TAKESHIMA KÔZAEMON
   
FOUR GENERATIONS
Takeshima Kôzaemon I
 

The actor Takeshima Kôzaemon I held this name from the beginning of the 1670s (?) to the 11th lunar month of 1712.

Takeshima Kôzaemon I (left/the killer) and Tamagawa Sennojô IV (right/the victim) playing the roles of Higuchi Senzaemon and Teisan in the new year drama "Keisei Yakkei no Mizuumi", which was staged in the 1st lunar month of 1712 in Kyôto

Takeshima Kôzaemon II
 

The actor Takeshima Kôzaemon II held this name from the 11th lunar month of 1715 to the beginning of the 1720s.

Takeshima Kôzaemon II playing the role of Manpei in the kaomise drama "Chô Hanagata Sangoku no Mukoiri", which was staged in the 12th lunar month of 1716 at the Naka no Shibai

Takeshima Kôzaemon III
Takeshima Kôzaemon III  In Japanese | Takeshima Kôtarô  In Japanese
 

Dates of birth and death unknown. Son of Takeshima Kôzaemon II, his first stage name was Takeshima Kôtarô. His first recorded performance was in the 11th lunar month of 1721, when he performed in Ôsaka at the Naka no Shibai as a wakashugata in the kaomise drama "Onna Genji Musha Sugoroku", which was produced by his father. He became zamoto, took the name of Takeshima Kôzaemon III in the 11th lunar month of 1728 and produced at the Naka no Shibai the kaomise drama "Kimi Okuni Ôshimadai". He disappeared from the records from 1729. He most likely died young.

Takeshima Kôzaemon IV
Takeshima Kôzaemon IV  In Japanese | Nakamura Jûbê  In Japanese | Takeshima Heitarô  In Japanese
 

Dates of birth and death unknown. Relationship to the Takeshima clan unknown. His first stage name was Takeshima Heitarô. He became a disciple of Nakamura Jûzô I and was trained as a katakiyaku, performing under the name of Nakamura Jûbê. He took the name of Takeshima Kôzaemon IV in the 12th lunar month of 1761, in Kyôto at the Kitagawa no Shibai, playing the role of Danjô in the kaomise drama "Karanishiki Miyako no Hinagata". He joined a travelling troupe in 1762 and disappeared from the Kabuki ôshibai world.

Takeshima Kôzaemon IV (left) and Sanogawa Wakamatsu (right) performing together in the new year drama "Keisei Shiunzan", which was staged in the 1st lunar month of 1762 in Kyôto

 
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