MIMASU INEMARU
   
THREE GENERATIONS
Mimasu Inemaru I
Mimasu Inemaru I  In Japanese
 

Born in Ôsaka in 1834. He was the son of the painter Nishikawa Kuniharu and the grandson of the star Kataoka Nizaemon VII. His brothers were Kataoka Gatô II and Kataoka Ichizô III. He started his career in 1840 as a disciple of the actor Mimasu Daigorô IV, who gave him the name of Mimasu Inemaru I. He made a short but quite successful career on the stages in Ôsaka or Kyôto, in ôshibai or hama shibai. He appeared on stage for the last time in the 3rd lunar month of 1858, at the Minamigawa no Shibai, where he played the role of Omiwa in the classic "Imoseyama Onna Teikin". He also played the roles of Sadasuke, Shirai Gonpachi and Banzuiin Chôbê in "Edo Shiire". He unfortunately fell ill and died the 27th of the 4th lunar month of 1858 [3]. He was able to play a wide range of roles, either as a tachiyaku or an onnagata. He was said to excel in wagoto and jitsugoto.

Haimyô Yagô
Baishô Kyômasuya

Mimasu Inemaru I playing the role of Kyôya Jûzaburô in the drama "Tôtômigata Koi no Shiranami", which was staged in the 8th lunar month of 1852 at the Chikugo no Shibai (print made by Utagawa Hirosada)

Mimasu Inemaru II
Mimasu Baishô  In Japanese | Mimasu Inemaru II  In Japanese | Onoe Utajaku [1]  In Japanese (or Nakamura Utawaka [1]  In Japanese ?)
 

Dates of birth and death unknown. The first stage name of this Kamigata actor was Onoe Utajaku [1]. He became a disciple of Mimasu Daigorô V in 1864 and received the name of Mimasu Inemaru II. He took the name of Mimasu Baishô in 1867 and was active up to 1884. No record afterwards.

Mimasu Inemaru III
Mimasu Baishô  In Japanese | Mimasu Inemaru III  In Japanese | Jitsukawa Momonosuke  In Japanese | Onoe Matsunosuke I  In Japanese | Onoe Kamesaburô  In Japanese
 

Born in Kyôto in 1858. He started his career in 1863 in Ôsaka, becoming at a very young age a disciple of the actor Onoe Shôroku and receiving the names of Onoe Kamesaburô and Onoe Matsunosuke I. He joined the Jitsukawa clan in February 1874, under the patronage of Jitsukawa Yaozô I, taking the name of Jitsukawa Momonosuke. His marriage created a bound to Kataoka Ichizô III, who was the brother of Mimasu Inemaru I. He was allowed to take the name of Mimasu Inemaru III in 1888. He took the name of Mimasu Baishô in Nagoya in 1900. He appeared on stage for the last time, at the Engiza, in July 1901, playing the roles of Samonnosuke and Yahei in the dramas "Fudô Mankichi" and "Takada no Adauchi". He died in Tôkyô the 22nd of August 1901.

Haimyô Yagô
Baishô Kyômasuya, Sakuraiya, Izutsuya

Mimasu Inemaru III playing the role of Itan Sazen in the drama "Ehô Narita Koyomi no Mankichi" which was staged in February 1899 at the Ichimuraza (print made by Kôchôrô Hôsai)

Mimasu Inemaru IV [2]
 

The actor Ichikawa Komazô held the name of Mimasu Inemaru IV before 1913.

Mimasu Inemaru V [2]
Mimasu Inemaru V  In Japanese | Mimasu Ineshô  In Japanese
 

Dates of birth and death unknown. Was he a disciple of Mimasu Inemaru IV? His first stage name was Mimasu Ineshô. He received the name of Mimasu Inemaru V in 1912 and was active up to 1924. No record afterwards. His yagô was Kyômasuya.

[1] In Nojima Jusaburô's book "Kabuki Jinmei Jiten", his first stage name was Nakamura Utawaka (Utajaku or Kajaku?). In the latest edition (2012) of "Kabuki Haiyû Meiseki Benran", he was named Onoe Utajaku (or Onoe Kajaku?).

[2] He was never recorded in Nojima Jusaburô's book "Kabuki Jinmei Jiten" but he was recorded in the latest edition (2012) of "Kabuki Haiyû Meiseki Benran".

[3] The 27th of the 4th lunar month of the 5th year of the Ansei era was the 8th of June 1735 in the western calendar.

 
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