Stage names:
| Anegawa Shinshirô III |  |
| Anegawa Minato II | |
| Anegawa Tsunakichi I | |
Guilds: Ôtsuya, Koiya
Line number: SANDAIME (III)
Poetry name: Ikkô
Existence: 1748 ~ 26 February 1805
Connection:
Master: Anegawa Shinshirô I
Brother: Anegawa Minato I
Disciple: Anegawa Shinshirô IV
Adopted son: Anegawa Tsunakichi II
Career:
Before 1771: he starts his career as a disciple of the Anegawa clan, performing under the name of Anegawa Tsunakichi I.
November 1771: he becomes wakaonnagata and takes the name of Anegawa Minato II in Kyôto.
January 1777: premiere at the Kitagawa no Shibai of the drama "Keisei Tonoi Zakura", whose plot is very close to Nagawa Kamesuke I's drama "Igagoe Norikake Gappa"; Minato plays the roles of Otane and Sasao [casting]. Minato's rank in the Kyôto hyôbanki, wakaonnagata section, is jô-jô-(hanshiro)kichi (superior - superior - almost excellent).
September 1781: Minato plays the role of Oyoshi in the drama "Hirakana Seisuiki", which is produced by Yamashita Yaozô I at the Kitagawa no Shibai. His stage partners are Onoe Kikugorô I (Enju, Shigetada), Arashi Hinasuke I (Kajiwara Heiji Kagetaka, Matsuemon, Higuchi no Jirô Kanemitsu), Arashi Sangorô II (Kajiwara Genta Kagesue), Sawamura Kunitarô I (Chidori), Arashi San'emon VI (Ofude) and Shibazaki Rinzaemon II (Takatsuna, Gonshirô).
January 1784: he becomes tachiyaku and takes the name of Anegawa Shinshirô III at the Minamigawa no Shibai, playing the roles of Dankurô, Katsuragi Minbu and Goheiji in the drama "Shin Usuyuki Monogatari"; his stage partners are Shibazaki Rinzaemon II (Sonobe Hyôe), Hanagiri Tomimatsu I (Magaki, Goheiji's wife), Asao Kunigorô II (Akizuki Daizen, Tsukimitsu Kyûzô, Gorobei Masamune), Arashi Sanjûrô II (Saisaki Iga-no-Kami, the yakko Tsumahei), Ichinoya Gonjûrô (Kuniyuki), Ogawa Kichitarô II (Saemon) and Nakayama Tsuruzô (Princess Usuyuki).
November 1784: Shinshirô plays in Kyôto at the Nishi no Shibai the roles of Akaboshi Tarô and Momoyama Tarôbei in the kaomise drama "Kuni no Hana Ôshimadai". Then, he goes to Ôsaka to perform at the Naka no Shibai in the kaomise program "Naka ni Môkeru Otogo Kaomise", which is produced by Nakamura Kumetarô II and welcomes the Edo stars Matsumoto Kôshirô IV and Iwai Hanshirô IV.
January 1785: Shinshirô's rank in both the Kyôto and the Ôsaka hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, is jô-jô-(hanshiro)kichi (superior - superior - almost excellent).
January 1796: Shinshirô's rank in the Ôsaka hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, is jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent). He is the kanjiku for tachiyaku actors.
January 1798: Shinshirô's name and rank appear for the last time in a Kabuki hyôbanki. He retires from the Kabuki world around that time.
26 February 1805: Shinshirô dies in Ôsaka. His tombstone is located in the precincts of the Saikôji Temple in the district of Matsuzaki.
Comments:
Anegawa Shinshirô III was a popular Kamigata actor, who was able to play a wide range of male or female roles. He was more at ease in sewamono than in jidaimono.
Anegawa Shinshirô III playing the role of Ishidome Busuke in the drama "Igagoe Norikake Gappa", which was staged in November 1793 at the Kado no Shibai (print made by Ryûkôsai)
The Anegawa Minato line of actors
