LESSER KNOWN ACTORS - SAWAMURA |
Sawamura Jûrôzaemon Sawamura Jûrôzaemon ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Dates of birth and death unknown. He started his career in Edo as a wakashugata. His first stage name was Hanai Yatarô. His second stage name was Onoe Yatarô. From 1692, he was recorded as a wakashugata performing at the Moritaza. He went to Ôsaka in 1700. He joined a travelling troupe (tabi shibai) and was not recorded in ôshibai for several years. He settled in Kyôto where he became tachiyaku and took the name of Takezawa Magoheiji in the 1st lunar month of 1710. He went back to Edo in Fall 1711. He took in the 11th lunar month of 1711 the name of Sawamura Jûrôzaemon and played at the Moritaza the role of Harada Anzaemon in the kaomise drama "Kôbai no Momoyoguruma". He played in the 11th lunar month of 1716 the role of Wada Saemon Tamemune at the Ichimuraza in the kaomise drama "Yoroi Kurabe Ôshû Gane". No stage record afterwards. His rank in the 1717 Edo hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, was jô-(shiro)jô (superior - (white) superior) [visual]. |
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Nakamura Shirôji (left) and Sawamura Jûrôzaemon (right) playing the roles of xxx and Wada Saemon Tamemune in the kaomise drama "Yoroi Kurabe Ôshû Gane", which was staged in the 11th lunar month of 1716 at the Ichimuraza |
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Sawamura Kamesaburô Sawamura Kamesaburô ![]() |
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Dates of birth and death unknown. Son of Sawamura Sôjûrô I, he made his debut on stage in the 11th lunar month of 1726 at the Nakamuraza, where he performed as a koyaku in the kaomise drama "Kaomise Jûnidan". He became wakashugata in 11th lunar month of 1731 at the Nakamuraza, where he performed in the kaomise drama "Wagô Ichiji Taiheiki". He performed in the 11th lunar month of 1732 at the Nakamuraza in the kaomise drama "Yamato Kotoba Imagawajô", which welcomed in Edo the Kamigata actors Anegawa Shinshirô I, Sakakiyama Koshirô I and Arashi Otohachi I (who celebrated his shûmei). No record afterwards. He stopped acting and retired from the Kabuki world. |
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Sawamura Kamesaburô portraying Soga Jûrô Sukenari in a print made by Torii Kiyonobu II |
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