Stage names:

Sawamura Genjûrô III [1]
Sawamura Kikuza
Jitsukawa Shôtarô
Bandô Shôdô
Onoe Tamikichi

Real name: Yamamoto Seijirô

Guilds: Kinokuniya ^[2], ??? ^[3], Ôhashiya (?) ^[4], Otowaya ^[5]

Line number: SANDAIME (III)

Existence: 25 July 1881 ~ 19 April 1945

Connection:

Masters: Sawamura Gennosuke IV, Jitsukawa Shôchô, Bandô Shôtarô ^[6], Onoe Tamizô II

Career:

25 July 1881: born in Tôkyô in the district of Akasaka.

1884: his family moved to Ôsaka.

1885: he became a disciple of Onoe Tamizô II.

November 1885: he received the name of Onoe Tamikichi and made his debut on stage (hatsubutai), in Ôsaka at the Nakaza, where he played the role of Yasomatsu in the drama "Keya-mura" ^[7].

2 March 1886: his master Onoe Tamizô II died.

1888: he became disciple of Jitsukawa Shôchô and received the name of Jitsukawa Shôtarô.

January 1906: he settled in Tôkyô and became disciple of Sawamura Gennosuke IV, who gave him the name of Sawamura Kikuza at the Miyatoza.

September 1908: he took the name of Sawamura Genjûrô III ^[1] at the Miyatoza, playing the roles of Nisshô and Kansaku's mother in the drama "Nichiren Shônin Jitsuden".

13 October 1907: his master Jitsukawa Shôchô died.

September 1930: revival at the Meijiza of Tsuruya Nanboku IV's masterpiece "Sakura Hime Azuma Bunshô", produced under the title "Tôryû Azuma Bunshô"; Genjûrô played the roles of Nagaura and Kinbê [casting].

20 April 1936: his master Sawamura Gennosuke IV died.

19 April 1945: Genjûrô died in Ôsaka.

Comments:

Sawamura Genjûrô III was a supporting actor, who was active from the second half of the 1880s to the second half of the 1940s. He was born in Tôkyô but trained in Ôsaka. He performed as a fukeyaku in the troupe led by Ichikawa Ennosuke II from the end of the Taishô era. He ended his career in Ôsaka.

[1] Sawamura Genjûrô I and Sawamura Genjûrô II are both unknown actors.

[2] He used this yagô when he was in the Sawamura Clan.

[3] unknwon yagô when he was in the Bandô Clan.

[4] He most likely used this yagô when he was in the Jitsukawa Clan.

[5] He most likely used this yagô when he was in the Onoe Clan.

[6] Bandô Shôtarô or Bandô Emitarô. This actor was not recorded in Nojima Jusaburô's book "Kabuki Jinmei Jiten" or in the Ritsumeikan University Actors Database.

[7] The roles of Osono and Rokusuke were played by Nakamura Ganjirô I and Jitsukawa Enzaburô III.

Sawamura Genjûrô III (left), Nakamura Kotarô III, Kataoka Gatô IV and Kataoka Gakusaburô II (right) playing the roles of Yazaemon, Osato, Igami no Gonta and Okura in the drama "Sushiya", which was staged in July 1933 at the Tôkyô Gekijô