Stage names:
Onoe Baikô VII
Onoe Kikunosuke III
Onoe Ushinosuke IV
Real name: Terashima Seizô
Guild: Otowaya
Line number: SHICHIDAIME (VII)
Existence: 31 August 1915 ~ 24 March 1995
Connections:
Adoptive father: Onoe Kikugorô VI
Sons: Onoe Kikugorô VII, Onoe Einosuke II
Grandson: Onoe Kikunosuke V
Disciples: Onoe Shinshichi V, Onoe Fujaku X, Onoe Kikujûrô IV, Onoe Umenojô II, Onoe Senzaburô III, Onoe Umenosuke III, Onoe Kikuichirô, Onoe Umeji II, Onoe Umesuke II
Career:
May 1921: he makes his first appearance on stage, at the Ichimuraza, where he receives the name of Onoe Ushinosuke IV and plays the role of Kintarô. The role of Kintarô's mother Yamamba is played by Onoe Baikô VI.
December 1933: Ushinosuke plays at the Misonoza (Nagoya) the role of Ohisa in the drama "Ninjô Banashi Bunshichi Mottoi"; His stage partners are Onoe Kikugorô VI (Ohisa's father Chôbei) and Onoe Taganojô III (Ohisa's mother Okane).
March 1935: Onoe Ushinosuke IV takes the name of Onoe Kikunosuke III at the Kabukiza.
September 1935: Kikunosuke plays at the Kabukiza the role of Ohisa in the drama "Ninjô Banashi Bunshichi Mottoi"; His stage partners are Onoe Kikugorô VI (Chôbei) and Onoe Taganojô III (Okane).
January 1938: Kikunosuke plays at the Kabukiza the role of Yasuke in the "Sushiya" scene of the drama "Yoshitsune Sembon Zakura". He also plays Kasane in the dance-drama "Iro Moyô Chotto Karimame".
March 1938: Kikunosuke plays at the Kabukiza the role of the princess Yaegaki in the scène "Jusshukô" scene of the play "Honchô Nijûshikô".
September 1938: Kikunosuke plays for the first time the role of the Wisteria Maiden (Fuji Musume) in the dance "Ôtsue", which is performed at the Minamiza (Kyôto).
April 1942: Kikunosuke plays at the Kabukiza the role of Ohisa in the play "Ninjô Banashi Bunshichi Mottoi"; His stage partners are Onoe Kikugorô VI (Chôbei) and Onoe Taganojô III (Okane).
February 1944: Kikunosuke plays at the Kabukiza the role of the courtesan Azuma in the "Sumôba" scene of the play "Futatsu Chôchô Kuruwa Nikki"; his stage partners are Onoe Kikugorô VI (Nuregami Chôgorô) and Ichimura Uzaemon XV (Hanaregoma Chôkichi, Yamazaki Yogorô).
October 1944: Kikunosuke plays at the Shimbashi Embujô the role of Ohisa in the play "Ninjô Banashi Bunshichi Mottoi"; His stage partners are Onoe Kikugorô VI (Chôbei) and Onoe Taganojô III (Okane).
January 1946: Kikunosuke plays for the first time the role of the courtesan Michitose in the play "Yuki no Yûbe Iriya no Azemichi", which is staged at the Tôkyô Gekijô. The role of Michitose's lover Kataoka Naojirô is played by Onoe Kikugorô VI.
February 1947: great shûmei at the Tôkyô Gekijô; Onoe Kikunosuke III takes the name of Onoe Baikô VII by playing the roles of Soga Jûrô and Okaru in the drama "Kotobuki Soga no Taimen" and the dance "Ochiudo".
September 1947: premiere at the Imperial Theater of Atsumi Seitarô's version of "Nansô Satomi Hakkenden"; Baikô plays the roles of Inusaka Keno, Hamaji and Hikite [casting].
June 1948: Baikô plays at the Tôkyô Gekijô the roles of Kojirô and Atsumori in the "Jinmon" and "Kumiuchi" scenes of the classic "Ichi-no-Tani Futaba Gunki". The roles of the warrior Kumagai Jirô Naozane and Princess Tamaori are played by Nakamura Kichiemon I and Nakamura Shikan VI.
February 1949: Baikô plays the role of Okaru in the "Gion Ichiriki Jaya" act of the classic "Kanadehon Chûshingura", which is staged at the Tôkyô Gekijô; the role of Yuranosuke is played by Onoe Kikugorô VI.
January 1951: Baikô plays at the Meijiza the role of the shirabyôshi in the dance "Kyôganoko Musume Dôjôji". The role of the demon-queller is played by Bandô Hikosaburô VII.
February 1951: Baikô plays at the Misonoza (Nagoya) the role of the shirabyôshi in the dance "Kyôganoko Musume Dôjôji". The role of the demon-queller is played by Bandô Hikosaburô VII.
August 1951: Baikô plays at the Kabukiza the roles of Kojirô and Atsumori in the "Jinmon" and "Kumiuchi" scenes of the classic "Ichi-no-Tani Futaba Gunki". The role of the warrior Kumagai Jirô Naozane is played by Matsumoto Kôshirô VIII.
December 1951: Baikô plays for the first time, at the Meijiza, the role of Tamate Gozen in the drama "Sesshû Gappô-ga-Tsuji". The roles of Gappô and Shuntokumaru are played by Ichikawa Omezô IV and Nakamura Fukusuke VII.
April 1952: Baikô plays at the Ôsaka Kabukiza the role of Benten Kozô in the full length production of Kawatake Shinshichi II's drama "Benten Musume Meo no Shiranami".
October 1952: premiere at the Kabukiza of Osaragi Jirô's drama "Wakaki Hi no Nobunaga"; Baikô plays the role of Yayoi [casting]. He also plays the role of the shirabyôshi in the dance "Kyôganoko Musume Dôjôji".
November 1952: Baikô plays at the Ôsaka Kabukiza the role of the shirabyôshi in the dance "Kyôganoko Musume Dôjôji". The role of the demon-queller is played by Bandô Hikosaburô VII.
January 1954: the duet Onoe Baikô - Ichikawa Ebizô plays for the first time in the drama "Yuki no Yûbe Iriya no Azemichi", which is staged at the the Shimbashi Embujô. Ichikawa Ebizô IX plays the role of Kataoka Naojirô and Baikô the role of the courtesan Michitose.
October 1954: Baikô plays at the Kabukiza the role of the shirabyôshi in the dance "Kyôganoko Musume Dôjôji".
November 1954: Baikô plays at the Ôsaka Kabukiza the role of the shirabyôshi in the dance "Kyôganoko Musume Dôjôji".
June 1955: Baikô plays at the Kabukiza the role of the shirabyôshi in the dance "Kyôganoko Musume Dôjôji".
October 1956: Baikô plays at the Kabukiza the role of the shirabyôshi in the dance "Kyôganoko Musume Dôjôji".
March 1957: Baikô plays at the Kabukiza the roles of Kojirô and Atsumori in the "Jinmon" and "Kumiuchi" scenes of the classic "Ichi-no-Tani Futaba Gunki". The role of the warrior Kumagai Jirô Naozane is played by Onoe Shôroku II.
January 1958: Baikô plays at the Shimbashi Embujô the role of Tamate Gozen in the drama "Sesshû Gappô-ga-Tsuji". The roles of Gappô and Shuntokumaru are played by Ichikawa Sadanji III and Nakamura Fukusuke VII.
March 1958: Baikô plays at the Kabukiza the role of Abe no Yasuna in the dance "Kosode Monogurui".
April 1958: Baikô plays at the Misonoza (Nagoya) the role of Tamate Gozen in the drama "Sesshû Gappô-ga-Tsuji". The roles of Gappô and Shuntokumaru are played by Ichikawa Sadanji III and Nakamura Fukusuke VII.
October 1958: Baikô plays at the Kabukiza the role of the shirabyôshi in the dance "Kyôganoko Musume Dôjôji".
June 1959: Baikô plays at the Kabukiza the role of Benten Kozô in the "Hamamatsuya" and "Inasegawa" scenes of Kawatake Shinshichi II's drama "Benten Musume Meo no Shiranami".
November 1959: Baikô plays at the Shinkabukiza (Ôsaka) the role of the shirabyôshi in the dance "Kyôganoko Musume Dôjôji". The role of the demon-queller is played by Onoe Kurôemon II. He also plays the role of Benten Kozô in the "Hamamatsuya" and "Inasegawa" scenes of Kawatake Shinshichi II's drama "Benten Musume Meo no Shiranami".
January 1960: Baikô plays at the Shimbashi Embujô the role of the shirabyôshi in the dance "Kyôganoko Musume Dôjôji". The role of the demon-queller is played by Ichimura Uzaemon XVII.
September 1961: Baikô plays at the Kabukiza the role of Ohatsu in the drama "Kagamiyama Kokyô no Nishikie". The roles of Onoe and Iwafuji are performed by Nakamura Utaemon VI and Ichikawa Ebizô IX.
October 1961: Baikô plays at the Shinkabukiza (Ôsaka) the role of the shirabyôshi in the dance "Kyôganoko Musume Dôjôji".
January 1963: Baikô plays at the Shimbashi Embujô the role of the shirabyôshi in the dance "Kyôganoko Musume Dôjôji".
November 1963: Baikô plays at the Kabukiza the role of the shirabyôshi in the dance "Kyôganoko Musume Dôjôji". The role of the demon-queller is played by Bandô Mitsugorô VIII.
February 1964: Baikô plays at the Kabukiza the role of Benten Kozô in the full length production of Kawatake Shinshichi II's drama "Benten Musume Meo no Shiranami".
December 1964: Baikô plays at the Minamiza the role of the shirabyôshi in the dance "Kyôganoko Musume Dôjôji".
October 1965: Baikô takes part in the first Kabuki tour in Western Europe; he plays the roles of Sakuramaru, the dancer Hanako and En'ya Hangan in the plays "Kurumabiki", "Musume Dôjôji" and "Kanadehon Chûshingura" [casting].
January 1966: Baikô plays at the Kabukiza the role of Shigenoi in the "Shigenoi Kowakare" scene of the drama "Koi Nyôbô Somewake Tazuna". He also plays the role of the shirabyôshi in the dance "Kyôganoko Musume Dôjôji".
November 1966: opening ceremony of the National Theater in Tôkyô with the full length performance of the classic "Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami" in which Baikô plays the roles of Tonami and Sakuramaru [casting].
December 1966: second month of the opening ceremony of the National Theater with the full length performance of the classic "Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami" in which Baikô plays the roles of Sakuramaru and Chiyo [casting].
March 1967: tour in Hawai; Baikô plays the role of Princess Taema in the drama "Narukami".
December 1967: Baikô plays at the Minamiza the role of the shirabyôshi in the dance "Kyôganoko Musume Dôjôji".
February 1968: Baikô plays at the Kabukiza the role of the shirabyôshi in the dance "Kyôganoko Musume Dôjôji".
March 1968: Baikô receives the prestigious title of Living National Treasure (ningen kokuhô).
June 1968: Baikô plays at the National Theater the role of Tamate Gozen in the drama "Sesshû Gappô-ga-Tsuji". The roles of Gappô and Shuntokumaru are played by Bandô Mitsugorô VIII and Nakamura Shikan VII.
May 1969: Baikô plays at the Shinkabukiza (Ôsaka) the role of the shirabyôshi in the dance "Kyôganoko Musume Dôjôji".
October 1970: Baikô plays at the National Theater the role of Tamate Gozen in the drama "Sesshû Gappô-ga-Tsuji". The roles of Gappô and Shuntokumaru are played by Bandô Mitsugorô VIII and Onoe Tatsunosuke I.
March 1971: Baikô plays at the National Theater the role of the shirabyôshi in the dance "Kyôganoko Musume Dôjôji". The role of the demon-queller is played by Ichimura Uzaemon XVII.
April 1971: revival at the National Theater of Nagawa Shimesuke I's drama "Sumidagawa Gonichi no Omokage"; Baikô plays the role of Jinzaburô's wife Oshizu [casting].
October 1971: Baikô plays at the Misonoza (Nagoya) the role of the shirabyôshi in the dance "Kyôganoko Musume Dôjôji". The role of the demon-queller is played by Onoe Shôroku II. He also plays the role of Benten Kozô in the "Hamamatsuya" and "Inasegawa" scenes of Kawatake Shinshichi II's drama "Benten Musume Meo no Shiranami".
November 1971: Baikô plays for the last time the role of Benten Kozô, at the Kabukiza, in the "Hamamatsuya" and "Inasegawa" scenes of Kawatake Shinshichi II's drama "Benten Musume Meo no Shiranami".
February 1972: Baikô plays at the Kabukiza the role of Tamate Gozen in the drama "Sesshû Gappô-ga-Tsuji". The roles of Gappô and Shuntokumaru are played by Ichimura Uzaemon XVII and Nakamura Shikan VII.
April 1972: Baikô plays at the National Theater the roles of Kojirô and Atsumori in the "Jinmon" and "Kumiuchi" scenes of the classic "Ichi-no-Tani Futaba Gunki". The role of the warrior Kumagai Jirô Naozane is played by Matsumoto Kôshirô VIII.
November 1973: Baikô plays at the Kabukiza the roles of Kojirô and Atsumori in the "Jinmon" and "Kumiuchi" scenes of the classic "Ichi-no-Tani Futaba Gunki". The role of the warrior Kumagai Jirô Naozane is played by Matsumoto Kôshirô VIII.
March 1974: Baikô plays at the National Theater the role of Tamate Gozen in the drama "Sesshû Gappô-ga-Tsuji". The roles of Gappô and Shuntokumaru are played by Ichimura Uzaemon XVII and Ichikawa Somegorô VI.
September 1974: Baikô plays at the National Theater the role of the courtesan Miyokichi in Kawatake Shinshichi II's drama "Hachiman Matsuri Yomiya no Nigiwai". The role of Chijimiya Shinsuke is played by Nakamura Kanzaburô XVII.
January 1975: Baikô plays at the National Theater the role of Umekichi's wife Osuga in Kawatake Mokuami's drama "Mekura Nagaya Ume-ga-Kagatobi". The role of Umekichi is played by Onoe Shôroku II. Baikô also performs the dance "Fumiuri".
March 1975: revival at the National Theater of Kawatake Shinshichi II's drama "Jiraiya Gôketsu Monogatari"; Baikô plays the role of Takasago Yûminosuke [casting].
December 1975: Baikô plays at the National Theater the role of En'ya Hangan in the acts I, III and IV of the classic "Kanadehon Chûshingura". The roles of Yuranosuke and Moronô are played by Nakamura Kanzaburô XVII and Ichimura Uzaemon XVII.
January 1976: Baikô plays at the National Theater the roles of Yoshitsune and the courtesan Miuraya no Agemaki in the dramas "Kanjinchô" and "Kurotegumi Kuruwa no Tatehiki". The role of Sukeroku is played by his son Onoe Kikugorô VII.
February 1976: Baikô plays at the Kabukiza the role of the shirabyôshi in the dance "Kyôganoko Musume Dôjôji". The role of the demon-queller is played by Ichimura Uzaemon XVII.
April 1976: Baikô plays at the Kabukiza the role of Ohatsu in the drama "Kagamiyama Kokyô no Nishikie". The roles of Onoe and Iwafuji are performed by Nakamura Utaemon VI and Nakamura Kanzaburô XVII.
October 1976: Baikô plays at the National Theater the roles of Tokaiya Gimpei's wife Oryû and Suke-no-Tsubone in the "Tokaiya" and "Daimotsu no Ura" scenes of the classic "Yoshitsune Sembon Zakura". The role of Tokaiya Gimpei/Tomomori is played by Onoe Shôroku II.
November 1976: Baikô plays at the National Theater the roles of Yasuke, Koremori and Shizuka Gozen in the "Sushiya" and "Shi-no-Kiri" scenes of the classic "Yoshitsune Sembon Zakura".
December 1976: Baikô plays at the Minamiza the role of the shirabyôshi in the dance "Kyôganoko Musume Dôjôji".
January 1977: Baikô plays at the National Theater the role of the courtesan Miuraya no Agemaki in the drama "Sukeroku Kuruwa no Momoyogusa". The role of Sukeroku is played by Onoe Shôroku II. Baikô also performs the dance "Asazuma Bune".
March 1977: Baikô plays at the National Theater the roles of Princess Shiranui, Suzushiro and Akishino in the drama "Shiranui Monogatari".
October 1977: Baikô plays at the Misonoza (Nagoya) the role of Tamate Gozen in the drama "Sesshû Gappô-ga-Tsuji". The roles of Gappô and Shuntokumaru are played by Ichimura Uzaemon XVII and Onoe Kikugorô VII.
December 1977: Baikô plays at the National Theater the role of the courtesan Yayoi in the dance "Makura Jishi".
January 1978: Baikô plays at the National Theater the role of the courtesan Sumizome (in fact the spirit of Komachi's cherry tree) in the dance-drama "Tsumoru Koi Yuki no Seki no To". His stage partners are all Otowaya guild's members: Onoe Shôroku II (Sekibei/Kuronushi), Onoe Kikugorô VII (Ono no Komachi) and Onoe Tatsunosuke I (Yoshimine Munesada).
March 1978: Baikô plays at the National Theater the roles of Iwahashi, Okuni and Oume in Tsuruya Namboku IV's drama "Ukiyozuka Hiyoku no Inazuma".
November 1978: Baikô plays at the Kabukiza the role of Tamate Gozen in the drama "Sesshû Gappô-ga-Tsuji". The roles of Gappô and Shuntokumaru are played by Kataoka Nizaemon XIII and Nakamura Shikan VII.
December 1979: Baikô plays at the National Theater the role of Ofude in the classic "Hirakana Seisuiki".
January 1980: Baikô plays at the National Theater the role of Yamamba in the drama "Modoribashi Senani Gohiiki".
March 1980: Baikô plays at the National Theater the role of the shirabyôshi in the dance "Kyôganoko Musume Dôjôji".
October 1980: Baikô plays at the Misonoza (Nagoya) the role of the shirabyôshi in the dance "Kyôganoko Musume Dôjôji". The role of the demon-queller is played by Bandô Hikosaburô VIII.
February 1982: Baikô plays at the Kabukiza the roles of Kojirô and Atsumori in the "Jinmon" and "Kumiuchi" scenes of the classic "Ichi-no-Tani Futaba Gunki". The roles of the warrior Kumagai Jirô Naozane and Princess Tamaori are played by Ichimura Uzaemon XVII and Onoe Kikugorô VII.
May 1984: Baikô plays at the Kabukiza the roles of Kojirô and Atsumori in the "Jinmon" and "Kumiuchi" scenes of the classic "Ichi-no-Tani Futaba Gunki". The roles of the warrior Kumagai Jirô Naozane and Princess Tamaori are played by Onoe Shôroku II and Nakamura Jakuemon IV.
March 1985: Baikô plays at the National Theater the role of Tamate Gozen in the drama "Sesshû Gappô-ga-Tsuji". The roles of Gappô and Shuntokumaru are played by Ichimura Uzaemon XVII and Nakamura Tokizô V.
September 1988: tour in South Korea.
May 1992: Baikô plays for the last time the role of the Wisteria Maiden in the dance "Fuji Musume", which is staged at the Kabukiza.
Comments:
Onoe Baikô VII was one of the leading onnagata and nimaime of the second half of the twentieth century.
Onoe Baikô VII's best roles: the Wisteria Maiden ("Fuji Musume"), Tamate Gozen ("Sesshû Gappô-ga-Tsuji"), Omitsu ("Nozaki-Mura"), Yoshitsune ("Kanjinchô"), En'ya Hangan ("Kanadehon Chûshingura"), Omiwa ("Imoseyama Onna Teikin"), Shizuka Gozen ("Yoshitsune Sembon Zakura"), Soga Jûrô ("Kotobuki Soga no Taimen"), Yasuna ("Yasuna").
Onoe Baikô VII playing the role of the Wisteria Maiden in the dance "Fuji Musume" (print made by Ôta Masamitsu in 1950)
The Onoe Ushinosuke line of actors
The Onoe Kikunosuke line of actors
The Onoe Baikô line of actors