SANJÔ NAMIE
   
THREE GENERATIONS
Sanjô Namie I
 

The actor Sanjô Namie I held this name from the 5th lunar month of 1745 to the end of the Meiwa era.

Nakamura Jiroza I (left) and Sanjô Namie I (right) playing the roles of a rônin and a keisei in the kaomise drama "Onna Musha Ukisu Gassen", which was staged in the 11th lunar month of 1745 at the Naka no Shibai

Sanjô Namie II
Sanjô Namie II  In Japanese | Arashi Wakamatsu I  In Japanese
 

Born in 1757. Disciple of Arashi Sangorô II, he started his career in hama shibai, performing under the name of Arashi Wakamatsu I as a wakaonnagata actor. Getting older, he switched to kashagata roles. He took the name of Sanjô Namie II in the 11th lunar month of 1808, in Ôsaka at the Naka no Shibai, where he played the role of the tsubone Miyuki in the kaomise drama "Shima Meguri Tsuki no Yumihari". He went to Edo in winter 1810, in the company of the actors Ichikawa Ichizô I, Asao Yûjirô I, Ôtani Monzô I, Kanô San'emon II, Yamamura Giemon III, Fujikawa Tomosaburô, Ichikawa Tsurusaburô I and Bandô Nariemon. He performed in the 1st lunar month of 1810 at the Moritaza two roles in the drama "Hachijin Shugo no Honjô". He went back to Ôsaka in the 9th lunar month of 1811 where he was active up to his sudden death the 15th of the 9th lunar month of 1814, on the stage of the Kado no Shibai. He excelled in karô's wives roles.

Sanjô Namie II (middle/left) and Arashi Kichisaburô II (bottom/right) performing in the drama "Iroha Uta Hana no Shûitsu", which was staged in the 2nd lunar month of 1812 at the Minamigawa no Shibai

Sanjô Namie III
Sanjô Namie III  In Japanese | Arashi Wakamatsu II  In Japanese
 

Dates of birth and death unknown. Son or adopted son of Sanjô Namie II, his first stage name was Arashi Wakamatsu II. He took the name of Sanjô Namie III in 1831. He made an obscure career in Kamigata.

 
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