Stage names:
| Arashi Sanjûrô II |  |
| Arashi Tomimatsu | |
Line number: NIDAIME (II)
Poetry name: Rogi
Existence: ??? ~ 20th day of the 5th lunar month of 1750
Connection:
Father: Arashi Sanjûrô I
Nephew: Arashi Sanjûrô III
Career:
Before 1720: son of Arashi Sanjûrô I, his first stage name is Arashi Tomimatsu.
11th lunar month of 1727: Arashi Sanjûrô I and his son Arashi Tomimatsu respectively take the names of Arashi Sanjûrô I (using a new writing with the "mountain" ideogram for san) and Arashi Sanjûrô II (using the classic writing with the "three" ideogram for san); the new Sanjûrô becomes both tachiyaku and zamoto, producing at the Kado no Shibai the kaomise drama "Onna Kabuki Chiyo no Hajime".
9th lunar month of 1729: Sanjûrô produces at the Kado no Shibai the drama "Keisei Oki no Ishi", which celebrates the shûmei of Yoshizawa Ayame II.
11th lunar month of 1729: Sanjûrô produces at the Kado no Shibai the kaomise drama "Banzai Kogane Tsukuri"; his stage partners are Nakayama Shinkurô I, Yoshizawa Ayame II, Yamashita Kinsaku I, Kirinoya Gonjûrô I, Sakurayama Shirosaburô I, Nakamura Sôjûrô and Fujii Hanamatsu.
11th lunar month of 1730: Sanjûrô plays at the Naka no Shibai the role of Jûnai in the kaomise drama "Meotogura Wagô no Nakatomi", which is produced by Iwai Hanshirô III; his stage partners are Nakayama Shinkurô I, Anegawa Shinshirô I, Kirinoya Gonjûrô I, Sakurayama Shirosaburô I, Yamashita Kinsaku I, Sanogawa Hanazuma I, Hanagiri Toyomatsu I and Izumikawa Sennosuke.
12th lunar month of 1731: Sanjûrô plays at the Naka no Shibai the role of Takashima Kimpeiji in the kaomise drama "Ôyamato Wagô no Tsuchi", which is produced by Iwai Hanshirô III.
1st lunar month of 1732: Sanjûrô's rank in the Ôsaka hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, is jô-jô (superior - superior). He shares the same rank with Nakamura Shirogorô II, Kirinoya Tôkurô and Iwai Hanshirô III.
11th lunar month of 1732: Sanjûrô plays at the Kado no Shibai the role of Umeyama Matsutarô in the kaomise drama "Mitsu no Hama Kogane no Irie", which is produced by Arashi San'emon III.
1st lunar month of 1733: Sanjûrô's rank in the Ôsaka hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, is jô-jô-hankichi (superior - superior - half excellent).
11th lunar month of 1733: Sanjûrô plays at the Naka no Shibai in the kaomise drama "Genji Rokujûjô".
1st lunar month of 1734: Sanjûrô's rank in the Ôsaka hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, is jô-jô-(hanshiro)kichi (superior - superior - almost excellent).
11th lunar month of 1736: Sanjûrô plays at the Naka no Shibai in the kaomise drama "Furômon Kon no Shikigawara"; his stage partners are Nakayama Shinkurô I (the zamoto), Arashi San'emon III, Sanogawa Hanazuma I, Yamashita Matatarô I, Nakamura Jûzô I and Fujikawa Heikurô.
11th lunar month of 1737: Sanjûrô plays at the Naka no Shibai in the kaomise drama "Fukakusa-no-In Sannô no Maki", which is produced by Nakayama Shinkurô I.
11th lunar month of 1738: Sanjûrô plays at the Kado no Shibai the role of the rônin Takazuka Hikokurô in the kaomise drama "Sanpukutsui Kogane no Ichigura", which is produced by Nakamura Jûzô I.
1st lunar month of 1741: Sanjûrô's rank in the Ôsaka hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, is jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent). He shares the same rank with Ôtani Hiroji I, Anegawa Shinshirô I, Ichiyama Sukegorô I, Nakamura Shingorô I, Nakamura Jûzô I and Yamamoto Kyôshirô I.
1st lunar month of 1743: Sanjûrô's rank in the Ôsaka hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, is only one black stroke below jô-jô-kichi [visual]. He plays at the Naka no Shibai the role of Yagi Gonroku in the drama "Kurofune Isse Ichidai Otoko", which is produced by Anegawa Shinshirô I [casting].
11th lunar month of 1744: Sanjûrô produces at the Kado no Shibai the kaomise drama "Yamazaki Yojibei Imayô Sugata".
11th lunar month of 1745: Sanjûrô produces at the Kado no Shibai the kaomise drama "Murakami Genji Kogane no Niiyakata".
12th lunar month of 1745: the drama "Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami" is performed for the first time in Ôsaka, simultaneously in the three major theaters of the city; Sanjûrô plays the role of Danshichi Kurobei at the Kado no Shibai [casting].
11th lunar month of 1747: Sanjûrô plays at the Naka no Shibai in the kaomise drama "Kogane Hana Michinoku Jikki".
1st lunar month of 1748: Sanjûrô's rank in the Ôsaka hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, is back to jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent).
12th lunar month of 1748: the play "Kanadehon Chûshingura", which was originally written for the puppet theater and staged for the first time in the 8th lunar month of 1748 in Ôsaka at the Takemotoza, is adapted to Kabuki for the first time, in Ôsaka at the Kado no Shibai; Sanjûrô plays the roles of Ôboshi Yuranosuke and Hayano Kampei [casting].
11th lunar month of 1749: Sanjûrô plays at the Ônishi no Shibai in the kaomise drama "Kotobuki Kogane no Kachi Ikusa", which is produced by Mimasu Daigorô I.
20th day of the 5th lunar month of 1750: Sanjûrô dies in Ôsaka.
Comments:
Arashi Sanjûrô II was a popular tachiyaku actor, who achieved fame for himself in Ôsaka during the first half of the 18th century. He excelled in jidaimono dramas, especially in jitsugoto or budôgoto roles.
He was recorded in the "Kabuki Jinmei Jiten" as being the master of Arashi San'emon VI. It was not possible for one reason: Arashi Sanjûrô II died in 1750, 10 years before the birth of Arashi San'emon VI.
Arashi Sanjûrô II (top/right) and Yoshizawa Ayame II (bottom/left) playing the roles of Takeda Kiyonobu and the keisei Sonohara in the kaomise drama "Shinra Genji Shimada Gumpô", which was staged in the 11th lunar month of 1740 at the Naka no Shibai
The Arashi Sanjûrô line of actors