FUJIKAWA BUZAEMON
   
FOUR GENERATIONS
Fujikawa Buzaemon I
 

The actor Fujikawa Buzaemon I held this name from the 1670s (?) to the 3rd lunar month of 1729.

Fujikawa Buzaemon I playing the role of Jibuemon in the kaomise drama "Genjôraku Biwa no Ôumi", which was staged in the 11th lunar month of 1717 in Kyôto

Fujikawa Buzaemon II
Fujikawa Buzaemon II  In Japanese | Kameya Nakazô  In Japanese | Fujikawa Hanzaburô IV  In Japanese | Kameya Nakazô  In Japanese | Asao Nakazô   In Japanese | Kameya Nakazô  In Japanese
 

Dates of birth and death unknown. His first stage name was Kameya Nakazô, when he performed in Kyôto in kodomo shibai. He became disciple of Asao Tamejûrô I and changed his name to Asao Nakazô I. He took back the name of Kameya Nakazô in the 7th lunar month of 1787 in Ôsaka. He finally became a disciple of Fujikawa Tomokichi I in Fall 1791 and took the name of Fujikawa Hanzaburô IV at the Naka no Shibai in the 11th lunar month of 1791, playing the role of Yakushiji Jirozaemon in the drama "Kanadehon Chûshingura". He took back the name of Kameya Nakazô in the 11th lunar month of 1797 in Ôsaka at the Kita-Shinchi no Shibai. He finally took the name of Fujikawa Buzaemon II at the Kado no Shibai in the 9th lunar month of 1799, playing the role of Furuta Oribe in the drama "Karanishiki Akiba Monogatari", which was produced by Fujikawa Katsujirô. He went to Edo in Fall 1800 and played at the Ichimuraza in Nagawa Shimesuke I's kaomise drama "Oishigeru Nami no Une Une". He stayed in Edo up to 1804. He went back to Kamigata, where he most likely died before 1811. He was a supporting katakiyaku/jitsuaku actor, endowed with a good voice and a nice stage presence.

Haimyô Yagô
Sakoku, Heikyô Kameya

Fujikawa Buzaemon II (1799~1801)

Fujikawa Buzaemon III
 

A minor actor held the name of Fujikawa Buzaemon III in Kamigata during the Bunsei era [1].

Fujikawa Buzaemon IV
Fujikawa Buzaemon IV  In Japanese | Fujikawa Hachizô V [2]  In Japanese | Tachibana Kosaburô  In Japanese | Ichikawa Kosaburô  In Japanese
 

Born the 4th of September 1906. Disciple of Ichikawa Danshirô II, he made his debut on stage in March 1921, in Tôkyô at the Shintomiza, where he received the name of Ichikawa Kosaburô. He took the name of Tachibana Kosaburô in 1928 and joined the Zenshinza in 1932. He revived the Fujikawa clan in May 1958, when he took the name of Fujikawa Hachizô V [2]. He finally took the name of Fujikawa Buzaemon IV in 1973 but he unfortunately died the following year, the 5th of January 1974. He was the grandfather of the current Zenshinza star Fujikawa Yanosuke. He was a supporting tachiyaku/katakiyaku actor.

Honmyô Yagô
Imamura Toshiteru Ôzakaya

 

Notes

[1] ... but no recording in any banzuke or hyôbanki!

[2] This actor considered himself as being the 7th Fujikawa Hachizô, not the 5th.

 
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