Stage names:
| Yashio Ikuemon |  |
Existence: ???
Career:
11th lunar month of 1709: first recorded stage appearance; he performs as a katakiyaku in Kyôto at Kameya Kumenojô's theater in the kaomise drama "Takekaburi Mangokumochi", which is produced by Takeshima Kôjûrô.
11th lunar month of 1713: Ikuemon plays in Kyôto the role of Manzô in the kaomise drama "Eitai Kogane no Ichigura", which is produced by Sakakiyama Shirotarô I at Kameya Kumenojô's theater.
11th lunar month of 1715: Ikuemon performs in Kyôto in the kaomise drama "Chiyogasane Kiku no Shimpai", which is produced by Yamatoyama Jinzaemon I for the nadai Hayagumo Chôdayû.
Fall 1720: Ikuemon goes for the first time to Ôsaka.
11th lunar month of 1720: Ikuemon becomes jitsuaku and performs at the Kado no Shibai in the kaomise drama "Hana Yakata Chibikizuru", which is produced by Kirinoya Gonjûrô I.
1st lunar month of 1721: Ikuemon's rank in the Ôsaka hyôbanki, jitsuaku section, is jô-jô (superior - superior). He shares the same rank as Sagawa Bunzô I.
Fall 1721: Ikuemon goes back to Kyôto.
11th lunar month of 1721: Ikuemon becomes katakiyaku and performs in Kyôto in the kaomise drama "Yamato Uta Denju no Tomikura".
1st lunar month of 1722: Ikuemon's rank in the Kyôto hyôbanki, katakiyaku section, is jô-jô-(shiro)kichi (superior - superior - (white) excellent). He shares this rank with Matsumoto Tomojûrô I and Miyazaki Giheita.
11th lunar month of 1722: Ikuemon becomes jitsuaku and performs in Kyôto at Hoteiya Umenojô's theater the role of Sakurai Wadaemon in the kaomise drama "Aioi Ôshimadai", which is produced by Ogino Yaegiri I and welcomes in Kyôto the actor Kirinoya Gonjûrô I.
1st lunar month of 1723: Ikuemon's rank in the Kyôto hyôbanki, jitsuaku section, is jô-jô-(hanshiro)kichi (superior - superior - almost excellent).
11th lunar month of 1723: Ikuemon becomes katakiyaku and plays in Kyôto the role of Kashiwade Ryûzaemon in the kaomise drama "Tatsu Goyomi Daishô Wagô no Tsurugi".
1st lunar month of 1724: Ikuemon's rank in the Kyôto hyôbanki, katakiyaku section, is jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent).
11th lunar month of 1724: Ikuemon becomes jitsuaku and plays in Kyôto the role of Daidôji Tadaemon in the kaomise drama "Yomeiri Miyako no Shimadai", which is produced by the zamoto Ogino Umenosuke for the nadai Ebisuya Kichirôbei.
1st lunar month of 1725: Ikuemon's rank in the Kyôto hyôbanki, jitsuaku section, is jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent).
11th lunar month of 1725: Ikuemon plays in Kyôto the role of Ikoma Daigaku in the kaomise drama "Ôkamado Hatsumen Bako", which is produced by Sanogawa Mangiku for the nadai Hayagumo Chôdayû.
11th lunar month of 1726: Ikuemon becomes tachiyaku and performs at Kameya Kumenojô's theater (Kyôto) in the kaomise drama "Karanishiki Imose no Shitone".
1st lunar month of 1727: Ikuemon's rank in the Kyôto hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, is jô-jô (superior - superior). He shares the same rank with Sadoshima Chôgorô I and Somenoi Hanshirô.
11th lunar month of 1727: Ikuemon is supposed to perform as a jitsuaku at Miyako Mandayû's theater (Kyôto) in the kaomise drama "Masu Kagami Eitai Gura"; he falls ill and has to be replaced.
11th lunar month of 1728: Ikuemon performs as a jitsuaku in Kyôto in the kaomise drama "Mandai Toshigoyomi".
1st lunar month of 1729: Ikuemon's rank in the Kyôto hyôbanki, jitsuaku section, is back to jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent). He shares the same rank with Mihogi Gizaemon I and Ichikawa Sôzaburô I.
11th lunar month of 1731: Ikuemon plays the role of Akamatsu Danjô Saemon in the kaomise drama "Hirakana Imagawajô", which is produced in Kyôto at Miyako Mandayû's theater; his stage partners are Nakamura Tomijûrô I, Nakamura Shingorô I, Sanogawa Mangiku, Somenoi Hanshirô, Arashi San'emon III, Anegawa Chiyosaburô I and Tomizawa Montarô I.
1732: tour in Nagoya, where he performs as a tachiyaku.
11th lunar month of 1733: Ikuemon performs as a jitsuaku in Kyôto in the kaomise drama "Chôseiden Kogane no Shikigawara", which is produced by Sakakiyama Shirotarô I.
1734: tour in Nagoya, where he performs as a jitsuaku.
11th lunar month of 1735: Ikuemon plays the role of Sagara Daigaku in the kaomise drama "Bankoku Ôshimadai", which is produced by Nakamura Tomijûrô I.
11th lunar month of 1739: Ikuemon plays at Ebisuya Kichirôbei's theater the role of Dotera no Gon in the kaomise drama "Senzai Yakata Kogane no Shikigawara", which is produced by Arashi Koroku I.
2nd lunar month of 1740: Ikuemon appears on stage for the last time in Kyôto ôshibai, in the same theater, playing the role of Jûsuke in the new year drama "Keisei Sakura Mondô".
1740: Ikuemon goes on tour in Ise and Nagoya; we don't know what happens to him afterwards.
Comments:
Yashio Ikuemon was a talented jitsuaku/katakiyaku actor, who achieved fame for himself in Kyôto during the 1720s and the 1730s. He was a pioneer for the development of villain roles in sewamono dramas, like evil tedai or evil merchants.
Yashio Ikuemon playing the role of the rônin Jinzô in the drama "Chôseiden Kogane no Shikigawara", which was produced in Kyôto in the 11th lunar month of 1733 at Kameya Kumenojô's theater by Sakakiyama Shirotarô I