Stage names:
| Tsuruya Namboku II |  |
| Namboku Magotarô II | |
| Tsuruya Genzô | |
Line number: NIDAIME (II)
Existence: 1701 ~ 23 December 1763
Connection:
Father: Tsuruya Namboku I
Son: Tsuruya Namboku III
Career:
1701: born in Edo.
November 1715: debut on stage (hatsubutai), at the Ichimuraza, where he performs as a wakashugata under the name of Tsuruya Genzô.
November 1719: Namboku Magotarô I and his son Genzô respectively take the names of Tsuruya Namboku I and Namboku Magotarô II at the Ichimuraza, playing together in the kaomise drama "Tategami Teika Kazura".
1720: Magotarô becomes tôdori at the Ichimuraza.
9 September 1736: his father Tsuruya Namboku I dies.
November 1736: Namboku Magotarô II takes the name of Tsuruya Namboku II at the Ichimuraza, playing the role of Tôkurô Morinaga in the kaomise drama "Izu Genji Hôrai Yakata".
January 1737: Namboku's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, dôkegata section, is jô-jô-(hanshiro)kichi (superior - superior - almost excellent).
November 1737: Namboku plays at the Ichimuraza the role of Mongaku in the kaomise drama "Genji Kumo Ôgi no Shiba", which celebrates the shûmei of Ichimura Uzaemon VIII; the others stage partners are Sawamura Sôjûrô I, Bandô Hikosaburô I, Kamakura Chôkurô II, Tomizawa Montarô I, Matsumoto Kôshirô II and Tamazawa Saijirô I.
January 1738: Namboku's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, dôkegata section, is jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent). He shares this rank with Nakamura Kichibei I.
November 1738: Namboku plays at the Ichimuraza the role of Akamatsu Kuyû in the kaomise drama "Mitsugibune Taiheiki".
January 1739: Namboku's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, dôkegata section, falls to jô-jô-(hanshiro)kichi (superior - superior - almost excellent).
March 1741: Namboku's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, dôkegata section, falls to jô-jô-(shiro)kichi (superior - superior - (white) excellent). He shares this rank with Arashi Otohachi I.
November 1741: Namboku plays at the Kawarazakiza in the kaomise drama "Konrei Sakae no Hachinoki".
January 1742: Namboku's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, dôkegata section, falls to jô-jô-hankichi (superior - superior - half excellent).
November 1744: Namboku plays at the Moritaza in the kaomise drama "Higashiyama Bandai no Watamashi".
January 1746: Namboku's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, dôkegata section, is back to jô-jô-(shiro)kichi (superior - superior - (white) excellent).
November 1747: Namboku plays at the Ichimuraza in the kaomise drama "Shusse Momijigari".
January 1748: Namboku's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, dôkegata section, is back to jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent). He shares this rank with Arashi Otohachi I.
November 1753: Namboku plays at the Moritaza the roles of Mura Gunzaemon and Muraoka Gorô in the kaomise drama "Masakado Kokyô no Nishiki", which celebrates the shûmei of Suketakaya Takasuke I and Ichikawa Sôzaburô II.
January 1754: Namboku's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, dôkegata section, falls to jô-jô (superior - superior).
January 1758: Namboku plays at the Ichimuraza in the new year drama "Kujûsanki Ôyose Soga".
23 December 1763: Namboku dies in Edo.
Comments:
Tsuruya Namboku II was an Edo actor, who was, just like his father Tsuruya Namboku I, specialized in comical roles and made all his career in Edo from the midle of the 1710s to the end of the 1750s. Regarding his performances on stage, he was one of the most irregular actors in Kabuki history, reaching the jô-jô-kichi in 1738, losing this rank the following year, gaining it back in January 1748 and falling to jô-jô in January 1754.
Tsuruya Namboku II playing the role of Mongaku in the kaomise drama "Genji Kumo Ôgi no Shiba", which was staged in November 1737 at the Ichimuraza