LESSER KNOWN ACTORS - OGINO
   
Ogino Umenosuke
Ogino Umenosuke  In Japanese
 

Dates of birth and death unknown. First-recorded performance in the 11th lunar month of 1717 in Ôsaka at the Kado no Shibai, where he performed as a wakaonnagata iroko in the kaomise drama "Benten Chôja Uga no Tama" (which was produced by Ogino Kinnojô). He was most likely a disciple of Ogino Yaegiri I [1]. He went to Kyôto in Fall 1721 and performed as a wakaonnagata in the 11th lunar month of 1721 at Hoteiya Umenojô's theater in the kaomise drama "Banshiki Kogane no Miyako", which was produced by Ogino Yaegiri I. He went on tour in Ise in 1727 and went back to Ôsaka afterwards. Last-recorded performance in Nagoya in 1733. No record afterwards.

The actors Ogino Umenosuke (left) and Somekawa Rokurôzaemon (right) playing the roles of Ohaya and Miyashiro Daiemon in the kaomise drama "Tatsu Goyomi Daishô Wagô no Tsurugi", which was staged in the 11th lunar month of 1723 in Kyôto

 

Notes

[1] This was very likely but we could not find any proof to back this assumption.

 
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