Stage names:

Ogino Izaburô III
Ogino Senka
Onoe Monzaburô II

Guild: Yamatoya

Line number: SANDAIME (III)

Poetry name: Senka ^[2], Tôchô ^[3], Riyû ^[4]

Existence: 1786 ~ 9th day of the 12th lunar month of 1828 ^[1]

Connection:

Father: Ogino Izaburô II

Son: Onoe Monzaburô III

Career:

1786: born in Edo. He was the son of Bandô Mitsugorô II. His first stage name was Onoe Monzaburô II.

11th lunar month of 1792: Monzaburô was recorded for the first time, in Edo at the Kawarasakiza, where he performed as a koyaku in the kaomise drama "Ôfuna Moriebi no Kaomise".

1804: Monzaburô became tachiyaku.

Fall 1806: he went to Ôsaka with his father.

1807: tour in Kyôto.

Summer 1808: tour in Nagoya.

Fall 1808: he went back to Edo with his father.

11th lunar month of 1808: Monzaburô played at the Moritaza the roles of Yoshisada and Magosaburô in the kaomise drama "Hana to Mitsu Yuki no Kusunoki".

9th lunar month of 1810: Chikamatsu Monzaemon's drama "Komochi Yamanba" is staged for the first time in Edo, at the Nakamuraza; Monzaburô played the role of Minamoto no Yorimitsu [casting].

11th lunar month of 1816: he took the name of Ogino Senka at the Kawarasakiza.

3rd lunar month of 1817: premiere at the Kawarasakiza of Tsuruya Nanboku IV's masterpiece "Sakura Hime Azuma Bunshô"; Senka played the roles of Awazu Shichirô and Sentarô [casting].

11th lunar month of 1823: he took the name of Ogino Izaburô III at the Kawarasakiza, where he performed in the kaomise drama "Komochi Yamanba Momiji no Akabon".

9th lunar month of 1828: Izaburô appeared on stage for the last time, in Edo at the Ichimuraza, where he played the role of the yakko Tsumazô in the drama "Katakiuchi Gappô-ga-Tsuji".

1st lunar month of 1828: Izaburô's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, was one white stroke above jô-jô-hankichi (superior - superior - half excellent).

9th day of the 12th lunar month of 1828 ^[1]: Izaburô died in Edo.

Comments:

Ogino Izaburô III was a tachiyaku actor, born and trained in Edo, who was active from the first half of the 1790s to the second half of the 1820s.

[1] The 9th day of the 12th lunar month of the 11th year of the Bunsei era was the 14th of January 1829 in the western calendar.

[2] Used when his acting name was Ogino Izaburô III.

[3] Used when his acting name was Ogino Senka.

[4] Used when his acting name was Onoe Monzaburô II.

Ichikawa Omezô I (left) and Ogino Izaburô III (right) performing in the kaomise drama "Komochi Yamanba Momiji no Akabon", which was staged in the 11th lunar month of 1823 at the Kawarasakiza

Prints & Illustrations

The Onoe Monzaburô line of actors

The Ogino Izaburô line of actors