SEGAWA YÛJIRÔ
   
TWO GENERATIONS
Segawa Yûjirô I
 

The actor Suketakaya Takasuke II held the name of Segawa Yûjirô I from the 11th lunar month of 1769 to the 10th lunar month of 1777.

Segawa Yûjirô I playing the role of the courtesan Okaru in the seventh act of the classic "Kanadehon Chûshingura", which was staged in the 7th lunar month of 1774 at the Nakamuraza (print made by Katsukawa Shunshô)

Segawa Yûjirô II
Segawa Yûjirô II  In Japanese | Segawa Masukichi  In Japanese | Segawa Masukichi  In Japanese
 

Dates of birth and death unknown. Disciple of Segawa Kikunojô III, he made his apprenticeship in Kabuki under the name of Segawa Masukichi. He changed the first ideogram of his first name when he became wakaonnagata in the 9th lunar month of 1789 and played at the Ichimuraza the role of Princess Omodaka in the Tomimoto-based dance-drama "Saetari Yamaji no Kikuzuki". He took the name of Segawa Yûjirô II in the 11th lunar month of 1792, playing at the Ichimuraza the roles of Shinobu and Yûna in the kaomise drama "Koganegiku Date no Ôkido". He appeared on stage for the last time in the 11th lunar month of 1804, in Edo at the Ichimuraza, where he played the role of Iwato's sister Utamachi in the kaomise drama "Mishi Tamadare Yuki no Furusato", which celebrated the shûmei of Suketakaya Takasuke II, Ichikawa Takinosuke and Kiriyama Monji III. No record afterwards. He was said to be more a sewamono actor than a jidaimono actor and his forte was hime and musume roles.

Yagô Honmyô
Rosen Hamamuraya

Segawa Yûjirô II playing the role of the Masuya nakai Otowa in the new year drama "Edo Sunago Kichirei Soga", which was staged in the 1st lunar month of 1795 at the Miyakoza (print made by Tôshûsai Sharaku)

 
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