ARASHI MATSUNOJÔ
   
SIX GENERATIONS
Arashi Matsunojô I
 

The actor Arashi Shinpei I held the name of Arashi Matsunojô I from the end of the 1690s to the 10th lunar month of 1704.

Arashi Matsunojô II
 

The actor Arashi San'emon IV held the name of Arashi Matsunojô II from 11th lunar month of 1743 to the 10th lunar month of 1745.

Arashi Matsunojô III
 

The actor Arashi Matsunojô III held this name from the 11th lunar month of 1758 to the 7th lunar month of 1765.

Arashi Matsunojô III playing the role of Okiyo in the new year drama "Keisei Mitsunoyama", which was staged in the 1st lunar month of 1763 at the Minamigawa no Shibai
Arashi Matsunojô IV
Arashi Matsunojô IV [1]  In Japanese
 

Dates of birth and death unknown. A minor wakaonnagata actor named Arashi Matsunojô IV [1] performed in Ôsaka during the second half of the 1770s. He was recorded in the 1779 Ôsaka hyôbanki. No record afterwards.

Arashi Matsunojô V
 

The actor Segawa Tomisaburô III held the name of Arashi Matsunojô V [2] from the 11th lunar month of 1796 to the beginning of the 1800s.

The name of Arashi Matsunojô V in the 1800 Edo hyôbanki (the zone within the red box)

Arashi Matsunojô VI
Arashi Matsunojô VI  In Japanese | Arashi Matsujirô [3]  In Japanese
 

Dates of birth and death unknown. A minor wakaonnagata actor named Arashi Matsujirô [3] took the name of Arashi Matsunojô VI in Kyôto in 1832. No record afterwards.

 

Notes

[1] Not recorded in Nojima Jusaburô's book "Kabuki Jinmei Jiten". Recorded in the latest edition (2012) of "Kabuki Haiyû Meiseki Benran".

[2] Recorded as Arashi Matsunojô IV in Nojima Jusaburô's book "Kabuki Jinmei Jiten". Not recorded as Arashi Matsunojô V (only Arashi Matsunojô without any line number) in the latest edition (2012) of "Kabuki Haiyû Meiseki Benran".

[3] Not recorded in Nojima Jusaburô's book "Kabuki Jinmei Jiten". Recorded as Arashi Matsujirô II and Arashi Matsunojô VI in the latest edition (2012) of "Kabuki Haiyû Meiseki Benran". The real Arashi Matsujirô II was Yamamura Giemon III.

 
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