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| FOUR GENERATIONS | |||||
| Yoshizawa Sakinosuke I | |||||
| The actor Yoshizawa Ayame II held the name of Yoshizawa Sakinosuke I from November 1716 to August 1729. | |||||
| Yoshizawa Sakinosuke II | |||||
| The actor Yoshizawa Ayame III held the name of Yoshizawa Sakinosuke II from November 1737 to October 1764. | |||||
| Yoshizawa Sakinosuke III | |||||
| The actor Yoshizawa Ayame IV held the name of Yoshizawa Sakinosuke III from November 1764 to October 1778. | |||||
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Yoshizawa Sakinosuke III playing the role of Ofuji in the drama "Ôyoroi Ebidô Shinozuka", staged at the Nakamuraza in November 1772 (print made by Ippitsusai Bunchô) |
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| Yoshizawa Sakinosuke IV | |||||
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Born in 1785. He started his career in Ôsaka in kodomo shibai as a disciple of Fujikawa Tomokichi I, performing under the name of Fujikawa Minosuke. He became disciple of Yoshizawa Iroha I in 1805 and received the name of Yoshizawa Minosuke. He was adopted by his master in Fall 1807 and took the name of Yoshizawa Sakinosuke IV in November 1807 in Ôsaka at the Kado no Shibai. This promising wakaonnagata actor appeared on stage for the last time in November 1809, in Ôsaka at the Takeda no Shibai, a hama shibai venue, and died the 25th of December 1810.
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