Stage names:
| Kamakura Heikurô I |  |
| Shibazaki Denpachi | |
| Shibazaki Jûzaemon | |
Line number: SHODAI (I)
Poetry name: Kigen
Existence: ???
Connection:
Masters: Kamakura Chôkurô I, Shibazaki Rinzaemon I
Career:
1710s ~ 1721: he starts his career in Kyôto as a disciple of Shibazaki Rinzaemon I, who gives him the name of Shibazaki Jûzaemon. He switches to Shibazaki Denpachi at an unknown time. He becomes disciple of Kamakura Chôkurô I in Ôsaka at unknown times and receives the name of Kamakura Heikurô I.
21st day of the 11th lunar month of 1718: his master Kamakura Chôkurô I dies.
11th lunar month of 1721: Heikurô performs at the Higashi no Shibai (Ôsaka) in the kaomise drama "Tenryû Chiryû Kogane no Suzunari", which is produced by Arashi San'emon III.
11th lunar month of 1724: Heikurô becomes jitsuaku and plays at the Kado no Shibai the role of Kanamori Wadanojô in the kaomise drama "Banzei no Minato", which is produced by Arashi San'emon III.
11th lunar month of 1726: Heikurô becomes katakiyaku and plays at the Ônishi no Shibai the role of Takayama Inujirô in the kaomise drama "Gosha no Yonegura Fukki no Yama", which is produced by Yamamoto Kyôshirô I.
Fall 1728: Heikurô goes to Kyôto.
11th lunar month of 1728: Heikurô becomes jitsuaku and plays at Kameya Kumenojô's theater (Kyôto) the role of Matsuoka Genjûrô in the kaomise drama "Tokiwagura Kogane no Ishizue", which is produced by Tamiya Hannosuke.
Spring 1730: tour in Nagoya.
11th lunar month of 1734: Heikurô becomes katakiyaku and plays at the Kado no Shibai the role of Iwabuchi Jôshin in the kaomise drama "Shin Yakata In'yô no Ishizue", which is produced by Nakayama Shinkurô I; his stage partners are Sawamura Otoemon I, Izumikawa Sennosuke, Tamiya Shirogorô, Yamashita Matatarô I and Matsushima Moheiji.
11th lunar month of 1738: Heikurô performs at the Kado no Shibai in the kaomise drama "Sanpukutsui Kogane no Ichigura", which is produced by Nakamura Jûzô I.
1st lunar month of 1739: Heikurô's rank in the Ôsaka hyôbanki, katakiyaku section, is between jô-jô-(shiro)kichi (superior - superior - (white) excellent) and jô-jô-(hanshiro)kichi [visual].
Fall 1739: Heikurô goes to Kyôto.
11th lunar month of 1739: Heikurô becomes jitsuaku and plays in Kyôto the role of Mochizuki Tôsuke in the kaomise drama "Oiwai Nô Nishiki no Manmaku", which is produced by Nakamura Kumetarô I.
1st lunar month of 1740: Heikurô's rank in the Kyôto hyôbanki, jitsuaku section, is jô-jô-(hanshiro)kichi (superior - superior - almost excellent).
Fall 1740: Heikurô goes to Ôsaka.
11th lunar month of 1740: Heikurô becomes katakiyaku and plays at the Naka no Shibai the role of the karô Iihara Hyôgo in the kaomise drama "Shinra Genji Shimada Gunpô", which is produced by Sanogawa Hanazuma II; his stage partners are Ôtani Hiroji I, Anegawa Shinshirô I, Arashi Sanjûrô II, Iwai Hanshirô III, Yamatoyama Jinzaemon II, Fujikawa Heikurô, Tomizawa Montarô I, Yoshizawa Ayame II and Yoshizawa Sakinosuke II.
1st lunar month of 1741: Heikurô's rank in the Ôsaka hyôbanki, katakiyaku section, is jô-jô-(hanshiro)kichi (superior - superior - almost excellent).
11th lunar month of 1741: Heikurô plays at the Naka no Shibai the role of Hamamatsu Isoemon in the kaomise drama "Genji Rokujûjô", which is produced by Anegawa Shinshirô I.
1st lunar month of 1742: Heikurô's rank in the Ôsaka hyôbanki, katakiyaku section, is one black stroke above jô-jô-(hanshiro)kichi [visual].
11th lunar month of 1742: Heikurô becomes jitsuaku and plays at the Ônishi no Shibai the role of Ôba Saburô, in reality the karô Jibuemon, in the kaomise drama "Kudô Suketsune Ôiso Gayoi", which is produced by Nakamura Jûzô I.
12th lunar month of 1742: Heikurô plays in the same theater the role of Gorota no Sabu, in reality Matsunaga Danjô, in the drama "Miyoshi Chôkei Sato no Agemaki"; this is his mast-recorded stage appearance in ôshibai. We don't know what happens to him afterwards for he disappears from the records.
1st lunar month of 1743: Heikurô's rank in the Ôsaka hyôbanki, jitsuaku section, is two black strokes above jô-jô-(hanshiro)kichi [visual].
Comments:
Kamakura Heikurô I was a Kamigata actor, who was active as a katakiyaku or a jitsuaku from the beginning of the 1720s to the beginning of the 1740s. He was said to be more at ease in sewamono than in jidaimono. He was outstanding in beggar roles.
Asao Motogorô I (left), Matsushima Moheiji (center) and Kamakura Heikurô I (right) playing the roles of the keisei Takao, Sakuma Yogozô and Iwabuchi Jôshin in the kaomise drama "Shin Yakata In'yô no Ishizue", which was staged in the 11th lunar month of 1734 at the Kado no Shibai
The Kamakura Heikurô line of actors