Stage names:
| Sanogawa Jûkichi I |  |
| Sanogawa Mangiku | |
Existence: 1690 ~ 19th day of the 7th lunar month of 1747
Connections:
Master: Fujikawa Shigeemon
Younger brother: Sanogawa Jûzô (Nakamura Kichiemon I)
Disciples: Sanogawa Ichimatsu I, Sanogawa Jûkichi II, Sanogawa Wakamatsu, Sanogawa Mansaku, Sanogawa Senzô, Sanogawa Hatsugiku
Career:
1690 ~ 1705: born in a samurai family in the city of Himeji (province of Harima). His father becomes a rônin at an unknown date and settles in Ôsaka. He becomes disciple of the actor Fujikawa Shigeemon.
1705: he takes the name of Sanogawa Mangiku and makes his first stage appearence in Ôsaka as a wakashugata.
11th lunar month of 1708: Mangiku plays the role of Tawara Tomejirô in the drama "Ôkamado Uke Matsuri", which is produced in Ôsaka by Iwai Hanshirô II.
1st lunar month of 1713: Mangiku plays the role of Komamaru in the drama "Keizu no Musume", which is produced in Ôsaka by Shinozuka Shômatsu I.
11th lunar month of 1715: Mangiku becomes wakaonnagata and plays the role of Okura in the drama "Saiwai Mochimaru Chôja", which is produced in Ôsaka by Iwai Hanshirô III.
11th lunar month of 1716: Mangiku plays in Ôsaka the role of Kinshôjo in Chikamatsu Monzaemon I's drama "Kokusen'ya Gassen", which is produced by the zamoto Arashi Gosaburô for the nadai Ôsaka Kuzaemon at the Higashi no Shibai. This is the first time this play is staged in Ôsaka. Mangiku's stage partners are Sakurayama Shirosaburô I (Watônai), Takenaka Tôzaburô (Kanki), Kirinoya Gonjûrô I (Rôikkan) and Kirinami Takie (Watônai's mother).
11th lunar month of 1717: Mangiku plays at the Naka no Shibai the role of Oshige in the kaomise drama "Inari Yashiki Daikoku Bashira", which is produced by the zamoto Sawamura Chôjûrô I.
12th lunar month of 1717: Mangiku plays in the same theater the role of the courtesan Yamatoya Ichinojô in the shinjûmono "Ôsaka Shinjû no Hajime"; the role of Ichinojô's lover Chôemon is played by Ichiyama Sukegorô I.
11th lunar month of 1718: Mangiku goes to Edo and plays 2 rôles at the Nakamuraza in the drama "Hirakana Yomeiri Izu Nikki".
Spring 1719: Chikamatsu Monzaemon I's play "Sonezaki Shinjû" is performed for the first time at the Nakamuraza, starring Ichikawa Danjûrô II and Mangiku in the roles of Hiranoya Tokubei and the courtesan Tenmaya Ohatsu (Tokubei's lover).
8th lunar month of 1720: last performance of Mangiku in Edo; he plays at the Nakamuraza in the drama "Higashiyama Gin no Tsukimi".
Fall 1720: Mangiku goes back to Kamigata.
11th lunar month of 1720: Mangiku plays the role of Azuma no Oraku in the kaomise drama "Daimyô Nishiki no Kusazuri", which is produced in Ôsaka by the zamoto Takeshima Kôzaemon II.
11th lunar month of 1721: Mangiku plays at the Higashi no Shibai the role of Kurayama Daigaku's daughter Masaki in the kaomise drama "Kogane Suzunari", which is produced by Arashi San'emon III; the role of Kurayama Daigaku is played by Osagawa Jûemon.
11th lunar month of 1723: Mangiku plays at the Kado no Shibai the roles of la courtesan Sonohara and Edo no Oshige in the kaomise drama "Kogane no Hanagata", which is produced by Arashi San'emon III and celebrates the arrival in Ôsaka of the Edo star Ôtani Hiroji I.
1st lunar month of 1724: premiere at the Kado no Shibai of "Edoe Ukiyo Soga", an Edo-flavored new year drama welcoming in Ôsaka the Edo actor Ôtani Hiroji I; Mangiku plays the roles of Ôiso no Tora and Tenmaya Ohatsu [more details].
11th lunar month of 1724: Mangiku plays in the kaomise drama "Yomeiri Miyako no Shimadai", which is produced in Kyôto by the zamoto Ogino Umenosuke for the nadai Ebisuya Kichirôbei.
1st lunar month of 1725: Mangiku's rank in the Kyôto hyôbanki, wakaonnagata section, is jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent).
Fall 1725: Mangiku plays the role of Ohatsu in Chikamatsu Monzaemon I's drama "Sonezaki Shinjû", which is produced by Ogino Umenosuke at Ebisuya Kichirôbei's theater; the role of Hiranoya Tokubei is played by Iwai Hanshirô III.
11th lunar month of 1725: Mangiku becomes zamoto, working in Kyôto for the nadai Hayagumo Chôdayû; he produces the drama "Ôkamado Hatsumen Bako" in which he plays the role of the courtesan Katsuyama.
1st lunar month of 1726: Mangiku produces the drama "Keisei Futago Yama" in which he plays 3 roles.
11th lunar month of 1726: Mangiku produces at Hayagumo Chôdayû's theater the kaomise drama "Shinzô Kishi no Himematsu". The line-up includes the actors Ôtani Hiroji I, Bandô Hikosaburô I, Nakamura Shingorô I, Fujikawa Heikurô, Tatsuoka Someemon, Bandô Toyosaburô, Fujita Taijirô and Kirinami Onoe.
2nd lunar month of 1727: Mangiku produces in the same theater the drama "Keisei Kamakura Yama".
11th lunar month of 1727: Mangiku produces at Ebisuya Kichirôbei's theater the kaomise drama "Tônai Tarô Danjiri Roppô".
11th lunar month of 1728: Mangiku produces at Hayagumo Chôdayû's theater the kaomise drama "Daimyô Kogane no Uroko".
7th lunar month of 1729: Mangiku produced in Hayagumo Chôdayû's theater Fukuoka Yagoshirô's drama "Keisei Issôshu". The dance "Miyako Odori" is performed at the end of the program.
11th lunar month of 1729: second stay in Edo; Mangiku plays at the Ichimuraza in the kaomise drama "Chôseiden Shiraga Kintoki".
5th lunar month of 1730: Mangiku plays the role of the courtesan Ohatsu in the drama "Sonezaki Shinjû", which is produced at the Ichimuraza; the role of Hiranoya Tokubei is played by Ichimura Takenojô IV.
7th lunar month of 1731: Mangiku plays at the Ichimuraza in the drama "Ôzumô Fujito Genji".
Fall 1731: Mangiku goes back to Kamigata.
11th lunar month of 1731: Mangiku plays 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, Arashi San'emon III, Yashio Ikuemon, Somenoi Hanshirô, Anegawa Chiyosaburô I and Tomizawa Montarô I.
9th lunar month of 1732: first Kabuki adaptation of Matsuda Bunkôdô and Hasegawa Senshi puppet theater drama "Dan no Ura Kabuto Gunki", which is produced in Kyôto by Sakakiyama Shirotarô I at Miyako Mandayû's theater; Mangiku plays the role of Ofusa [casting].
4th lunar month of 1733: Mangiku plays the role of the courtesan Ohatsu for the last time, in the drama "Sonezaki Shinjû", which is produced at the Minamigawa no Shibai by the zamoto Anegawa Chiyosaburô I; the role of Hiranoya Tokubei is played by Asao Jûjirô.
11th lunar month of 1735: Mangiku plays the role of Okatsu in the kaomise drama "Bankoku Ôshimadai", which is produced by Nakamura Tomijûrô I at Miyako Mandayû's theater.
1st lunar month of 1739: Mangiku plays the role of Oyura in the drama "Keisei Arashiyama", which is produced in Kyôto at Kameya Kumenojô's theater by Nakamura Tomijûrô I.
5th lunar month of 1741: Mangiku plays in the drama "Onna Hinin Adauchi".
11th lunar month of 1741: third stay in Edo; Mangiku plays at the Nakamuraza in the kaomise drama "En'ya Hangan Kokyô no Nishiki".
1st lunar month of 1742: Mangiku plays in the same theater the roles of Otaka and Mankô in the drama "Musume Soga Gaijin Yashima".
1st lunar month of 1743: Mangiku plays at the Nakamuraza in the drama "Kado Midori Tokiwa Soga".
Fall 1743: Mangiku goes back to Kamigata.
11th lunar month of 1743: Mangiku plays the role of Okatsu in Namiki Sôsuke's kaomise drama "Futatsu Biki Nishiki no Manmaku", which is produced in Ôsaka at the Ônishi no Shibai by the zamoto Nakamura Jûzô I. His stage partners are Sawamura Sôjûrô I, Nakamura Tomijûrô I, Iwai Hanshirô III, Sakurayama Shirosaburô II, Nakamura Shingorô I and Arashi Shichigorô I.
11th lunar month of 1745: Sanogawa Mangiku takes the name of Sanogawa Jûkichi I in Kyôto, playing in the drama "Toragoyomi Hoteibukuro".
11th lunar month of 1746: Jûkichi appears on stage for the last time, playing in the drama "Tomi Yakata Ômu Kotoba", which is produced in Kyôto by Nakamura Kumetarô I.
Comments:
Sanogawa Jûkichi I was an outstanding wakaonnagata actor, excelling in budôgoto roles. He was also able to perform sometimes as a yatsushigata.
Sanogawa Jûkichi I's mon is the paulownia.
There was no other actor to hold the name of Sanogawa Mangiku in Kabuki history but the great Japanese writer Mishima Yukio had the idea to use this name for a fictitious contemporary Kabuki actor in one of his best short stories called "Onnagata".
Kasaya Matakurô I (left) and Sanogawa Jûkichi I (right) performing in the kaomise drama "Toragoyomi Hoteibukuro", which was staged in the 11th lunar month of 1745 in Kyôto at Hoteiya Umenojô's theater
Sanogawa Mangiku's big illustration
The Sanogawa Jûkichi line of actors