Stage names:

Segawa Tomisaburô II
Yamashita Matsunojô

Guild: Hamamuraya

Line number: NIDAIME (II)

Poetry name: Rochô

Existence: ??? ~ 11th day of the 3rd lunar month of 1804

Connection:

Master: Segawa Senjo

Career:

1772: debut in Edo as an iroko at the Nakamuraza; his first stage name is Yamashita Matsunojô.

1780: he becomes wakaonnagata.

1784: he becomes a disciple of Segawa Kikunojô III.

11th lunar month of 1784: Yamashita Matsunojô takes the name of Segawa Tomisaburô II at the Kiriza, performing with his master in the kaomise drama "Jûni Hitoe Komachi Zakura".

9th lunar month of 1792: Tomisaburô plays at the Ichimuraza the role of Hinadori in the drama "Imoseyama Onna Teikin"; the role of Koganosuke is played by Ichikawa Danjûrô VI.

7th lunar month: premiere at the Miyakoza of the drama "Keisei Sanbon Karakasa"; Tomisaburô plays the role of the keisei Tôyama [more details].

11th lunar month of 1794: Tomisaburô performs at the Miyakoza; his yearly salary drops from 430 ryô to 350 ryô (this is a general salary cut for all Edo actors).

1st lunar month of 1804: Tomisaburô's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, wakaonnagata section, is jô-jô-(shiro)hankichi (superior - superior - (white) half excellent) [visual].

2nd lunar month of 1804: Tomisaburô appears on stage for the last time, in Edo at the Nakamuraza, where he plays the role of Otomi in the drama "Makari Demura Tasuke-ni Kisaragi".

11th day of the 3rd lunar month of 1804: Tomisaburô dies in Edo.

Comments:

Segawa Tomisaburô II was a popular supporting onnagata actor, who was active in Edo from the beginning of the 1770s to the beginning of the 1800s. His forte were musume and keisei roles.

Segawa Tomisaburô II playing the role of Yadorigi in the drama "Hana Ayame Bunroku Soga", whose plot and characters belong to the "Kameyama no Adauchi" world and which was staged in the 5th lunar month of 1794 in Edo at the Miyakoza (print made by Tôshûsai Sharaku)

Prints & Illustrations

The Segawa Tomisaburô line of actors