ONOE TAMIZÔ III |
Stage names: Onoe Tamizô III Real name: Yoshikawa Tsurunosuke Guild: Otowaya Line number: SANDAIME (III) Poetry name: Baishô Existence: 6th day of the 1st lunar month of 1866 ~ 7 January 1927 Connections: Masters: Onoe Tamizô II, Bandô Hikosaburô V Career: 1866: born in Kyôto in the district of Muromachi. He is the son of Yoshikawa Tôzô, vassal of a daimyô of the Kishû province. 1870: he becomes disciple of the actor Bandô Hikosaburô V and appears on stage for the first time, in Kyôto at the Minamiza, receiving the name of Bandô Tsurunosuke and playing the role of Rokusuke's son in the "Keya-mura" scene of the drama "Hikosan Gongen Chikai no Sukedachi". 1874: he becomes disciple of the actor Onoe Tamizô II and takes the name of Onoe Taminosuke, playing at the Dôjô Shibai (Kyôto) the role of Tarokichi in the "Sanemori Monogatari" scene of the drama "Genpei Nunobiki no Taki". March 1887: Taminosuke becomes nadai, playing the role of Omiwa in the drama "Imoseyama no Jitsuroku". March 1903: Taminosuke plays at the Bentenza (Ôsaka) the role of Ohatsu in the drama "Kagamiyama"; his stage partners are Arashi Kitsusaburô IV (Iwafuji) and Jitsukawa Enzaburô IV (Onoe). December 1915: Taminosuke plays at the Naniwaza (Ôsaka) the role of Matahei in Chikamatsu Monzaemon's drama "Keisei Hangonkô"; the role de Matahei's wife Otoku is played by Nakamura Shibajaku IV. February 1918: Onoe Taminosuke takes the name of Onoe Tamizô III at the Naniwaza in Ôsaka, playing the prestigious role of the warrior Kumagai Jirô Naozane in the "Kumagai Jin'ya" scene of the play "Ichi-no-Tani Futaba Gunki". October 1919: premiere at the Naniwaza (Ôsaka) of the drama "Tôjûrô no Koi", a drama inspired by the life of the actor Sakata Tôjûrô I; Tamizô plays the role of the nadai Miyako Mandayû [more details]. 7 January 1927: Tamizô dies. Comments: Onoe Tamizô III was a popular actor in Kamigata, able to play both tachiyaku and onnagata roles. His forte were budôgoto and jitsugotoshi roles in jidaimono dramas. Onoe Tamizô III playing the role of Hangaku in the drama "Wada Gassen Onna Maizuru" The Bandô Tsurunosuke line of actors The Onoe Tamizô line of actors |
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