Stage names:

Onoe Tamizô II
Ôkawa Hachizô
Nakamura Waichi
Segawa Waichi

Guild: Otowaya

Line number: NIDAIME (II)

Poetry names: Matsuô, Shôchô, Nichô

Existence: 1799 ~ 2 March 1886

Connections:

Masters: Onoe Kikugorô III, Nakamura Utaemon III, Segawa Senjo

Father-in-law: Ichikawa Ebijûrô I

Sons: Onoe Shôkaku I, Ichikawa Ichizô III

Disciples: Onoe Tamizô III, Onoe Usaburô I, Onoe Wasaburô I, Onoe Tamisaburô, Onoe Taminojô, Onoe Tamimaru I, Onoe Tamimaru II, Onoe Tsunejirô

Career:

1799: born in Kyôto. He is the son of Kameemon, a Kabuki hairdresser (tokoyama).

1810: he starts his career as a disciple of Segawa Senjo and receives the name of Segawa Waichi.

12th lunar month of 1810: his master Segawa Senjo dies.

1820: he joins Nakamura Utaemon III, who gives him the name of Nakamura Waichi. He leaves after his second master a few months for a third one, the Edo star Onoe Kikugorô III on tour in Ôsaka. The two actors go together to Edo.

11th lunar month of 1820: Nakamura Waichi takes the name of Onoe Tamizô II at the Kawarasakiza.

7th lunar month of 1821: premiere at the Kawarasakiza of Tsuruya Nanboku IV's drama "Tamamo-no-Mae Kumoi no Hareginu", which mixes the sekai of Gion no Nyôgo, the Two Shinbê ("Ninin Shinbê") and Tamamo-no-Mae; Tamizô plays the roles of the toneri Kishiô and the sarumawashi Yamadani no Sansaku [more details].

1823: Tamizô goes back to Kamigata.

3rd lunar month of 1833: premiere at the Kitagawa no Shibai of "Hana Fubuki Koi no Tekagami"; Tamizô plays the role of Utanosuke [casting].

5th lunar month of 1841: Tamizô goes back to Edo, playing 8 roles in the drama "Ura Omote Senbon Zakura", which is staged at the Nakamuraza.

7th lunar month of 1841: premiere at the Nakamuraza of the dance "Ame no Gorô", which is performed by Tamizô as part of a nine-role hengemono entitled "Yae Kokonoe Hana no Sugatae".

10th lunar month of 1843: Tamizô goes back to Kamigata and plays at the Naka no Shibai the roles of Hayano Kanpei and Teraoka Heiemon in the classic "Kanadehon Chûshingura".

5th lunar month of 1843: Tamizô plays at the Kado no Shibai the roles of Tôma Saburôemon, Kôemon and Hayase Iori in the drama "Tengajaya-mura", produced by the zamoto Onoe Waichi; his stage partners are Ôtani Tomoemon IV (Motoemon) and Nakamura Kashichi III (Hayase Genjirô).

7th lunar month of 1843: Tamizô plays at the Minamigawa no Shibai the roles of Kôemon and Hayase Iori in the drama "Tengajaya-mura"; his stage partners are Ôtani Tomoemon IV (Tôma Saburôemon, Motoemon) and Onoe Umezô (Hayase Genjirô).

8th lunar month of 1848: tour in Nagoya with his master; the two actors play respectively under the names of Ôkawa Hashizô I and Ôkawa Hachizô.

4th lunar month of 1849: his master Ôkawa Hashizô I dies.

1850: he goes back to Ôsaka and takes back the name of Onoe Tamizô II.

1st lunar month of 1858: Tamizô plays at the Naka no Shibai (Ôsaka) the role of the king of thieves Ishikawa Goemon in the drama "Keisei Setsugekka", commonly called "Ishikawa-zome"; his stage partner in the role of Mashiba Hisayoshi, sworn enemy of Ishikawa Goemon is Arashi Kichisaburô III.

10th lunar month of 1859: Tamizô plays at the Kado no Shibai (Ôsaka) the roles of Tadanobu and the fox Genkurô in the michiyuki and the "Shi-no-Kiri" scene of the classic "Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura", produced by the zamoto Nakamura Takemaru. His stage partners are Arashi Rikaku II (Shizuka Gozen) and Mimasu Baisha I (Yoshitsune, Yokawa no Zenji Kakuhan).

2nd day of the 3rd lunar month of 1865: his younger son Ichikawa Ichizô III dies.

22 October 1878: his elder son Onoe Shôkaku I dies.

August 1879: Tamizô takes part in the opening ceremony of the Hisamatsuza [details].

November 1880: Tamizô plays at the Kitagawa no Shibai (Kyôto) the role of Yokozô in the drama "Honchô Nijûshikô"; the role of Jihizô is played by Arashi Kitsusaburô IV.

November 1885: Tamizô appears on stage for the last time, in Ôsaka at the Naka no Shibai, performing in a dance celebrating the rebuilding of the theater.

Comments:

Onoe Tamizô II was a great and popular kaneru yakusha, excelling in quick costums changes (hayagawari) and ghost plays.

Onoe Tamizô II in the drama "Kamakura Sandaiki"

Prints & Illustrations

Print made by Hasegawa Sadanobu in 1840

Print made by Utagawa Kunisada in 1841

The Onoe Tamizô line of actors