ARASHI IZABURÔ
   
FOUR GENERATIONS
Arashi Izaburô I
Arashi Izaburô I  In Japanese | Arashi Tokusaburô I  In Japanese | Arashi Daizaburô II  In Japanese | Nakamura Daizaburô  In Japanese
 

Born in 1766. Eldest son of Arashi Kichisaburô I. He started his career as a disciple of Nakamura Jûzô II, performing in Kamigata miyaji shibai under the name of Nakamura Daizaburô. He joined back the Arashi clan, taking the names of Arashi Daizaburô II, Arashi Tokusaburô I and Arashi Izaburô I at unknown dates. He played the roles of Ishidô Umanojô and Amakawaya Gihei in "Kanadehon Chûshingura" in the 2nd lunar month of 1823 in Kyôto and appeared on stage for the last time in Ôsaka in the 9th lunar month of 1823 at the Naka no Shibai. He fell ill afterwards and had to retire from the Kabuki world. He was a popular Kamigata tachiyaku, who reached the jô-jô-kichi rank in the 1st lunar month of 1823. He died the 20th day of the 10th lunar month of 1825 [1]. He was the father of Arashi Kichisaburô III and the master of Arashi Rikan II.

Haimyô Yagô
Kanshi Mikasaya

Arashi Izaburô I playing the role of Ishidome Busuke in the drama "Keisei Ekiro no Ume", which staged in the 1st lunar month of 1811 in Ôsaka at the Naka no Shibai (print made by Rankôsai)

Arashi Izaburô II
 

The actor Arashi Izaburô II held this name from the 11th lunar month of 1841 to the 7th lunar month of 1846.

The actors Onoe Tamizô II (left), Arashi Kichisaburô III (center) and Arashi Izaburô II (right) playing the roles of a kairaishi, a boatman and a yamabushi roles in a print made by Utagawa Kunisada I

Arashi Izaburô III
Arashi Izaburô III  In Japanese
 

Dates of birth and death unknown. Second son of Arashi Kichisaburô III, he made an obscure career from the end of the 1840s to the first half of the 1860s.

The name of Arashi Izaburô III in the 1850 Nagoya hyôbanki (the zone within the red box)

Arashi Izaburô IV
Arashi Izaburô IV  In Japanese | Arashi Rijaku  In Japanese | Arashi Izaburô IV  In Japanese
 

Dates of birth and death unknown. Relationship to Arashi Izaburô III unknown. He performed mainly in Nagoya from the middle of the 1880s. He took the name of Arashi Rijaku in February 1888 in Nagoya at the Chitoseza. He quickly took back the name of Arashi Izaburô IV, in March 1888 in the same theater. He was recorded for the last time in 1924. No record afterwards.

The name of Arashi Izaburô IV in a yakuwari banzuke (the zone within the red box) for a Kabuki program in March 1888 in Nagoya at the Chitoseza

 

Notes

[1] The 20th day of the 10th lunar month of the 8th year of the Bunsei era was the 29th of November 1825 in the western calendar. It was also said that Arashi Izaburô I died, not the 20th day of the 10th, but earlier, the 13th day of the 5th lunar month of the 8th year of the Bunsei era, which was the 28th of June 1825 in the western calendar.

 
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