SAKATA SAJÛRÔ
   
TWO GENERATIONS
Sakata Sajûrô I
Sakata Sajûrô I  In Japanese | Sakata Tomigorô  In Japanese
 

Date of birth unknown. Younger brother of Sakata Hangorô II. He was called Tomigorô when he was a young boy and was trained by Sakata Hangorô I. He was active in Edo ôshibai from 1757 to 1770, performing under the name of Sakata Sajûrô I. His two last stage performances were most likely in the 11th lunar month of 1769 and 1st lunar month of 1770, at the Ichimuraza, where he performed in the kaomise program "Mutsu no Hana Ume no Kaomise" and in the new year drama "Fuji no Yuki Kaikei Soga". He died in Edo the 3rd of the 5th lunar month of 1770. He was quite popular and his best ranking in the Edo hyôbanki, jitsuaku section, was jô-jô-(shiro)kichi.

There will be in the future to come a full page dedicated to Sakata Sajûrô I in kabuki21.com.

Haimyô Yagô
Santei Shôgatsuya

Sakata Sajûrô I in a print made in 1770 by Katsukawa Shunshô for the Ehon Butai Ôgi series of prints

Sakata Sajûrô 1.2
Sakata Sajûrô  In Japanese
 

Dates of birth and death unknown. Unknown relationship to Sakata Sajûrô I (was he a disciple?). He started his career in the middle of the 1770s as a koyaku named Sakata Sajûrô. He became katakiyaku at the end of the 1770s and was active in Edo up to the middle of the 1800s.

The name of Sakata Sajûrô in the 1802 Edo hyôbanki (the zone within the red rectangle)
He was ranked (superior) and performed at the Kawarasakiza as a katakiyaku, along with Nakamura Kanzaemon (1), Arashi Tazô (2), Miyazaki Jûshirô III (3), Kirishima Giemon I (4) and Bandô Shichizô (5)

Sakata Sajûrô II
Bandô Sajûrô  In Japanese | Sakata Sajûrô II  In Japanese | Sakata Hanjûrô  In Japanese | Sakata Jinkichi  In Japanese
 

Dates of birth and death unknown. He was most likely a disciple of Sakata Hangorô IV and his first stage name was Sakata Jinkichi. He took the name of Sakata Hanjûrô in the 11th lunar month of 1816 at the Kawarasakiza, performing in the kaomise drama "Kiyomori Eiga no Utena", which celebrated the shûmei of Ôtani Bajû II, Sôryô Jinroku II, Bandô Matajûrô III, Ichikawa Momotarô I, Tsuuchi Monzaburô III and Ichikawa Kodanji III. He took the name of Sakata Sajûrô II at an unknown time and held it up to the beginning of the Kaei, where he became a disciple of Bandô Hikosaburô IV and changed his stage name to Bandô Sajûrô.

Haimyô Yagô
Santei Ômiya

Sakata Sajûrô II in a print made in 1849 by Utagawa Kuniyoshi

 
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