Nickname: Hishiya Jûsuke
Existence: dates unknown
Connection:
Master: Matsumoto Nazaemon II
Career:
Fall 1697: Shigemaki and Matsumoto Hyôzô go together to Edo.
November 1697: Shigemaki becomes wakaonnagata at the Yamamuraza.
June 1699: Shigemaki plays at the Yamamuraza the role of Ayame-no-Naishi in the drama "Isshin Onna Narukami".
End of 1703 (?): Shigemaki goes back to Ôsaka.
January 1704: Shigemaki plays in Ôsaka in the new year drama "Azuma Mondô", which is produced by Kataoka Nizaemon I.
February 1704: Shigemaki's rank in the Ôsaka hyôbanki, wakaonnagata section, is jô (superior).
Fall 1707: Shigemaki goes to Kyôto.
November 1707: Shigemaki plays at Hayagumo Chôdayû's theater in the kaomise drama "Ohiyaki Sannin Musume".
January 1708: Shigemaki's rank in the Kyôto hyôbanki, wakaonnagata section, is jô-(shiro)jô (superior - (white) superior).
1709: long tour in the provinces of Mino and Ômi.
Fall 1710: Shigemaki is back to Kyôto.
November 1710: Shigemaki plays at Kameya Kumenojô's theater in the kaomise drama "Kenkon Daikoku Bashira".
March 1711: Shigemaki's rank in the Kyôto hyôbanki, wakaonnagata section, is jô-jô (superior - superior).
January 1713: Shigemaki goes to Edo and performs at the Yamamuraza. His rank in the Edo hyôbanki, wakaonnagata section, is jô-jô (superior - superior).
November 1713: Shigemaki plays at the Yamamuraza in the kaomise drama "Sazare Ishi Nasu no Futahashira".
February 1714: Shigemaki's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, wakaonnagata section, is jô-jô-(shiro)kichi (superior - superior - (white) excellent).
Fall 1715: Shigemaki goes to Kyôto.
November 1715: Shigemaki plays at Hoteiya Umenojô's theater the role of Ohatsu in the kaomise drama "Manpô Chitose no Matsu", which is produced by Yamatoya Jimbei III and includes a kôjô commemorating the sudden death of Kataoka Nizaemon I.
January 1716: Shigemaki's rank in the Kyôto hyôbanki, wakaonnagata section, is jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent).
January 1717: Shigemaki's rank in the Kyôto hyôbanki, wakaonnagata section, slightly falls to jô-jô-(shiro)kichi (superior - superior - (white) excellent).
January 1718: Shigemaki's rank in the Kyôto hyôbanki, wakaonnagata section, falls to jô-jô-(shiro)hankichi (superior - superior - (white) half excellent).
Fall 1718: Shigemaki goes back to Ôsaka.
November 1718: Shigemaki achieves a great success at the Ônishi no Shibai by playing the role of Okyô in the kaomise drama "Suehiro Chôja Bandaigura", which is produced by Sawamura Chôjûrô I.
January 1719: Shigemaki's rank in the Ôsaka hyôbanki, wakaonnagata section, is jô-jô-(shiro)hankichi (superior - superior - (white) half excellent).
December 1719: Shigemaki goes to Kyôto.
November 1720: Shigemaki becomes zamoto and coproduces with Wakaura Kinjûrô in Kyôto the kaomise drama "Shin Yakata Fukutoku no Kado".
November 1721: Shigemaki coproduces with Wakaura Kinjûrô in Kyôto at Hayagumo Chôdayû's theater the kaomise drama "Fuji Asama Taiheiraku".
January 1723: Shigemaki appears on stage for the last time, playing in Kyôto in the new year drama "Keisei Hitomaruzuka". Then, he retires from the Kabuki world. The year of his death is unknown.
Comments:
Matsumoto Shigemaki was a wakaonnagata, who made his career from 1697 to 1723. He excelled in onna budô, shittogoto, housewives and keisei roles. He opened an incense shop after retirement.
Matsumoto Shigemaki playing the role of the keisei Ôyodo in the new year drama "Keisei Kurumayadori", which was staged in January 1721 in Kyôto