| KAWATAKE NÔSHIN II |
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Artistic names: Karyûsha, Ganmaru, Zazendô Line number: NIDAIME (II) Existence: 1821 ~ 26 October 1886 Connection: Master: Kawatake Shinshichi II (Kawatake Mokuami) Son: Katsu Genzô III Disciples: Katsu Shinsuke, Katsu Kamesuke Career: 1821: born in Edo. 1850s: with the help of the print-maker Utagawa Kunishige, he became a disciple of Kawatake Shinshichi II. His first pen name was Shigekawa Chôji. 8th lunar month of 1854: Chôji worked at the Kawarasakiza. 1st lunar month of 1857: he took the name of Takeshiba Genzô I and worked at the Ichimuraza on the drama "Nezumi Komon Haru no Shingata" [1], which was written by Kawatake Shinshichi II and Shinoda Sasuke. 1st lunar month of 1860: premiere at the Ichimuraza of Kawatake Shinshichi II's drama "Sannin Kichisa Kuruwa no Hatsugai" (commonly called "Sannin Kichisa") [casting]; Genzô was part of the sakusha team [2]. 3rd lunar month of 1860: premiere at the Ichimuraza of Kawatake Shinshichi II's drama "Kagamiyama Gonichi no Iwafuji" [casting]; Genzô was part of the sakusha team [2]. 7th lunar month of 1860: premiere at the Ichimuraza of Kawatake Shinshichi II's drama "Hachiman Matsuri Yomiya no Nigiwai" (commonly called "Chijimiya Shinsuke") [casting]; Genzô was part of the sakusha team [2]. 1865: he took the name of Katsu Genzô II. 1870: Genzô and his son Hama Hikosuke settled in Ôsaka. October 1873: premiere at the Chikugo no Shibai of Genzô's drama "Kimi-wa-Fune Nami no Uwajima" [casting]. January 1877: premiere at the Naka no Shibai of "Shunshoku Ume Goyomi", an adaptation to Kabuki by Genzô of Tamenaga Shunsui's 1833 novel [casting]. April 1878: Katsu Genzô II and his son Katsu Hikosuke respectiveley took the names of Katsu Nôshin and Katsu Genzô III. They worked together at the Naka no Shibai on the dramas "Kinsei Sakurada Yuki no Kikigaki", "Miyakodori Nagare no Shiranami" and "Santo Meisho Utsusu Irodori". 1884: Katsu Nôshin and his son Katsu Genzô III respectiveley took the names of Kawatake Nôshin II [3] and Takeshiba Genzô II. May 1885: Nôshin, along with his son Takeshiba Genzô II and the sakusha Namiki Shôzô III, worked at the Ebisuza on the first Kabuki adaptation of a William Shakespeare's drama; "The Merchant of Venice" was adapted under the title of "Sakuradoki Zeni no Yo no Naka". It has been said that this adaptation is based on Charles and Mary Lamb's "Tales from Shakespeare". This original drama starred Nakamura Sôjûrô, Nakamura Tsurusuke V, Bandô Jusaburô II, Arashi Kitsusaburô IV, Jitsukawa Enzaburô III, Arashi Rishô II, Arashi Minshi V, Jitsukawa Wakamatsu, Ôtani Tomoji, Nakamura Kohakurô, Nakamura Shikin, Ichikawa Ichiroku and Bandô Azuma. 26 October 1886: Nôshin died. Comments: Kawatake Nôshin II was born and trained in Edo, where he was active from the first half of the 1850s to 1870. Then, he became the leading Meiji sakusha in Ôsaka, where he worked from 1870 up to his passing away in 1886. [1] This drama is still in the Kabuki repertoire and it is commonly called "Nezumi Kozô". [2] Others sakusha were Takeshiba Kinsaku I, Takeshiba Hyôzô I, Takeshiba Hyôsuke, Umezawa Sôroku and Takeshiba Asakichi. [3] Nôshin was the haimyô of Kawatake Shinshichi I. He was considered as being Kawatake Nôshin I, although he never officially held this name.
The name of Kawatake Nôshin II in a 1885 Ôsaka ezukushi banzuke (the zone within the red shape on the left side of the picture) The Takeshiba Genzô line of playwrights The Katsu Genzô line of playwrights The Kawatake Nôshin line of playwrights |
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