KANAI YÛSUKE
   
THREE GENERATIONS
Kanai Yûsuke I
 

The sakusha Kanai Yûsuke I held this name from the 11th lunar month of 1798 to 1801.

The name of Kanai Yûsuke I in a 1799 Edo hyôbanki (the name within the red box)

Kanai Yûsuke II
 

The sakusha Kanai Sangyô held the name of Kanai Yûsuke II from 1826 to Fall 1827.

Kanai Yûsuke III
Kanai Yûsuke III  In Japanese | Matsui Yûsuke III  In Japanese | Matsui Hanji  In Japanese | Matsui Hanji  In Japanese
 

Dates of birth and death unknown. When he was young, he worked in a embroidery and foiling shop in Edo in the district of Hasegawa-chô and his name was Matsuya Kobê. With the patronage of Mimasuya Nisôji, he became sakusha and received the pen name of Matsui Hanji. He worked in the 11th lunar month of 1825 at the Nakamuraza on Tsuruya Nanboku IV's kaomise drama "Oniwaka Kongen Butai". He worked in the 11th lunar month of 1828 at the Nakamuraza, along with Tsuruya Nanboku IV, Segawa Jokô II and Tajima Konosuke I, on the kaomise drama "Motomishi Hana Otogi Heike"; Hanji's yearly salary was 30 ryô [1]. He took the name of Matsui Yûsuke III in the 11th lunar month of 1832 and worked at the Nakamuraza, along with Segawa Jokô II, on the kaomise drama "Goban Tadanobu Yuki no Kuroshiro", which celebrated the 3-generation shûmei of Iwai Tojaku, Iwai Hanshirô VI and Iwai Kumesaburô III. He took the name of Kanai Yûsuke III in the 11th lunar month of 1833 and worked at the Ichimuraza on the kaomise drama "Koi Yoriiru Tsui no Yumitori". He worked in the 11th lunar month of 1837 at the Ichimuraza, along with Nakamura Jûsuke IV and Fukumori Kyûsuke II [2], on the kaomise drama "Onikirimaru Mimasu no Kakutsubo". No record afterwards. This nimaime sakusha worked closely for Iwai Hanshirô VI.

The name of Kanai Yûsuke III in a 1836 Edo ehon banzuke (the zone within the red circle)

 

Notes

[1] Tsuruya Nanboku IV, the best Edo playwright, was paid 175 ryô. Matsumoto Kôshirô V, the zagashira at the Nakamuraza, was paid 600 ryô.

[2] Others sakusha were Hon'ya Hanshichi, Tsuuchi Jihê IV and Shinoda Sasuke.

 
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