OSAGAWA TSUNEYO

FOUR GENERATIONS

Osagawa Tsuneyo I

The actor Osagawa Tsuneyo I held this name the end of the 1740s to May 1766.

The actors Osagawa Tsuneyo I and Onoe Kikugorô I playing the roles of Tsukisayo and Oniô Shinzaemon in the new year drama "Nokon no Yuki Katsuiro Soga", which was staged in January 1762 at the Ichimuraza

Osagawa Tsuneyo II

The actor Osagawa Tsuneyo II held this name from November 1768 to August 1808.

Osagawa Tsuneyo II in a print made in 1770 by Ippitsusai Bunchô for the Ehon Butai Ôgi series of prints

Osagawa Tsuneyo III

Dates of birth and death unknown. Disciple of Osagawa Tsuneyo II, his first stage name was Osagawa Takejirô. He took the names of Osagawa Shichizô II in November 1792 and Osagawa Tsuneyo III in 1811. He went to Ôsaka in 1812 and his name appeared in a theater playbill for the last time in 1813. He was a wakaonnagata actor but did not achieve any reputation in Edo.

Haimyô	Yagô
Senshi, Kyosen	Nishikiya

Osagawa Tsuneyo IV

The actor Osagawa Tsuneyo IV held this name from November 1823 to 1850.

Osagawa Tsuneyo IV playing the role of Kosen in the drama "Yoshitsune Sembon Zakura", which was staged in August 1831 at the Ichimuraza
(print made by Utagawa Kunisada I)