Nickname: Kyôya Kiyû
Guild: Kyôya
Poetry name: Kiyû
Line number: SHODAI (I)
Existence: 1687 ~ 12 July 1739
Connection:
Masters: Arashi San'emon III, Arashi Kanshirô I
Son: Arashi Raishi I (Arashi Sangorô II)
Son-in-law: Onogawa Kamegiku
Grandson: Arashi Raishi II (Arashi Sangorô III)
Great-grandsons: Arashi Raishi III, Arashi Sangorô IV
Disciples: Arashi Otohachi I, Arashi Shichigorô I, Arashi Bungorô
Career:
1687 ~ 1721: born in a house of farmers named Shimada. His first name is Kumagorô. He joins a troupe of children-actors and performs at the Takeda no Shibai. He is spotted by Arashi Kanshirô I, who takes him on as a disciple and gives him the name of Arashi Sangorô I.
Fall 1721: he becomes disciple of Arashi San'emon III.
November 1721: Sangorô becomes tachiyaku and plays at the Higashi no Shibai (Ôsaka) the role of Izuminosuke in the kaomise "Kogane Suzunari", which is produced by his master.
Fall 1726: Sangorô goes to Edo.
November 1726: Sangorô achieves a great success at the Ichimuraza by performing in the drama "Hinazuru Tokiwa Genji".
Fall 1728: Sangorô goes to Kyôto.
November 1728: Sangorô plays at Hayagumo Chôdayû's theater the role of Yomohachi in the kaomise drama "Daimyô Kogane no Uroko", which is produced by Sanogawa Mangiku.
Fall 1730: Sangorô goes to Ôsaka.
November 1730: Sangorô plays at the Kado no Shibai the role of Kokonoe Kinjûrô in the kaomise drama "Matsukane Fukki no Ishizue".
March 1734: Sangorô's rank in the Ôsaka hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, is jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent).
November 1738: Sangorô becomes zamoto and produces at the Naka no Shibai the kaomise drama "Fuji Daiko Wagô no Shirabe".
12 July 1739: Sangorô dies of physical exhaustion while producing in Ôsaka at the Naka no Shibai the drama "Tsu no Kuni Shikanjima".
Comments:
Arashi Sangorô I was a talented and popular tachiyaku actor, born and trained in Kamigata, who excelled in jitsugoto or yatsushigoto, especially in sewamono dramas. He was also an outstanding dancer, especially in hengemono or hyôshigoto.
Arashi Sangorô I performing in the drama "Honchôshi Misuji no Haraobi", which was staged in August 1736 at the Kado no Shibai