae Kagekiyo", which included a revised version of in the 1740 play "Nanatsu Men". No record afterwards.

Dates of birth and death unknown. He was recorded for the first time in the 11th lunar month of 1752, when he worked at the Minamigawa no Shibai on the kaomise drama "Hatsubaika Asahi no Minato" ^[18]. He most likely worked the following year in the same theater in the 1st lunar month of 1753 on the ni-no-kawari drama "Keisei Naruo no Umi". No record afterwards.

Dates of birth and death unknown. Disciple of Namiki Gohê, he was recorded for the first time in the 11th lunar month of 1781, in Ôsaka at the Kado no Shibai, where he worked for his master ^[36] on the kaomise drama "Tensha Yorozu Yoshitsune Biiki", which was produced by Fujikawa Sango. He was active in Ôsaka up to 1786. No record afterwards.

Dates of birth and death unknown. Disciple of Namiki Gohê, he was recorded for the first time in the 11th lunar month of 1777, in Ôsaka at the Kado no Shibai, where he worked for his master ^[35] on the kaomise drama "Ôiri Kabuki no Tsuitachi", which was produced by Ogawa Kichitarô I and celebrated the shûmei of Shibazaki Rinzaemon II. He was recorded for the last time in the 11th lunar month of 1804 at the Naka no Shibai, where he worked for Nagawa Tokusuke I and Tatsuoka Mansaku on the kaomise "Minoriyoshi Kane no Naruki", which was produced by Yoshizawa Enjirô I. No record afterwards.

Dates of birth and death unknown. Unknown master. He was recorded for the first time in the 4th lunar month of 1766, in Kyôto at the Kitagawa no Shibai, where he worked, along with Nakayama Gohachi, on the drama "Genji Gojûyojô no Maki". He was recorded for the last time in the 11th lunar month of 1767, in Kyôto, where he worked on the kaomise drama "Shinchoku Fukki no Kanatoko", which was produced by Ichiyama Sukegorô III and celebrated the shûmei of Sakakiyama Koshirô IV and Sakakiyama Shirotarô IV. No record afterwards.

Dates of birth and death unknown. Unknown master. He was recorded for the first time in the 11th lunar month of 1768, in Edo at the at the Nakamuraza, where he worked for Masuyama Kinpachi I ^[33] on the kaomise drama "Ima o Sakari Suehiro Genji", which celebrated the arrival in Edo of the Kamigata star Nakamura Utaemon I and the shûmei of Osagawa Tsuneyo II. He worked for Sakurada Jisuke I ^[32] in the 11th lunar month of 1769 at the at the Nakamuraza on the kaomise drama "Kawaranu Hanasakae Hachinoki". He was recorded for the last time in the 1st lunar month of 1770, in the same theater, where he worked on the new year sogamono drama "Kagamigaike Omokage Soga". No record afterwards.

Dates of birth and death unknown. Unknown master. He was recorded for the first time in the 2nd lunar month of 1786, in Edo at the Moritaza, where he worked on the new year sogamono drama "Hana no Oedo Megumi Soga". He was recorded for the last time in the 8th lunar month of 1787, in Edo at the Nakamuraza, where he worked on the drama "Imagawa Honryô Mitsugi no Irifune". No record afterwards.

Dates of birth and death unknown. Disciple of Okuno Sasuke, he was recorded for the first time in the 11th lunar month of 1773, when he worked at the Nakamuraza on the kaomise drama "Gohiiki Kanjinchô" ^[4]. This 46-days long performance, which also celebrated the shûmei of Nakamura Rikô I, was a tremendous success. He was recorded for the last time when he worked in the 11th lunar month of 1778 at the Moritaza on the kaomise drama "Date Nishiki Tsui no Yumitori". No record afterwards.

Dates of birth and death unknown. He was recorded for the first time in the 4th lunar month of 1782, in Ôsaka at the at the Kado no Shibai, where he worked for Namiki Gohei I and Nagawa Kamesuke I on the drama "Niômon Hauta no Rakugaki", which was produced by Fujikawa Sango. In the 11th lunar month of 1782, he worked at the Naka no Shibai for Nagawa Shimesuke I on the kaomise drama "Zu ni Notta Bankoku Tokai", which celebrated the shûmei of Kagaya Kashichi I. He was recorded for the last time in the 1st lunar month of 1823, in the same theater, where he worked on the drama "Kanadehon Chûshingura". No record afterwards.

Dates of birth and death unknown. He was recorded for the first time in the 11th lunar month of 1822, in Edo at the Ichimuraza, where he worked for Tsuruya Nanboku IV and Segawa Jokô II on the kaomise drama drama "Gohiiki Tsuwamono no Majiwari", which welcomed back Iwai Hanshirô V in Edo and celebrated the shûmei of Onoe Kikujirô I and Nakayama Kinsha. He was recorded for the last time in the 1st lunar month of 1823, in the same theater, where he worked on Tsuruya Nanboku IV's new year sogamono drama "Yaegasumi Soga no Kumiito". No record afterwards.

Dates of birth and death unknown. Disciple of Chikamatsu Tokuzô, his first pen name was Sawaarashi Ichizô and he was recorded for the first time in the 9th lunar month of 1812, when he worked at the Kado no Shibai on the drama "Katakiuchi Chikai no Shigarami" ^[25]. He took the name of Sawaarashi Tôrô in the 9th lunar month of 1819, when he worked at the Naka no Shibai on the drama "Tôtômigata Koi no Shiranami". He worked in the 11th lunar month of 1822 at the Naka no Shibai on the drama "Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami" ^[26]. He also worked in the 11th lunar month of 1824 at the Minamigawa no Shibai on the drama "Kokusen'ya Gassen" ^[27]. He worked in tabi shibai during the Tenpô era. He was recorded for the last time when he worked in the 8th lunar month of 1841 in the Kado no Shibai on the drama "Ôodori Kiriko no Akebono". No record afterwards.

Dates of birth and death unknown. He was recorded for the first time in the 11th lunar month of 1748, when he worked at the Nakamuraza in the kaomise drama "Onna Moji Heike Monogatari". He was recorded for the last time when he worked in the 11th lunar month of 1773 at the Moritaza on the kaomise drama "Onna Aruji Hatsuyuki no Sekai" ^[5]. No record afterwards. As a sakusha, he worked for 25 years on more than 50 original dramas.

Dates of birth and death unknown. He was recorded for the first time in the 1st lunar month of 1750, when he worked at the Nakamuraza on the new year sogamono drama "Ôkazari Saiwai Soga". He was recorded for the last time when he worked in the 2nd lunar month of 1763 at the Ichimuraza on the new year sogamono drama "Fûjibumi Sakae Soga" ^[24]. No record afterwards.

Dates of birth and death unknown. He was recorded for the first time in the 11th lunar month of 1745, when he worked in Kyôto on the kaomise drama "Kachidoki Manzairaku" ^[23] which was produced by Nakamura Kiyosaburô I for the nadai Miyako Handayû. He was recorded for the last time when he worked in the 7th lunar month of 1746 in the same theater on the drama "Musume Nuregami Otoko Musubi Mitsu-ga-Hama". No record afterwards.

Dates of birth and death unknown. He was recorded for the first time in the 12th lunar month of 1761, when he worked at the Kado no Shibai on Namiki Shôzô I's ni-no-kawari drama "Taihei Iroha Gyôretsu". He was recorded for the last time when he worked in the 11th lunar month of 1765 in Ôsaka at the Wakadayû no Shibai ^[22] on the kaomise drama "Hanayagura Kikigaki Taiheiki". No record afterwards.

Dates of birth and death unknown. He was recorded for the first time in the 10th lunar month of 1784, when he worked at the Naka no Shibai on the drama "Hana-ha Sakura Akô no Shiogama". He was recorded for the last time in the 1789 Ôsaka hyôbanki. No record afterwards.

Dates of birth and death unknown. He was recorded for the first time in the 5th lunar month of 1780, when he worked for Sakurada Jisuke I in Edo at the Ichimuraza. He worked for Sakurada Jisuke I and Kasanui Sensuke I at the Ichimuraza in the 11th lunar month of 1780 on the kaomise drama "Mure Takamatsu Yuki no Shirahata". He was recorded for the last time in the 1st lunar month of 1784, in Edo at the Ichimuraza, where he worked on the new year drama "Keisei Satsuki no Fuji". No record afterwards.

Dates of birth and death unknown. He was recorded for the first time in the 11th lunar month of 1786, in Edo at the Moritaza, where he worked for Segawa Jokô I on the kaomise drama "Onna Musha Kiku no Sen'yoki", which celebrated the shûmei of Sawamura Kameemon and Nakamura Kichisaburô III. He was recorded for the last time in the 1st lunar month of 1795, in Edo at the Miyakoza, where he worked for Namiki Gohei I and Matsui Yûsuke I on the new year sogamono drama "Edo Sunago Kichirei Soga". No record afterwards.

Dates of birth and death unknown. He was recorded for the first time in the 2nd lunar month of 1771, when he worked at the Ichimuraza on the drama "Wada Sakamori Osame no Mitsugumi". He was recorded for the last time when he worked in the 11th lunar month of 1780 at the Nakamuraza on the kaomise drama "Kite Kaeru Nishiki no Wakayaka" ^[6]. No record afterwards. As a sakusha, he worked less than 10 years on more than 10 original dramas.