Playwright name:

Tsuuchi Kuheiji I

Stage name:

Tsuyama Denshirô

Existence: ???

Connection:

Master: Tsuuchi Jihê I

Disciples: Tsuuchi Raisuke

Career:

Before 1704: He started his career in Edo as an actor (kashagata). His stage name was Tsuyama Denshirô.

11th lunar month of 1699: Denshirô performed at the Ichimuraza in the kaomise "Hankaichô Tsuwamono Zoroe".

7th lunar month of 1703: Denshirô played in the same theater a role of a tsubone in the summer drama "Oguri Kaname Ishi".

1704: he became disciple of Tsuuchi Jihê I and switched to sakusha. He received the name of Tsuuchi Kuheiji I.

11th lunar month of 1704: Kuheiji worked at the Ichimuraza on the kaomise drama "Onna Araoka Nishiki no Tazuna", which starred Murayama Heiemon III, Tamon Shôzaemon II, Katsuyama Matagorô, Ikushima Daikichi I, Tsugawa Handayû, Tomizawa Hanzaburô I and Onoe Genji.

11th lunar month of 1713: Kuheiji worked at the Ichimuraza on the kaomise drama "Yoshitomo Kaikeizan".

11th lunar month of 1715: Kuheiji worked at the Ichimuraza on the kaomise drama "Banzei Onna Hachinoki".

11th lunar month of 1726: Kuheiji worked at the Ichimuraza on the kaomise drama "Hinazuru Tokiwa Genji", which welcomed in Edo the Kamigata actors Arashi Sangorô I and Tsugawa Kamon.

Fall 1731: Kuheiji went to Kyôto.

11th lunar month of 1731: Kuheiji worked ^[1] on the kaomise drama "Hiragana Imagawajô", which was produced in Kyôto at Miyako Mandayû's theater and starred Nakamura Tomijûrô I, Nakamura Shingorô I, Sanogawa Mangiku, Somenoi Hanshirô, Arashi San'emon III, Anegawa Chiyosaburô I, Yashio Ikuemon and Tomizawa Montarô I.

1st lunar month of 1733: Kuheiji went back to Edo and worked, along with Tsuuchi Jihê II ^[2], at the Ichimuraza on the new year sogamono drama "Hanabusa Funjin Soga". He also worked on the drama "Sukeroku", which was staged as nibanme and starred Ichimura Takenojô IV, Ichikawa Danjûrô II and Segawa Kikujirô I in the roles of Sukeroku, the shirozake seller Shinbê and Agemaki.

1st lunar month of 1735: Kuheiji worked at the Nakamuraza, along with Tsuuchi Jihê II, on the new year sogamono drama "Meizan Kasane Soga".

1st lunar month of 1743: Kuheiji worked at the Ichimuraza, along with Fujimoto Tobun, on the new year sogamono drama "Haru no Akebono Kuruwa Soga".

11th lunar month of 1747: Kuheiji worked at the Moritaza on the kaomise drama "Aruji Môke Onna Hachinoki", which celebrated the shûmei of Sawamura Sôjûrô. No record afterwards.

Comments:

Tsuuchi Kuheiji I was an Edo sakusha, who was active from the first half of the 1700s to the second half of the 1740s.

[1] The others sakusha were Nakata Mansuke and Iwai Izaemon.

[2] The others sakusha were Tsuuchi Han'emon and Tsuuchi Matazaemon.

The Tsuuchi Kuheiji line of playwrights