Stage names:
| Shinozuka Kazaemon |  |
| Shinozuka Jirozaemon II | |
| Shinozuka Kazaemon | |
| Shinozuka Sôjûrô | |
Poetry names: Chikujô (?), Fugaku (?)
Existence: ??? ~ 1751 (?)
Connection:
Master: Shinozuka Jirozaemon I
Adopted son: Shinozuka Utagiri
Disciple: Shinozuka Sôza
Career:
Before 1716: born in Kamigata. His adoptive father is Kobayashi Shinsuke, a mechanized puppets master.
1716 ~ 1717: he starts his career as a disciple of Shinozuka Jirozaemon I, who gives him the name of Shinozuka Sôjûrô.
23rd day of the 1st lunar month of 1718: his master Shinozuka Jirozaemon I dies.
11th lunar month of 1721: Sôjûrô performs as a tachiyaku in Kyôto; he plays the role of Irienojô at Hayagumo Chôdayû's theater in the kaomise drama "Fuji Asama Taiheiraku", which is coproduced by Wakaura Kinjûrô and Matsumoto Shigemaki.
Fall 1722: Sôjûrô goes to Ôsaka.
11th lunar month of 1722: Sôjûrô becomes jitsuaku and performs in the kaomise drama "Tenchi Tennô Sokutai Guruma", which is produced by Arashi Kanshirô I.
11th lunar month of 1723: Sôjûrô becomes katakiyaku and performs at the Naka no Shibai, in the kaomise drama "Chûshin Futaba no Matsu", which is produced by Matsushima Hyôtarô.
1st lunar month of 1726: he becomes jitsuaku and takes the name of Shinozuka Kazaemon.
11th lunar month of 1726: Kazaemon plays at Kameya Kumenojô's theater (Kyôto) the role of Shirakabe Heima in the kaomise drama "Karanishiki Imose no Shitone".
1st lunar month of 1727: Kazaemon's rank in the Kyôto hyôbanki, jitsuaku section, is jô-jô (superior - superior).
Fall 1729: Kazaemon goes to Ôsaka.
11th lunar month of 1729: Kazaemon plays at the Naka no Shibai the role of Hakozaki Sasaemon in the kaomise drama "Daimyô Yakata Manpô no Mikura", which is produced by Anegawa Shinshirô I.
1st lunar month of 1730: Kazaemon's rank in the Ôsaka hyôbanki, jitsuaku section, is jô-jô (superior - superior).
Fall 1729: Kazaemon goes to Kyôto.
11th lunar month of 1730: Kazaemon becomes katakiyaku and plays in Kyôto the role of Sengoku Kanjûrô in Sawamura Bunji's kaomise drama "Inari Yakata Manpô no Kura", which is produced by Arashi Koroku I at Hayagumo Chôdayû's theater.
1st lunar month of 1731: Kazaemon's rank in the Kyôto hyôbanki, katakiyaku section, is jô-jô (superior - superior).
11th lunar month of 1731: Kazaemon becomes jitsuaku and performs in Kyôto at Miyako Mandayû's theater in the kaomise drama "Hiragana Imagawajô".
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; Kazaemon plays the roles of Iwanaga Saemon and Hanaôgiya Toheiji [casting].
11th lunar month of 1732: Kazaemon plays in Kyôto at Kameya Kumenojô's theater in the kaomise drama "Hanazaki Kogane no Hanabusa"; his stage partners are Ichiyama Sukegorô I, Arashi Kanshirô I, Nakamura Kiyosaburô I, Somenoi Hanshirô, Matsushima Moheiji, Kirinami Takie, Fujioka Daikichi, Tomizawa Montarô I and Arashi Koroku I.
1st lunar month of 1733: Kazaemon's rank in the Kyôto hyôbanki, jitsuaku section, is jô-jô-(shiro)hankichi (superior - superior - (white) half excellent).
11th lunar month of 1733: Kazaemon plays at Kameya Kumenojô's theater (Kyôto) the role of Ebira Manzô in the kaomise drama "Chôseiden Kogane no Shikigawara", which is produced by Sakakiyama Shirotarô I.
11th lunar month of 1737: Kazaemon performs in Kyôto in the kaomise drama "Yamato Uta Kamiyo no Kagami", which is produced by Mizuki Tatsunosuke II at Hayagumo Chôdayû's theater; his stage partners are Anegawa Shinshirô I, Segawa Kikunojô I, Segawa Kikujirô I, Yamanaka Heijûrô II, Arashi Sanshirô III and Somenoi Utamatsu.
11th lunar month of 1739: Kazaemon plays in Kyôto in the kaomise drama "Muromachi Dono Chôhô Denki", which is produced by Sanogawa Ichimatsu I for the nadai Miyako Mandayû; his stage partners are Yamanaka Heijûrô II, Ôtani Hiroji I, Sawamura Otoemon I, Tamiya Shirogorô, Haruyama Genshichi II, Onoe Kikugorô I, Asao Motogorô I, Matsumoto Tomojûrô I and Arashi Sanshirô III.
1st lunar month of 1740: Kazaemon's rank in the Kyôto hyôbanki, jitsuaku section, is jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent). He shares the same rank with Mihogi Gizaemon I and Yashio Ikuemon. Kazaemon plays the role of Kanzaki Kageyu in Kyôto at Miyako Mandayû's theater in the ni-no-kawari drama "Keisei Fugen no Minato".
8th lunar month of 1741: the play "Shin Usuyuki Monogatari", which was originally written for the puppet theater, is adapted to Kabuki for the first time, in Kyôto at Hayagumo Chôdayû's theater; Kazaemon plays the role of Kuniyuki [casting].
11th lunar month of 1743: Shinozuka Kazaemon takes the name of Shinozuka Jirozaemon II at the Naka no Shibai, playing the role of Inazu Saichi in the kaomise drama "Shiki Samba Ôgi Ikusa", which is produced by Anegawa Shinshirô I; his others stage partners are Nakayama Shinkurô I, Yamashita Matatarô I, Fujikawa Hanzaburô II, Arashi Koroku I, Yoshizawa Sakinosuke II, Bandô Toyosaburô I, Yamanaka Heijûrô II, Arashi Koizô I and his adopted son Shinozuka Utagiri.
11th lunar month of 1746: he takes back the name of Shinozuka Kazaemon and performs in Kyôto in the kaomise drama "Taihei Asahi no Shirahata", which is produced by Asao Motogorô I; his stage partners are Fujioka Daikichi, Sakurayama Shirosaburô II, Yamanaka Heijûrô II, Mihogi Shichitarô and Tatsuoka Hisagiku.
1750: tour in Ise and in the Owari province; Kazaemon is the zamoto of a travelling troupe.
1751 (?): Kazaemon dies in Ôsaka.
Comments:
Shinozuka Kazaemon was a popular Kamigata jitsuaku/katakiyaku actor, who was active during the first half of the 18th century.
The actors Sakakiyama Koshirô I and Shinozuka Kazaemon playing the roles of Gontazaemon and Ebira Manzô 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
The Shinozuka Jirozaemon line of actors