ITÔ KODAYÛ
   
THREE GENERATIONS

 

Attention: the "Kabuki Jinmei Jiten" considered that Itô Kodayû I and Itô Kodayû II were in fact the same person. The "New Kabuki Encyclopedia" listed four actors who held the name of Itô Kodayû.

 

Itô Kodayû I
 

The founder of the line Itô Kodayû I was active in the 1650s and the 1660s.

Itô Kodayû I as depicted in an illustration from the book "Yarô Daibutsushi" (1668)

Itô Kodayû II
 

The actor Itô Kodayû II held this name from the beginning of the Enpô era to the beginning of the Genroku era.

Itô Kodayû II in an ilustration from the book "Hana no Edo Kabuki Nendaiki"

Itô Kodayû III
Itô Kodayû III  In Japanese
 

Dates of birth and death unknown. This disciple in Kamigata of Itô Kodayû II settled in Edo in 1692, where he performed as a wakaonnagata. He went back to Kamigata at an unknown date. He performed in the 1st lunar month of 1701 in Ôsaka in the new year ni-no-kawari drama "Keisei Mandôe", which was produced by Kamogawa Noshio I. No record afterwards.

Itô Kodayû III in an ilustration from the book "Hana no Edo Kabuki Nendaiki"

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