| KIRINOYA GONJÛRÔ I |
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Line number: SHODAI (I) Existence: ??? ~ 13th day of the 8th lunar month of 1731 [1] Connection: Son: Kirinoya Tôkurô (Kirinoya Gonjûrô II) Disciples: Kirinoya Shinshichi, Kirinoya Chiyotake Career: Before 1711: born in Kyôto. His father was a flower-arrangement teacher. He became actor and joined travelling troupes (tabi shibai), performing under the name of Harada Giemon. 11th lunar month of 1711: he became tachiyaku in ôshibai, took the name of Kirinoya Gonjûrô I and played in Ôsaka the role of Yamada Kunigorô in the kaomise drama "Futabashira Aioi Chôja", which was coproduced by Ogino Yaegiri I and Miyazaki Denkichi. 11th lunar month of 1712: Gonjûrô became jitsuaku and played in Ôsaka the role of Imagawa Sadaaki in the kaomise drama "Onna Imagawa Seishi no Jôjô", which was produced by Shinozuka Shômatsu I. 1st lunar month of 1714: Gonjûrô's rank in the Ôsaka hyôbanki, jitsuaku section, was jô-jô (superior - superior) [visual]. 11th lunar month of 1714: Gonjûrô played in Ôsaka the role of the karô Sazareishi Manzô in the kaomise drama "Daikoku Shinmai Dawara", which was produced by Anegawa Shinshirô I. 11th lunar month of 1715: Gonjûrô played the role of Amanogawa Wadaemon in the kaomise drama "Seiwa Genji Kaichû Fude", which was produced in Ôsaka by Arashi Sanjûrô I. 1st lunar month of 1716: Gonjûrô's rank in the Ôsaka hyôbanki, jitsuaku section, was jô-jô-(shiro)hankichi (superior - superior - (white) half excellent) [visual]. 11th lunar month of 1716: Gonjûrô played in Ôsaka at the Higashi no Shibai the role of Rôikkan in Chikamatsu Monzaemon's drama "Kokusen'ya Gassen", which was produced by the zamoto Arashi Gosaburô for the nadai Ôsaka Kuzaemon. This was the first time this play was staged in Ôsaka. Gonjûrô's stage partners were Sakurayama Shirosaburô I (Watônai), Sanogawa Mangiku (Kinshôjo), Takenaka Tôzaburô (Kanki) and Kirinami Takie (Watônai's mother). 1st lunar month of 1717: Gonjûrô's rank in the Ôsaka hyôbanki, jitsuaku section, was jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]. 11th lunar month of 1717: Gonjûrô played in Ôsaka at the Higashi no Shibai the role of Nagaoka Wadaemon in the kaomise drama "Meryû Oryû Kogane no Uroko", which was produced by Arashi San'emon III. 1st lunar month of 1718: Gonjûrô's rank in the Ôsaka hyôbanki, jitsuaku section, fell to jô-jô-(hanshiro)kichi (superior - superior - almost excellent). 11th lunar month of 1718: Gonjûrô played in Ôsaka at the Higashi no Shibai the role of Nagaoka Wadaemon in the kaomise drama "Kogane no Seigaiha", which was produced by Arashi San'emon III. 1st lunar month of 1719: Gonjûrô's rank in the Ôsaka hyôbanki, jitsuaku section, was back to jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]. 3rd lunar month of 1719: first Kabuki adaptation of Chikamatsu Monzaemon's 1708 puppet theater drama "Keisei Hangonkô" by Kyôya Yagoshirô, which was produced by Arashi San'emon III in Ôsaka at the Higashi no Shibai; Gonjûrô played the role of Maizuruya Denzô [casting]. 11th lunar month of 1720: Gonjûrô became zamoto for the first time in his career, producing at the Kado no Shibai the kaomise drama "Hana Yakata Chibikizuru", in which he played the role of the karô Yamaki Hideemon [illustration]. Fall 1722: Gonjûrô went to Kyôto. 11th lunar month of 1722: Gonjûrô became tachiyaku and played in Kyôto at Hoteiya Umenojô's theater the role of Sakurai Wadaemon in Yoshida Rôfu's kaomise drama "Aioi Ôshimadai", which was produced by Ogino Yaegiri I. 1st lunar month of 1723: Gonjûrô's rank in the Kyôto hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, was jô-jô-(shiro)kichi (superior - superior - (white) excellent) [visual]. He shared this rank with Anegawa Shinshirô I. 7th lunar month of 1723: first Kabuki adaptation in Kyôto of the puppet theater drama "Ôtô-no-Miya Asahi no Yoroi"; Gonjûrô played the role of Saitô Tarôzaemon Toshiyuki [more details]. Fall 1723: Gonjûrô went back to Ôsaka. 11th lunar month of 1723: Gonjûrô played at the Naka no Shibai the role of Watanabe Terutsuna in the kaomise drama "Chûshin Futaba no Matsu", which was produced by Matsushima Hyôtarô. 1st lunar month of 1724: Gonjûrô's rank in the Ôsaka hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, was jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]. He shared this rank with Otowa Jirosaburô I, Sakakiyama Koshirô I, Ôtani Hiroji I and Arashi San'emon III. 11th lunar month of 1724: Gonjûrô played at the Ônishi no Shibai the role of Ôura Sadaemon [2] in the kaomise drama "Senbon Matsu Hi-no-De no Maizuru", which was produced by Sakakiyama Shirotarô I and Sawamura Kiyojûrô. Fall 1725: Gonjûrô went to Kyôto. 11th lunar month of 1725: Gonjûrô played the role of the rônin Tokoyo Manzô in the kaomise drama "Ôkamado Hatsumen Bako", which was produced by Sanogawa Mangiku for the nadai Hayagumo Chôdayû. 1st lunar month of 1726: Gonjûrô's rank in the Kyôto hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, was jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]. He shared this rank with Anegawa Shinshirô I, Mihogi Gizaemon I, Nakamura Shingorô I, Ôtani Hiroji I and Bandô Hikosaburô I. Fall 1726: Gonjûrô went back to Ôsaka. 11th lunar month of 1726: Gonjûrô performed at the Naka no Shibai in the kaomise drama "Hakoiri Daikoku Gane", which was produced by Kaneko Kichizaemon. 11th lunar month of 1727: Gonjûrô played at the Kado no Shibai the role of Nagoya Sanzaemon in the kaomise drama "Onna Kabuki Chiyo no Hajime"; the role of Fuwa Banzaemon was played by Arashi Kanshirô I. 11th lunar month of 1729: Gonjûrô played at the Kado no Shibai the role of the karô Nakatsugawa Hideemon in the kaomise drama "Banzai Kogane Tsukuri", which was produced by Arashi Sanjûrô II; his stage partners were Nakayama Shinkurô I, Yoshizawa Ayame II, Sakurayama Shirosaburô I, Yamashita Kinsaku I, Nakamura Sôjûrô and Fujii Hanamatsu. 11th lunar month of 1730: Gonjûrô became jitsuaku and performed at the Naka no Shibai in the kaomise drama "Meotogura Wagô no Nakatomi", which was produced by Iwai Hanshirô III; his stage partners were Nakayama Shinkurô I, Anegawa Shinshirô I, Sakurayama Shirosaburô I, Yamashita Kinsaku I, Sanogawa Hanazuma I, Arashi Sanjûrô II, Hanagiri Toyomatsu I and Izumikawa Sennosuke. 1st lunar month of 1731: Gonjûrô appeared on stage for the last time, in Ôsaka at the Naka no Shibai, where he played the roles of Harunaga and Sakuma Kyûemon in the new year drama "Takechi Jûbê Miyako Nishiki". 13th day of the 8th lunar month of 1731 [1]: Gonjûrô died in Ôsaka. Comments: Kirinoya Gonjûrô I was an important Kyôto actor, who started his career in travelling troupes and achieved fame for himself from the end of the 1710s to the beginning of the 1730s in Ôsaka and his native city, as a jitsuaku and as a tachiyaku (from the 11th lunar month of 1722 to Fall 1730). he was the founder of the Kirinoya Clan. "Kirinoya Gonjûrô, who acted chiefly in Ôsaka and Kyôto, was the son of a
flower-arrangement teacher. A certain official living in Kyôto belonged to the
same school of flower-arrangement as the actor's father, and the two were on
friendly terms. When Kirinoya was appearing in Kyôto he had to go to the
magistrate's office on some business connected with the theatre, and the
official discovered that his friend's son had joined the ranks of the vulgar
Kabuki players. He ordered Kirinoya to call at his residence, and when he did
so he would not allow him to enter, but commanded him to prostrate himself on
the ground before the entrance, and is reported to have said to him: [1] The 13th day of the 8th lunar month of the 16th year of the Kyôhô era was the 13th of September 1731 in the western calendar. |
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Kirinoya Gonjûrô I (left) and Anegawa Shinshirô I (right) performing in the kaomise drama "Meotogura Wagô no Nakatomi", which was staged in the 11th lunar month of 1730 at the Naka no Shibai The Kirinoya Gonjûrô line of actors |
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