ONOE TAMIZÔ I

Stage names:

Onoe Tamizô I
Onoe Tamizô
Onoe Kenzô
Hanazome Tamizô

Guilds: Otowaya, Aizuya

Line number: SHODAI (I)

Poetry names: Kôchô, Baishi

Existence: 1754 ~ 1790

Connections:

Masters: Onoe Kikugorô I, Hanazome Minanojô

Career:

1754 ~ 1769: born in Kyôto. He starts his career in the children-actors troupe (kodomo shibai) led by Hanazome Minanojô, playing under the name of Hanazome Tamizô in the precincts of temples and shrines (miyaji shibai). He stops acting for a few years before becoming a disciple of Onoe Kikugorô I in 1768. He receives the name of Onoe Kenzô. He performs in the precinct of the Nishiki Tenjin shrine in Kyôto in Spring 1768 then goes on tour in the Kamigata with a travelling troupe.

11th lunar month of 1769: Onoe Kenzô goes with his master to Edo and takes the name of Onoe Tamizô at the Ichimuraza, playing in the kaomise drama "Mutsu no Hana Ume no Kaomise".

8th lunar month of 1779: Tamizô plays at the Moritaza the role of Lady Kaoyo in the classic "Kanadehon Chûshingura". He also changes the writing of his first name:

First writing for Tamizô	New writing
民蔵	多見蔵

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5th lunar month of 1780: tour in Sendai. Tamizô uses the first writing for his first name.

1781: Tamizô goes back to Kamigata and uses in the banzuke the new writing for his first name.

11th lunar month of 1787: his name appears for the last time in a Kabuki banzuke in Ôsaka.

Comments:

Onoe Tamizô I was a wakaonnagata who made his career during the Meiwa, An'ei and Tenmei eras, excelling in keisei and housewives roles.

Onoe Tamizô I playing the role of Princess Tatsu in the drama "Meoto Giku Izu no Kisewata", staged in the 11th lunar month of 1770 at the Ichimuraza (print made by Ippitsusai Bunchô)

Prints & Illustrations

The Onoe Tamizô line of actors