Stage name:

Minakawa Yaheiji 0.2 [1]

Existence: ??? ~ ???

Connection:

Master: Minakawa Sôzaburô (?) ^[2]

Disciples: Minakawa Daizô, Minakawa Seizô, Minakawa Chôgorô, Minakawa Saizô

Career:

11th lunar month of 1748: Yaheiji was recorded ^[2] for the first time, as a katakiyaku who performed at the Naka no Shibai in Namiki Shôzô I's kaomise drama "Fuyugomori Tsumagoi Ikusa", which was produced by Bandô Toyosaburô I.

11th lunar month of 1749: Yaheiji performed at the Ônishi no Shibai in the kaomise drama "Kotobuki Kogane no Kachi Ikusa", which was produced by Mimasu Daigorô I, welcomed back in Ôsaka Iwai Hanshirô III and celebrated the shûmei of Murayama Heijûrô IV.

11th lunar month of 1750: Yaheiji played at the Naka no Shibai the role of Adachi Ikkaku [illustration] in the kaomise drama "Yasa Heike Sakiwake Musha".

11th lunar month of 1752: Yaheiji performed at the Ônishi no Shibai at the Ônishi no Shibai in the kaomise program "Kyô Miyage Matsuri Zoroe", which was produced by Sanjô Sadasuke and celebrated the shûmei of both Wakayama Shinkurô and Wakayama Bunshichi.

11th lunar month of 1753: Yaheiji performed at the Naka no Shibai in the kaomise drama "Nakatomi Sandaijin", which was produced by Ichimura Sanohachi.

11th lunar month of 1754: Yaheiji performed at the Ônishi no Shibai in the kaomise drama "Uda Genji Asahi no Menbako", which was produced by Wakayama Bunshichi.

12th lunar month of 1754: Yaheiji performed in the same theater in the ni-no-kawari drama "Keisei Imagawajô".

1st lunar month of 1755: Yaheiji's rank in the Ôsaka hyôbanki, katakiyaku section, was jô (superior) [visual].

3rd lunar month of 1755: Yaheiji's rank in the Ôsaka hyôbanki, katakiyaku section, was jô-(shiro)jô (superior - (white) superior) [visual].

11th lunar month of 1755: Yaheiji played at the Naka no Shibai the role of Kajiwara Genta Kagesue in the kaomise drama "Jidai Sewa Kogane no Hanazoroe", which was produced by Bandô Toyosaburô I.

11th lunar month of 1756: Yaheiji played at the Ônishi no Shibai the role of the kôshitsu Zekôin in Namiki Shôzô I's kaomise drama "Daimatsu Kyokusuke Tanzen Roppô", which was produced by Daimatsu Kyokusuke.

1st lunar month of 1757: Yaheiji's rank in the Ôsaka hyôbanki, katakiyaku section, was jô-jô (superior - superior) [visual]. Premiere at the Ônishi no Shibai of Namiki Shôzô I's drama "Tenjiku Tokubê Kikigaki Ôrai"; Yaheiji played the roles of Kuwanaya Tadahachi and the yakko Fuyuzô [casting].

11th lunar month of 1757: Yaheiji played at the Naka no Shibai the role of Senoo Tarô in the kaomise drama "Sakiwake Musha Kôbai no Tazuna", which was produced by Anegawa Shinshirô II and celebrated the shûmei of Nakayama Raisuke I and Yaheiji's new disciple Minakawa Saizô ^[3].

11th lunar month of 1758: Yaheiji played at the Kado no Shibai the role of Ikoma Danjô in Namiki Shôzô I's kaomise drama "Arigatashi Fujiwara Keizu", which was produced by Nakayama Bunshichi I.

12th lunar month of 1758: premiere at the Kado no Shibai of Namiki Shôzô I's ni-no-kawari drama "Sanjikkoku Yofune no Hajimari"; for the very first time in Kabuki history, a mawari-butai, invented by Namiki Shôzô I, was built and used on the stage of a theater [more details]; Yaheiji played the role of Iwase Kinai.

11th lunar month of 1762: Yaheiji was expected to perform at the Kado no Shibai in the kaomise drama "Hachinoki Nendaiki", which was produced by Nakayama Bunshichi I and celebrated the shûmei of Arashi Sanjûrô III. He did not appear on stage (health issue?).

1st lunar month of 1763: Yaheiji was recorded in the Ôsaka hyôbanki. No record afterwards.

Comments:

Minakawa Yaheiji was a katakiyaku actor, who was active in Ôsaka from the second half of the 1740s to the first half of the 1760s.

[1] An actor held the name of Minakawa Yaheiji from the first half of the 1700s to the beginning of the 1730s.

[2] He was recorded in the 1749 Ôsaka hyôbanki along with an actor named Minakawa Sôzaburô, who performed in the same theater. Was this actor, who was active from 1744 to 1751, the master of Minakawa Yaheiji?

[3] This actor held the name of Hanagiri Saizô from 1746 to 1757.

Minakawa Yaheiji playing the role of Kuwanaya Tadahachi in the drama "Tenjiku Tokubê Kikigaki Ôrai", which was staged in the 1st lunar month of 1757 at the Ônishi no Shibai

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