Stage names:

Jitsukawa Yaozô I
Jitsukawa Ennosuke I
Onoe Sanchô
Jitsukawa Ennosuke I
Jitsukawa Enjo

Real name: Jitsukawa Yaozô

Guilds: Izutsuya, Tangoya, Tanbaya

Line number: SHODAI (I)

Poetry name: Enkaku

Existence: 1838 ~ 6 February 1892

Connections:

Masters: Jitsukawa Gakujûrô II, Onoe Tamizô II

Adopted son: Jitsukawa Yaozô II

Disciples: Jitsukawa Momonosuke, Jitsukawa Yaoe, Jitsukawa Ichizô

Family map: the Jitsukawa Clan

Career:

1847: he started his career as a disciple of Jitsukawa Enzaburô I, who gave him the name of Jitsukawa Enjo. Later on, at the end of the Kôka era, he took the name of Jitsukawa Ennosuke I.

1854: he became disciple of the actor Onoe Tamizô II and received the name of Onoe Sanchô I.

1856: he joined back the Jitsukawa clan and takes back the name of Jitsukawa Ennosuke I.

11th lunar month of 1863: Jitsukawa Ennosuke I took the name of Jitsukawa Yaozô I at the Naka no Shibai.

22nd day of the 2nd lunar month of 1867 ^[1]: his first master Jitsukawa Gakujûrô II died in Ôsaka.

1879: Yaozô became zagashira at the Kadoza (Ôsaka).

1885 ~ 1890: Yaozô settled in Tôkyô; he performed mainly at the Harukiza.

2 March 1886: his second master Onoe Tamizô II died.

13 March 1889: his ex-disciple Iwai Shijaku IV, who used to be called Jitsukawa Yaoe, died in Tôkyô.

February 1890: Yaozô went back to Ôsaka with Nakamura Tokizô I and Bandô Shûka II.

February 1892: Yaozô appeared on stage for the last time, in Ôsaka at the Asahiza. He suddenly fell ill and quickly died.

Comments:

Jitsukawa Yaozô I was a talented Kamigata actor, able to play a wide range of roles as a katakiyaku, wagotoshi, onnagata or fukeyaku.

[1] The 22nd day of the 2nd lunar month of the 3rd year of the Keiô era was the 27th of March 1867 in the western calendar.

Jitsukawa Yaozô I playing the role of Yuranosuke in the drama "Kanadehon Chûshingura"

Prints & Illustrations

Print made by Nakai Yoshitaki

The Jitsukawa Yaozô line of actors