Stage names:
| Fujikawa Hachizô III |  |
| Fujikawa Hachitarô II | |
Guild: Ôzakaya
Line number: SANDAIME (III)
Poetry name: Happo
Existence: 1778 ~ 28th day of the 5th lunar month of 1805
Connection:
Great-grandfather: Ichinokawa Hikoshirô I
Grandfather: Ichinokawa Hikoshirô II
Father: Fujikawa Hachizô II
Disciples: Fujikawa Kunizô, Fujikawa Happo IV
Career:
1778~1795: born in Ôsaka. His first stage name is Fujikawa Hachitarô II and he starts his career in kodomo shibai, where he becomes quite popular.
9th day of the 3rd lunar month of 1787: his father Fujikawa Hachizô II dies.
11th lunar month of 1795: he becomes zamoto and takes the name of Fujikawa Hachizô III at the Kado no Shibai, producing Chikamatsu Tokuzô's kaomise drama "Ichiban Yari Tôkai Suzuri", in which he plays the role of the yakko Yatsuhei; his stage partners are Nakayama Bunshichi II, Sawamura Kunitarô I, Arashi Hinasuke II, Arashi Koroku III, Nakayama Bungorô I, Yoshizawa Iroha I, Mimasu Matsugorô, Yamamura Giemon II, Yamamura Tomoemon I and Asao Sennosuke.
1st lunar month of 1796: Hachizô's rank in the Ôsaka hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, is jô-(shiro)jô (superior - (white) superior). He shares the same rank with Asao Okujirô I.
7th lunar month of 1796: premiere of Chikamatsu Tokuzô's play "Ise Ondo Koi no Netaba", which is produced by Hachizô in Ôsaka at the Kado no Shibai [casting].
12th lunar month of 1796: Hachizô produces plays at the Kado no Shibai the drama "Futatsu Chôchô Kuruwa Nikki", in which he plays the role of Nan Yohei; the same play is staged with the same casting in the 4th lunar month of 1797 in Kyôto at the Kitagawa no Shibai.
9th lunar month of 1801: premiere at the Kitagawa no Shibai of Shiba Shisô's drama "Hakone Reigen Izari no Adauchi"; Hachizô plays the role of Iinuma Sampei [casting].
1st lunar month of 1805: Hachizô's rank in the Kamigata hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, is jô-jô-(hanshiro)kichi (superior - superior - almost excellent). He shares the same rank with Nakamura Utaemon III.
4th lunar month of 1805: Hachizô plays the role of Wada no Hyôe Hidemori in the drama "Ômi Genji Senjin Yakata", which is produced by Arashi Torasaburô in Ôsaka at the Kado no Shibai; his stage partners are Arashi Kichisaburô II (Sasaki Moritsuna and Miuranosuke), Kanô Minshi I (Kagaribi), Mimasu Tokujirô I (Bimyô) and Morita Kan'ya IX (Hôjô Tokimasa). The same play is performed with the same casting in the 5th lunar month in Kyôto at the Kitagawa no Shibai. Hachizô suddenly falls ill while he is on stage. He retires but can't recover and dies the 28th of May.
Comments:
Fujikawa Hachizô III was popular and promising Ôsaka actor, who made all his career in Kamigata from the beginning of the 1780s to the middle of the 1800s. He excelled in yakko and otokodate roles. He was said to be more at ease in sewamono than in jidaimono. He unfortunately died too young.
Fujikawa Hachizô III
The Fujikawa Happo line of actors
The Fujikawa Hachizô line of actors