FOUR GENERATIONS
Ogino Yaegiri I
 

The actor Ogino Yaegiri I held this name from the Hôei era to 1736 (?).

Ogino Yaegiri I in a print made by Torii Kiyomasu II at the beginning of the 1730s

Ogino Yaegiri II
 

The actor Ogino Yaegiri II held this name from 1751 to the 6th lunar month of 1763.

The actors Ogino Yaegiri II (left) and Sakata Hangorô II (right) playing the roles of Oniô's wife Tsukisayo and Oniô Shinzaemon in the new year drama "Soga Biiki Nihon Zakura", which was staged in the 2nd lunar month of 1762 at the Nakamuraza

Ogino Yaegiri III
 

The actor Sawamura Kunitarô II held the name of Ogino Yaegiri III from 1807 to the beginning of the 1810s.

Ogino Yaegiri IV
Ogino Yaegiri IV  In Japanese | Bandô Kakô  In Japanese | Takemura Kikumatsu  In Japanese
 

Dates of birth and death unknown. His first stage name was Takemura Kikumatsu. He became disciple of Bandô Mitsugorô IV and received the name of Bandô Kakô at an unknown time. He took the name of Ogino Yaegiri IV in January 1883 at the Hisamatsuza. This minor onnagata actor was active in Tôkyô koshibai up to Summer 1895. We don't know what happens to him afterwards for he disappeared from the records.

 
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