SAKAKIYAMA SHIROTARÔ
   
FIVE GENERATIONS
Sakakiyama Shirotarô I
 

The founder of the line Sakakiyama Sagisuke held the name of Sakakiyama Shirotarô I from the 11th lunar month of 1708 to the 10th lunar month of 1747.

The actors Arashi San'emon III (left) and Sakakiyama Shirotarô I (right) playing in Kyôto at Miyako Mandayû's theater the roles of Toriya Manbê and Umebayashi Momotarô in the kaomise drama "Hiragana Imagawajô"

Sakakiyama Shirotarô II
 

The actor Sakakiyama Koshirô III held the name of Sakakiyama Shirotarô II from the 11th lunar month of 1747 to the 10th lunar month of 1766.

The actors Sakakiyama Shirotarô II (left) and Bandô Sukesaburô I (right) playing the roles of Orachi and Sodesaka Kyûma in the drama "Keisei Koinariyama", which was staged in the 1st lunar month of 1764 at the Kitagawa no Shibai.

Sakakiyama Shirotarô III
 

The actor Sakakiyama Koshirô IV held the name of Sakakiyama Shirotarô III from the 11th lunar month of 1766 to the 10th lunar month of 1767.

Sakakiyama Shirotarô III performing in Tenmaya Kyûshichi's kaomise drama "Umayadogimi Shitennôji Kuyô", which was staged in the 11th lunar month of 1766 at the Kitagawa no Shibai

Sakakiyama Shirotarô IV
Sakakiyama Shirotarô IV  In Japanese | Yamashita Shirotarô  In Japanese | Sakakiyama Shirotarô IV  In Japanese | Sakakiyama Kotarô  In Japanese
 

Dates of birth and death unknown. Nephew and disciple of Sakakiyama Koshirô III, his first stage name was Sakakiyama Kotarô and he started his career as an iroko. Sakakiyama Shirotarô III and Sakakiyama Kotarô took the names of Sakakiyama Koshirô IV and Sakakiyama Shirotarô IV in Kyôto at Hayagumo Chôdayû's theater in the 11th lunar month of 1767, performing in the kaomise drama "Shinchoku Fukki no Kanatoko" which was produced by Ichiyama Sukegorô II. He performed under the name of Yamashita Shirotarô for a few years between 1784 and 1788. He took back the name of Sakakiyama Shirotarô IV in 1788. His name appeared for the last time in a theater playbill around 1797.

Asao Tamejûrô I (top/left), Sakakiyama Shirotarô IV (top/right), Nakayama Shinkurô I (bottom/left) and Nakamura Kiyosaburô I (bottom/right) playing the roles of Kiba no Gonpei, Gonpei's younger sister Oito, Asai Kenmotsu and the koshimoto Midori in the kaomise drama "Shinchoku Fukki no Kanatoko", which was staged in the 11th lunar month of 1767 in Kyôto at Hayagumo Chôdayû's theater

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Sakakiyama Shirotarô V
Sakakiyama Shirotarô V  In Japanese | Matsushima Shirotarô  In Japanese | Matsushima Kunizô  In Japanese
 

Dates of birth and death unknown. This actor started his career at the beginning of the 1790s, as a disciple of Matsushima Matsuemon, who gave him the name of Matsushima Kunizô and trained him to perform in hama shibai venues in Ôsaka like the Takeda no Shibai or the Wakadayû no Shibai. He took the name of Matsushima Shirotarô around 1800. He was adopted by Sakakiyama Shirotarô IV, along with Sakakiyama Koshirô V, in order to secure the future of the Sakakiyama clan of actors. He took the name of Sakakiyama Shirotarô V in 1803. He excelled in jitsugoto and became zagashira in hama shibai but never performed in ôshibai. He most likely died in the middle of the Bunsei era and had no heir when he passed away.

The name of Sakakiyama Shirotarô V in the 1821 Kamigata hyôbanki (the zone within the red box)

 
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