Stage names:
Arashi San'emon IX
Arashi Hinasaburô
Other name: Arashi Minshi III
Guild: Yoshidaya
Line number: KUDAIME (IX)
Existence: 1805 ~ 16 March 1859
Connection:
Father: Arashi Senshirô
Master: Arashi Koroku IV
Adopted son: Arashi San'emon X
Career:
1805 ~ 1823: he starts his career as a disciple of Arashi Koroku IV, who gives him the name of Arashi Hinasaburô and trains him as a wakaonnagata actor.
Winter 1823: Arashi Hinasaburô takes the name of Arashi San'emon IX in Kyôto.
September ~ October 1826: tour in Nagoya with Onoe Kikugorô III, Nakayama Shinkurô IV and Onoe Matsusuke III.
November 1826: his master Arashi Koroku IV dies.
Summer 1837: tour in Nagoya with Arashi Kanjûrô I, Ichikawa Ichijûrô I and Jitsukawa Enzaburô I.
Winter 1837 ~ 1838: short stay in Edo; San'emon plays at the Kawarazakiza.
January 1851: San'emon's rank in the Kamigata hyôbanki, wakaonnagata section, is jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent).
March 1851: San'emon plays at the Naka no Shibai the role of the courtesan Azuma in the drama "Hanazumô Chôchô Monjitsu", similar to "Futatsu Chôchô Kuruwa Nikki".
May 1851: San'emon plays in the same theater the role of Osono in the classic "Kanadehon Chûshingura".
March 1852: San'emon plays in the same theater the roles of Princess Chigusa and Hayase in the drama "Hana Kaede Ogura no Shikishi".
November 1854: San'emon plays at the Minamigawa no Shibai the role of Osan in Chikamatsu Monzaemon's drama "Daikyôji Mukashi Goyomi"; the role of Mohei is played by Jitsukawa Enzaburô I.
January 1855: San'emon's rank in the Kamigata hyôbanki, wakaonnagata section, is hakushi-jô-jô-kichi (almost unique - superior - superior - excellent).
February 1855: San'emon plays the role of Shizuka Gozen in the classic "Yoshitsune Sembon Zakura", which is produced by the zamoto Arashi Kitsunosuke at the Chikugo no Shibai; his stage partners are Arashi Rikaku II (Satô Tadanobu, the fox Genkurô, Kokingo and Kajiwara Kagetoki) and Ichikawa Ebijûrô IV (Tokaiya Gimpei, Taira no Tomomori, Igami no Gonta and Yokawa no Zenji Kakuhan).
November 1858: San'emon appears on stage for the last time, in Kyôto at the Minamigawa no Shibai. He falls ill, can't recover and dies the following year in March.
Comments:
Arashi San'emon IX was a good wakaonnagata actor, who spent most of his career in Kamigata. Keisei roles were his forte.
Arashi San'emon IX (left), Ichikawa Shikô II (middle) and Jitsukawa Enzaburô I (right) playing the roles of Chidori, Kajiwara Genta Kagesue and Kajiwara Heiji Kagetaka in the epic drama "Hirakana Seisuiki", which was staged in May 1848 in Ôsaka at the Wakadayû no Shibai (print made by Utagawa Kunimasu)
Print made by Yasukawa Harusada in the 1830s
The Arashi San'emon line of actors