SANJÔ KANTARÔ
   
FIVE GENERATIONS
Sanjô Kantarô I
Sanjô Kantarô I  In Japanese
 

Sanjô Kantarô I was a wakaonnagata actor, who was active in Edo during the 1670s and the 1680s. He was recorded as performing at the Nakamuraza in 1681. No record after 1687.

Sanjô Kantarô II
 

The actor Hanai Saizaburô III held the name of Sanjô Kantarô II from the 11th lunar month of 1711 to the 10th lunar month of 1746.

Sanjô Kantarô II playing the role of Ôiso no Tora in the drama "Soga Hôraisan", which was staged in the 1st lunar month of 1728 at the Nakamuraza (print made by Torii Kiyomasu II)

Sanjô Kantarô III
Sanjô Kantarô III  In Japanese | Sanjô Kosaburô  In Japanese | Sanjô Kokan  In Japanese
 

Date of birth unknown. Son of Sanjô Kantarô II, he started his career in Edo as a koyaku in 1739 at the Kawarasakiza. His first stage name was Sanjô Kokan. Later on, he received the name of Sanjô Kosaburô. He took the name of Sanjô Kantarô III, while his father became Hanai Saizaburô III, in the 11th lunar month of 1746 at the Nakamuraza, where he performed in the kaomise drama "Tenchi Taiheiki". In the 11th lunar month of 1747, he performed as both a wakashugata and a wakaonnagata at the Moritaza in the kaomise drama "Aruji Môke Onna Hachinoki", which celebrated the shûmei of Sawamura Sôjûrô. He performed as a wakaonnagata in Edo Sanza up to his death in 1767 but he never really achieved any fame for himself.

The name of Sanjô Kantarô III in the 1762 Edo hyôbanki (the zone within the red box)

Sanjô Kantarô IV
 

The actor Ôtani Hiroemon held the name of Sanjô Kantarô IV from the 11th lunar month of 1784 to the 10th lunar month of 1787.

The name of Sanjô Kantarô IV in the 1786 Edo hyôbanki (the zone within the red box)

Sanjô Kantarô V
Sanjô Kantarô V  In Japanese
 

A minor actor held the name of Sanjô Kantarô V in Edo between 1837 and 1859 according to the latest edition (2012) of "Kabuki Haiyû Meiseki Benran" [2].

 

Notes

[1] The 3rd day of the 4th lunar month of the 13th year of the Hôreki era was the 15th of May 1763 in the western calendar.

[2] He was not recorded in Nojima Jusaburô's book "Kabuki Jinmei Jiten".

 
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