| LESSER KNOWN ACTORS - ASAO |
| Asao Hisamatsu Asao Hisamatsu  |
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Dates of birth and death unknown. Brother of Asao Jûjirô I, he was recorded for the first time in the 11th lunar month of 1715, when he performed in Kyôto as a wakashugata in the kaomise drama "Chiyogasane Kiku no Shinpai", which was produced by Yamatoyama Jinzaemon I for the nadai Hayagumo Chôdayû. He played in the 1st lunar month of 1720 in Kyôto at Miyako Mandayû's theater the role of the koshô Orinosuke in the new year ni-no-kawari drama "Keisei Hachimannichi". Hisamatsu's rank in the 1720 Kyôto hyôbanki [2], wakashugata section, was (shiro)jô ((white) superior) [visual]. No record afterwards. |
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Asao Hisamatsu (left) and Yamanaka Naojûrô (right) playing the roles of Hanabusa Shuzen and Araki Shurinosuke in Sadoshima Saburôzaemon's kaomise drama "Shôjô Zakaya Mannen-gura", which was staged in Kyôto in the 11th lunar month of 1719 |
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| Asao Monzô | |
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==> Dedicated page: Asao Monzô |
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Asao Monzô in an illustration from the book "Santo Yakusha Omokage Zukushi", which was published in Ôsaka by Yamatoya Kaemon in 1784 |
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| Asao Tamesaburô [1] Asao Tamesaburô |
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Dates of birth and death unknown. Disciple of Asao Tamejûrô I, Asao Tamesaburô [1] was active in Edo between the end of 1786 and the beginning of 1792. He was a tachiyaku actor. The play "Yoshitsune Koshigoejô" was staged for the first time in Edo, in the 9th lunar month of 1790 at the Ichimuraza; it celebrated the onagori kyôgen of Tamesaburô's master Asao Tamejûrô I and Tamesaburô played the role of Kamei Rokurô [more details]. Tamesaburô's rank in the 1792 Edo hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, was jô-jô (superior - superior) [visual]. No record afterwards. |
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Asao Tamesaburô performing in the kaomise drama "Sanga no Shô Mutsu no Hanayome", which was staged in the 11th lunar month of 1787 in Edo at the Kiriza |
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[1] Was there a line of actors named Asao Tamesaburô? This name was used by minor actors who were zamoto. For example in 1806 at the Kita-Horie Ichi-no-Gawa Shibai (Ôsaka) or in 1818 at the Kado no Shibai. |
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