Stage names:
Ichimura Uzaemon XI
Ichimura Manjirô I
Other name: Ichimura Kakitsu II
Guild: Kikuya
Line number: JÛICHIDAIME (XI)
Poetry name: Kakitsu (2)
Existence: 1791 ~ 11 July 1820
Connections:
Adoptive father: Ichimura Uzaemon X
Brother: Bandô Kamezô I (Hikosaburô IV)
Son: Ichimura Uzaemon XII (Takenojô V)
Sons-in-law: Azuma Ichinojô I, Kikuya Zembei (Nakamura Kanjaku II's father)
Grandsons: Onoe Kikugorô V (Ichimura Uzaemon XIII), Bandô Kakitsu I (Ichimura Uzaemon XIV)
Great-grandsons: Onoe Kikugorô VI, Bandô Hikosaburô VI
Great-great-grandsons: Ichimura Uzaemon XVII, Onoe Kurôemon II
Great-great-great-grandsons: Nakamura Kanzaburô XVIII, Bandô Hikosaburô VIII, Ichimura Manjirô II, Kawarazaki Gonjûrô IV
Great-great-great-great-grandsons: Nakamura Kantarô II, Nakamura Shichinosuke II, Bandô Kamesaburô V, Bandô Kametoshi, Onoe Ukon II, Ichimura Takematsu VI, Ichimura Hikaru
Career:
1791: born in Edo. His father is the publisher Fukuchi Mohei IV and his mother is the daughter of Tomoeya Shôbei. His father is also a manager at the Ichimuraza.
1793: he is adopted by Ichimura Uzaemon X.
November 1798: Ichimura Uzaemon X reopens the Ichimuraza.
15 February 1799: his adoptive father Ichimura Uzaemon X dies.
Spring 1800: Ichimura Manjirô I takes the name of Ichimura Uzaemon XI. He is the official zamoto of the Ichimuraza but the real manager is in fact Fukuchi Zembei, the owner of a shibai jaya.
November 1801: great shûmei at the Ichimuraza for the Kôraiya guild; the actors Matsumoto Kôshirô IV, his son Ichikawa Komazô III and Ichikawa Santarô respectively take the names of Omegawa Kyôjûrô, Matsumoto Kôshirô V and Ichikawa Komazô IV.
4 November 1802: a fire breaks out in Edo in the district of Naniwa-chô, which destroys the Ichimuraza.
13 November 1806: a fire breaks out from the shop of the hair-dresser Tomokurô in the district of Nihombashi Fukiya-chô, which destroys the Ichimuraza.
January 1810: premiere at the Ichimuraza of Tsuruya Namboku IV and Sakurada Jisuke II drama "Kokoro no Nazô Toketa Iroito". The main roles are played by Onoe Matsusuke II, Matsumoto Kôshirô V and Iwai Hanshirô V.
March 1810: premiere at the Ichimuraza of Tsuruya Namboku IV's drama "Kachi Zumô Ukina no Hanabure" (commonly called "Shirafuji Genta") [casting].
May 1810: premiere at the Ichimuraza of Tsuruya Namboku IV and Sakurada Jisuke II drama "Ehon Gappô-ga-Tsuji" [casting].
29 November 1813: a fire breaks out in Edo in the district of Takasago-chô, which destroys the Ichimuraza.
June 1815: the Ichimuraza goes bankrupt and gives its license to its hikae yagura, the Kiriza.
1817: the Kiriza goes bankrupt and transfers the Ichimuraza license to the Miyakoza.
1818: the Miyakoza goes bankrupt and transfers the Ichimuraza license to the Tamagawaza.
11 July 1820: Uzaemon dies in Edo.
Comments:
Ichimura Uzaemon XI had to become the zamoto of the Ichimuraza at an early age and kept this position from Spring 1800 to June 1815, always struggling against the huge debts he inherited from Ichimura Uzaemon X, Ichimura Uzaemon IX or Ichimura Uzaemon VIII. His life was a hell because of the pressure put by his creditors or the different fires, which burnt his theater to a cinder. He almost never performed on stage as an actor and died at the end of his 20's.
The mon of Ichimura Uzaemon XI (the mandarin orange tree)
The Ichimura Manjirô line of actors
The Ichimura Uzaemon line of actors and theater managers