ONOE KANIJÛRÔ III

Stage names:

Onoe Kanijûrô III
Onoe Sengorô

Real nams: Imura Shigeru

Guild: Otowaya

Line number: SANDAIME (III)

Existence: 9 January 1884 ~ 7 September 1936

Connection:

Master: Onoe Kikugorô VI

Career:

26 August 1885: born in Tôkyô in the district of Shinagawa.

1899: he starts his career as a disciple of Onoe Ushinosuke II, who gives him the name of Onoe Sengorô.

1922: he becomes nadai and takes the name of Onoe Kanijûrô III at the Ichimuraza.

February ~March 1932: Kanijûrô plays at the Tôkyô Gekijô the role of Dozaemon Denkichi in the drama "Sannin Kichisa".

7 September 1936: Kanijûrô dies.

Comments:

Onoe Kanijûrô III was a supporting tachiyaku actor of the Otowaya guild.

Onoe Kanijûrô III playing the role of the villain Kô no Moronô in the drama "Kanadehon Chûshingura"

The Onoe Kanijûrô line of actors

 
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