OSAGAWA TSUNEYO

FOUR GENERATIONS

Osagawa Tsuneyo I

The actor Osagawa Tsuneyo I held this name the end of the 1740s to the 5th lunar month of 1766.

The actors Osagawa Tsuneyo I and Onoe Kikugorô I playing the roles of Tsukisayo and Oniô Shinzaemon in the new year drama "Nokon no Yuki Katsuiro Soga", which was staged in the 1st lunar month of 1762 at the Ichimuraza

Osagawa Tsuneyo II

The actor Osagawa Tsuneyo II held this name from the 11th lunar month of 1768 to the 8th lunar month of 1808.

Osagawa Tsuneyo II in a print made in 1770 by Ippitsusai Bunchô for the Ehon Butai Ôgi series of prints

Osagawa Tsuneyo III
Osagawa Tsuneyo III

| Osagawa Shichizô II

| Osagawa Takejirô^[1]

Dates of birth and death unknown. Disciple^[2] of Osagawa Tsuneyo II, his first stage name was Osagawa Takejirô. He took the names of Osagawa Shichizô II in the 11th lunar month of 1792 and Osagawa Tsuneyo III in 1811. He went to Ôsaka in 1812 and his name appeared in a theater playbill for the last time in 1813. He was a wakaonnagata actor but did not achieve any reputation in Edo.

Haimyô	Yagô
Senshi, Kyosen	Wataya

The name of Osagawa Tsuneyo III in the 1813 Kamigata hyôbanki (the zone within the red box)

Prints & Illustrations

Osagawa Tsuneyo IV

The actor Osagawa Tsuneyo IV held this name from the 11th lunar month of 1823 to 1850.

Osagawa Tsuneyo IV playing the role of Kosen in the drama "Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura", which was staged in the 8th lunar month of 1831 at the Ichimuraza
(print made by Utagawa Kunisada I)

Notes

[1] Reported in Nojima Jusaburô's book "Kabuki Jinmei Jiten" but not reported in the latest edition (2012) of "Kabuki Haiyû Meiseki Benran".

[2] Reported as a disciple in Nojima Jusaburô's book "Kabuki Jinmei Jiten" but reported as the son of Osagawa Tsuneyo II in the latest edition (2012) of "Kabuki Haiyû Meiseki Benran".