HAMAJI MATOO
   
TWO GENERATIONS
Hamaji Matoo I
Ogi Batai  In Japanese | Ogi Ginji  In Japanese | In Japanese | Hamaji Matoo I  In Japanese | Haruwaka Ginji  In Japanese | Ogi Ginji  In Japanese
 

Dates of birth and death unknown. He was recorded for the first time in the 11th lunar month of 1761, in Edo at the Moritaza, when he worked under the pen name of Ogi Ginji on the kaomise drama "Misonô Banzei no Hachinoki". Then, he called himself Haruwaka Ginji and Hamaji Matoo I. He took back the name of Ogi Ginji in the 11th lunar month of 1764 and worked, along with Sakurada Jisuke I and Nakamura Seijûrô, at the Moritaza on the kaomise drama "Gyosei Kanatami no Megumi", which welcomed in Edo the Kamigata actor Sawamura Kunitarô I. He took the name of Ogi Batai in the 11th lunar month of 1771 and worked, along with Horikoshi Saiyô, Sei Basetsu, Nakamura Seikurô II, Kishida Tôtarô II and Sei Hidezô, at the Moritaza on the kaomise drama "Fukikaete Tsuki no Yoshiwara", which welcomed in Edo the Kamigata actor Nakamura Jûzô II. He worked, along with Kanai Sanshô, in the 11th lunar month of 1772 at the Ichimuraza on the kaomise drama "Edo Katagi Hikeya Tsunazaka", which celebrated the shûmei of Ichikawa Danzaburô III. He was recorded for the last time the following year in the same theater in the 1st lunar month of 1773, when he worked on the new year drama "Edo no Haru Meisho Soga". No record afterwards.

Hamaji Matoo II
Hamaji Matoo II  In Japanese | Hamaji Ogio  In Japanese | Toyomi Ridai  In Japanese | Yamashita Ridai  In Japanese | Tsuyama Yûzô II  In Japanese | Tsuuchi Monzaburô II  In Japanese | Tsuuchi Monjûrô  In Japanese
 

Date of birth unknown. He started his career in Edo around 1747 as a disciple of Tsuuchi Monzaburô I, who gave him the name of Tsuuchi Monjûrô. He performed as a katakiyaku in the 11th lunar month of 1747 at the Moritaza in the kaomise drama "Aruji Môke Onna Hachinoki", which celebrated the shûmei of Sawamura Sôjûrô. He became tachiyaku and took the name of Tsuuchi Monzaburô II in the 11th lunar month of 1754 at the Nakamuraza, playing the role of Kisanta in the kaomise drama "Miura no Ôsuke Bumon no Kotobuki" which celebrated the shûmei of Ichikawa Danjûrô IV and Matsumoto Kôshirô III. He went to Kyôto in Fall 1755 and played in the 11th lunar month of 1755 at the Kitagawa no Shibai the role of Tôkurô Morinaga in the kaomise drama "Onna Monji Heike Monogatari". He switched back to katakiyaku roles, took the name of Tsuyama Yûzô II and played in the 11th lunar month of 1756 at the Kitagawa no Shibai the role of Tatsutayama Daizen in the kaomise drama "Ukematsuri Hôrai Yakata", which was produced by Somematsu Matsujirô. He went on tour in Ise and Nagoya in 1757 and went back to Edo in 1758, where he performed in the 11th lunar month of 1758 at the Nakamuraza in the kaomise drama "Kigoto no Hana Aioi Hachinoki", which celebrated the shûmei of Mizuki Tatsunosuke III. He became a travelling actor, performing in tabi shibai under the name of Yamashita Ridai. He went back to Edo and became sakusha. He worked, under the pen name of Toyomi Ridai, in the 11th lunar month of 1770 at the Nakamuraza for the tatesakusha Sakurada Jisuke I on the kaomise drama "Nue no Mori Ichiyô no Mato", which celebrated the shûmei of Ichikawa Danjûrô V, Matsumoto Kôshirô II, Nakamura Shôchô, Ichikawa Monnosuke II and Nakamura Shichisaburô III. He became tôdori at the Moritaza at the end of the Meiwa era. He took the name of Hamaji Ogio and worked at the Moritaza in the 11th lunar month of 1775 on the kaomise drama "Kikujidô Shuen no Iwaya". He became sanmaime sakusha in 1776 and worked at the Nakamuraza in the 11th lunar month of 1776 on the kaomise drama "Sakuya Kono Hana no Kaomise". He took the name of Hamaji Matoo II and worked at the Moritaza in the 11th lunar month of 1777 on the kaomise drama "Hito no Kuni Yori Mitsugi no Irifune" which celebrated the return to Edo of the actor Sawamura Sôjûrô III. No record afterwards.

 
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