OGINO IZABURÔ I |
Stage names: Ogino Izaburô I Line number: SHODAI (I) Poetry name: Shochô Existence: 1703 ~ 6th day of the 2nd lunar month of 1748 Connections: Master: Ogino Yaegiri I Father-in-law: Ôtani Hiroji I Disciples: Ogino Itarô, Ogino Tsutagorô Career: 1703 ~ 1721: born in Ise. He starts his career in Kyôto as a disciple of the actor Hagino Yaegiri, who gives him the name of Hagino Izaburô and lets him play koyaku roles. 3rd lunar month of 1723: Hagino Izaburô goes to Edo and takes the name of Ogino Izaburô I at the Ichimuraza, achieving a great success by performing in the drama "Neirishi Soga". 11th lunar month of 1723: Izaburô becomes wakashugata and plays at the Ichimuraza the role of Watanabe Tsuna in the kaomise drama "Hinagata Shuten Dôji". 1st lunar month of 1724: Izaburô's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, wakashugata section, is jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]. He plays in the same theater the role of Danzaburô in the new year drama "Yomeiri Izu Nikki". 11th lunar month of 1724: Izaburô plays at the Ichimuraza the role of Masayuki in the kaomise drama "Bankoku Taiheiki", which welcomes in Edo the Kamigata actor Matsushima Hyôtarô. 11th lunar month of 1725: Izaburô plays at the Ichimuraza in the kaomise drama "Semimaru Onna Moyô". 11th lunar month of 1726: Izaburô plays at the Ichimuraza the role of Araoka Genta in the kaomise drama "Hinazuru Tokiwa Genji", which welcomes in Edo the Kamigata actor Arashi Sangorô I. 11th lunar month of 1727: Izaburô plays at the Ichimuraza the role of Imagawa Motoyoshi's daughter Mangetsu in the kaomise drama "Goshozome Kôyô Gunki", which celebrates the return in Edo of the actor Bandô Hikosaburô I. 11th lunar month of 1728: Izaburô becomes wakaonnagata and plays at the Ichimuraza the role of Sanuki no Tsubone in the kaomise drama "Kikusui Yoshino no Dairi". 11th lunar month of 1729: Izaburô moves to the Nakamuraza and plays the role of Okuni and a young man in the tanzen style in the kaomise drama "Ume Goyomi Konrei Nagoya". 1st lunar month of 1730: Izaburô's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, wakaonnagata section, is jô-jô-(hanshiro)kichi (superior - superior - (half-white) excellent) [visual]. Fall 1730: The actors Sawamura Sôjûrô I, Ôtani Hiroji I, Ichikawa Danjûrô II, Bandô Hikosaburô I and Izaburô perform together at the Nakamuraza in the drama "Meigetsu Gonin Otoko" ("Five men under the August moon") [casting]. 11th lunar month of 1730: Izaburô plays at the Nakamuraza the role of Morihisa's wife in the kaomise drama "Irifune Hiru-ga-Kojima", which celebrates the arrival in Edo of the actor Segawa Kikunojô I. 1st lunar month of 1731: Izaburô plays in the same theater the role of the courtesan Takama in the drama "Keisei Fukubiki Nagoya" [casting]. Spring 1731: Izaburô plays in the same theater the role of Princess Terute in the drama "Muko Denju Nishiki no Tazuna", whose plot and characters belong to the "Oguri Hangan" world. His stage partners are Nakamura Shichisaburô II (Oguri Hangan), Ichikawa Danjûrô II (Gotô Saemon), Segawa Kikunojô I (Tsumagi) and Sawamura Sôjûrô I (Onitsugu). 11th lunar month of 1731: Izaburô plays at the Nakamuraza the role of Princess Matsugae in the kaomise drama "Wagô Ichiji Taiheiki", which celebrates the arrival in Edo of the Kamigata star Sadoshima Chôgorô I. 1st lunar month of 1732: Izaburô plays in the same theater the role of Soga Gorô Tokimune in the new year sogamono drama "Hatsugoyomi Ainai Soga"; the role of Soga Jûrô Sukenari is played by Sadoshima Chôgorô I. 11th lunar month of 1732: Izaburô becomes wakashugata and plays at the Nakamuraza the role of Yorikane in the kaomise drama "Yamato Kotoba Imagawajô", which welcomes in Edo the 2 Kamigata stars Anegawa Shinshirô I and Sakakiyama Koshirô I. 1st lunar month of 1733: Izaburô's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, wakashugata section, is jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]. 11th lunar month of 1733: Izaburô plays at the Nakamuraza in the kaomise drama "Nagi no Hana Asahi Genji". 1st lunar month of 1734: Izaburô plays in the same theater the role of Soga Gorô Tokimune in the new year drama "Jûhakkô Imayô Soga"; the role of Soga Jûrô Sukenari is played by Sanjô Kantarô II. 11th lunar month of 1734: Izaburô plays at the Nakamuraza the role of Yamagami Gennai Saemon in the kaomise drama "Kyôganoko Secchû no Tamatori", which celebrates the arrival in Edo of the Kamigata actor Nakamura Shingorô I. 1st lunar month of 1735: Izaburô plays in the same theater the role of Soga Gorô Tokimune in the new year sogamono drama "Meizan Kasane Soga"; the role of Soga Jûrô Sukenari is played by Sanjô Kantarô II. 11th lunar month of 1735: Izaburô moves to the Kawarasakiza and plays the role of Sanada no Yoichi in the kaomise drama "Banzei Ikioi Izu Nikki". 1st lunar month of 1736: Izaburô plays in the same theater the role of Soga Gorô Tokimune in the bombastic "Ya-no-Ne" scene, which is part of the new year drama "Ôkazari Nigiwai Soga". 11th lunar month of 1736: Izaburô moves to the Nakamuraza and plays in the kaomise drama "Kuni no Tomi Sesshôseki". His stage partners are Ôtani Hiroji I, Segawa Kikunojô I, Segawa Kikujirô I, Nakajima Mihoemon I, Arashi Otohachi I, Narumi Goroshirô I, Hayakawa Denshirô, Nakamura Kichibê I and Kameya Jûjirô (who arrives from Kamigata). 1st lunar month of 1737: Izaburô plays in the same theater the role of Soga Gorô Tokimune in the new year program "Hatsu Hikage Maizuru Soga"; the role of Soga Jûrô Sukenari is played by Kameya Jûjirô. 11th lunar month of 1737: Izaburô plays at the Nakamuraza in the kaomise drama "Soga Monogatari Osana Nikki", which celebrates the arrival in Edo of the Kamigata actors Yamamoto Kyôzô, Yamamoto Hikogorô and Kaneko Mantoku. 1st lunar month of 1738: Izaburô plays in the same theater the role of Soga Gorô Tokimune in the new year program "Takara Soga Nyogo no Shimadai"; the role of Soga Jûrô Sukenari is played by Sanjô Kantarô II. 11th lunar month of 1738: Izaburô becomes tachiyaku and plays at the Nakamuraza the role of Han'ya Gorô in the kaomise drama "Ume Yakata Inaba no Matsu", which celebrates the shûmei of Sawamura Yodogorô I and the arrival in Edo of the Kamigata actor Tatsuoka Hisagiku. 11th lunar month of 1739: Izaburô moves to the Kawarasakiza and plays in the kaomise drama "Irifune Taiheiki", which celebrates the shûmei of Sakata Tôjûrô III. Fall 1740: Izaburô goes back to Kamigata. 11th lunar month of 1740: Izaburô plays in Kyôto the role of Kusunoki Masatsura in the kiri kyôgen "Hayazaki Taiheiki", which is produced by Nakamura Kumetarô I and staged from the 15th day of the 11th lunar month. 1st lunar month of 1741: Izaburô's rank in the Kyôto hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, is jô-jô-(hanshiro)kichi (superior - superior - (half-white) excellent) [visual]. 11th lunar month of 1741: Izaburô goes to Ôsaka and plays the role of Kikusui Tamonnosuke in the kaomise drama "Kogane no Yakata Bandai no Kame", which is produced by Fujikawa Heikurô's son Fujikawa Kamenoi at the Kado no Shibai. 11th lunar month of 1742: Izaburô goes to Kyôto and plays at the Minamigawa no Shibai the role of Fuwa Banzaemon in the kaomise drama "Kaeribana Konrei Nagoya", which is produced by Nakamura Kumetarô I; the role of Banzaemon's rival Nagoya Sanza is played by Fujioka Daikichi. 1st lunar month of 1743: Izaburô's rank in the Kyôto hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, is jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]. 11th lunar month of 1743: Izaburô plays in Kyôto at Hoteiya Umenojô's theater in the kaomise program "Yomeiri Ôshimadai", which is produced by Nakamura Kumetarô I and celebrates the shûmei of Sanjô Mankatsu. 1st lunar month of 1744: Izaburô's rank in the Kyôto hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, is one little rank below jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent). Fall 1744: Izaburô goes to Edo. 11th lunar month of 1744: Izaburô plays at the Nakamuraza in the kaomise drama "Kachô Taiheiki". 1st lunar month of 1745: Izaburô's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, is jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]. He plays in the same theater the role of Soga Gorô Tokimune in the new year drama "Hagoromo Kotobuki Soga". His stage partners in the roles of Soga Jûrô Sukenari and Kudô Saemon Suketsune are Nakamura Shichisaburô II and Ichikawa Ebizô II. 11th lunar month of 1745: Izaburô moves to the Ichimuraza and plays the role of Matsuura Gorô in the kaomise program "Onna Kusunoki Yosooi Kagami", which celebrates the arrival in Edo of the Kamigata onnagata Yoshizawa Ayame II. 1st lunar month of 1746: Izaburô plays in the same theater the role of Soga Jûrô Sukenari in the new year drama "Kikeba Mukashi Soga Monogatari"; the roles of Soga Gorô Tokimune and Kudô Saemon Suketsune are played by Ichimura Kamezô I and Bandô Hikosaburô I. 11th lunar month of 1746: Izaburô plays at the Ichimuraza in the kaomise drama "Aioi Izu Nikki", which welcomes in Edo the actors Yamamoto Kyôshirô I and Iwai Hanshirô III. 1st lunar month of 1747: Izaburô plays in the same theater the role of Yaoya Oshichi in the new year drama "Tamakushige Yosooi Soga". 3rd lunar month of 1747: the drama "Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami" is performed for the first time in Edo, at the Ichimuraza; Izaburô plays the role of Takebe Genzô [casting]. 5th lunar month of 1747: his father-in-law Ôtani Hiroji I dies. Summer 1747: Izaburô falls ill and has to stop acting. He dies the next year the 6th day of the 2nd lunar month of 1748. Comments: Ogino Izaburô I was a talented actor, who started his career in Kyôto but moved to Edo at the age of 20 and became a popular wakashugata and wakaonnagata actor. He turned to tachiyaku roles from 1738 and was able to perform roles in the opposite styles of aragoto and wagoto. He also excelled in budôgoto roles. One of his best roles was Soga Gorô Tokimune in the new year sogamono. Ogino Izaburô I Print made by Torii Kiyonobu in 1726 The Ogino Izaburô line of actors |
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