Stage names:

Matsumoto Tomojûrô I
Matsumoto Tomonojô

Line number: SHODAI (I)

Poetry name: Kôbô

Existence: ??? ~ ???

Connection:

Master: Matsumoto Hyôzô

Disciple: Matsumoto Tomojûrô II

Career:

Before 1701: he starts his career at an early age as a disciple of Matsumoto Hyôzô, who gives him the name of Matsumoto Tomonojô.

November 1701: he becomes wakashugata and takes the name of Matsumoto Tomojûrô I in Kyôto at Miyako Mandayû's theater.

November 1706: Tomojûrô becomes tachiyaku and performs in Kyôto at Miyako Mandayû's theater in the kaomise drama "Hachimanzai".

November 1713: Tomojûrô achieves a great success by playing the role of Tsukioka Satoemon in the kaomise drama "Ôminato Kogane no Izumi", which is produced in Ôsaka by Yamamoto Hikogorô.

November 1715: Tomojûrô becomes katakiyaku and plays the role of Furuichi Toraemon in the kaomise drama "Seiwa Genji Kaichû Fude", which is produced in Ôsaka by Arashi Sanjûrô I.

November 1719: Tomojûrô plays the role of Hiyoshi Taizô in the kaomise drama "Chiyo no Ume Naniwa Kagami", which is produced in Kyôto by Sakakiyama Shirojûrô.

January 1722: Tomojûrô's rank in the Kyôto hyôbanki, katakiyaku section, is jô-jô-(shiro)kichi (superior - superior - (white) excellent).

January 1739: Tomojûrô plays the roles of Yamana Sôzen and Sôhachi in the drama "Keisei Arashiyama", which is produced by Nakamura Tomijûrô I at Kameya Kumenojô's theater.

November 1744: Tomojûrô plays in Kyôto at Miyako Mandayû's theater the role of Tôma Mokunojô in the kaomise drama "Hakataori Imose no Karanishiki"; his stage partners are Fujioka Daikichi, Tamiya Shirogorô, Sawamura Chôshirô, Sadoshima Chôgorô I, Miogi Gizaemon I, Nakamura Danzô, Tatsuoka Hisagiku, Sanogawa Hanazuma II, Sakakiyama Danshirô, Takenaka Hyôkichi, Ikushima Kashiwagi, Nakamura Matsubei I, Nakamura Kiyosaburô I and Fujioka Gengorô.

February 1745: this is most likely the last stage performance of Tomojûrô, who plays in the same theater the role of Katahei in the new year drama "Keisei Sakura Gassen".

Comments:

Matsumoto Tomojûrô I was a popular Kyôto actor, who achieved fame for himself during the first half of the 18th century in Kamigata as a katakiyaku. He was endowed with a powerful voice and excelled as a villain in jidaimono dramas.

Matsumoto Tomojûrô I playing the role of Ebira Tatewaki in the drama "Chôseiden Kogane no Shikigawara", which was produced in Kyôto in November 1733 at Kameya Kumenojô's theater by Sakakiyama Shirotarô I