Stage names:

Haruyama Genshichi II
Haruyama Naotarô

Line number: NIDAIME (II)

Poetry name: Soran (or Shoran ?)

Existence: ??? ~ 18th day of the 2nd lunar month of 1741 ^[1]

Connection:

Father: Onogawa Ugenji

Adoptive father: Haruyama Genshichi I

Career:

Around 1716: he was adopted by Haruyama Genshichi I and received the name of Haruyama Naotarô.

Summer 1720: his adoptive father performed in Kyôto at Miyako Mandayû's theater in the drama "Yamato Hôryûji Eguchi no Mikage"; no record afterwards for Haruyama Genshichi I.

2nd lunar month of 1728: his father Onogawa Ugenji appeared on stage for the last time, in Kyôto at the Nawate no Shibai, where he performed in the drama "Man'yô no Hana Nishiki no Akebono"; no record afterwards for Onogawa Ugenji.

11th lunar month of 1732: Haruyama Naotarô took the name of Haruyama Genshichi II in Kyôto at Miyako Mandayû's theater, playing the role of Takasago Okinanosuke in the kaomise drama "Hatsu Butai Kogane no Ishizue".

Fall 1733: Genshichi went to Ôsaka.

11th lunar month of 1733: Genshichi played at the Ônishi no Shibai the role of Kokonoe Chikaranosuke in the kaomise drama "Shigeri Matsu Kogane no Takaragura", which was produced by Nakamura Jûzô I.

1st lunar month of 1734: Genshichi's rank in the Ôsaka hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, was jô-jô (superior - superior) [visual]. He shared the same rank with Murayama Heijûrô III, Sakurayama Shirosaburô II and Anegawa Shinzô.

11th lunar month of 1734: Genshichi played at the Ônishi no Shibai the role of Hisamatsu Tôkichi, in reality Nakatsugawa Tokiwanojô, in the kaomise drama "Shigeri Matsu Kogane no Takaragura", which was produced by Nakamura Jûzô I.

1st lunar month of 1735: Genshichi's rank in the Ôsaka hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, was jô-jô-(shiro)hankichi (superior - superior - (white) half excellent) [visual].

11th lunar month of 1736: Genshichi played the role of Tabakoya Gensuke ^[2], in reality Segawa Jûnai, in the kaomise drama "Yamato Fumi Mannen no Ayatsuri", which was produced by Iwai Hanshirô III at the Kado no Shibai.

1st lunar month of 1737: Genshichi's rank in the Ôsaka hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, was jô-jô-(shiro)kichi (superior - superior - (white) excellent) [visual]. He shared the same rank with Sadoshima Chôgorô I.

Fall 1737: Genshichi went to Kyôto.

11th lunar month of 1737: Genshichi played at Miyako Mandayû's theater the role of Kokaji Tokinojô in the kaomise drama "Kuni no Tomi Sakae no Hachinoki", which celebrated the arrival in Kyôto of the Edo star Ôtani Hiroji I and the return from Edo of the local actor Kameya Jûjirô I.

1st lunar month of 1738: Genshichi's rank in the Kyôto hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, was jô-jô-(hanshiro)kichi (superior - superior - (half-white) excellent) [visual].

11th lunar month of 1738: Genshichi performed in Kyôto in Tomimura Takichi's kaomise drama "Ichi no Tomi Hôrai Yakata", which was produced by Nakamura Tomijûrô I at Kameya Kumenojô's theater.

1st lunar month of 1739: Genshichi's rank in the Kyôto hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, was two black strokes above jô-jô-(shiro)kichi [visual].

11th lunar month of 1739: Genshichi played in Kyôto the role of Imagawa Nakaaki in the kaomise drama "Muromachi-dono Chôhô Denki", which was produced by Sanogawa Ichimatsu I for the nadai Miyako Mandayû; his stage partners were Yamanaka Heijûrô I, Ôtani Hiroji I, Sawamura Otoemon I, Tamiya Shirogorô, Asao Motogorô I, Onoe Kikugorô I, Shinozuka Kazaemon, Matsumoto Tomojûrô I and Arashi Sanshirô III.

11th lunar month of 1740: Genshichi played in Kyôto the role of Seki Genjibê in the kaomise drama "Asuka Miyako Jindai no Maki", which was produced by Nakamura Kumetarô I for the nadai Miyako Mandayû. He also played the role of Sugimoto Tahei, in reality Nagasaki Kageyu Saemon, in the kiri kyôgen "Hayazaki Taiheiki", which welcomed in Kyôto the actor Ogino Izaburô I. His others stage partners in this final drama were Nakajima Kanzaemon II, Nakamura Kumetarô I, Yoshizawa Tamazuma, Mizuki Tatsunosuke II and Bandô Sukesaburô I. This was Genshichi's last stage appearance.

1st lunar month of 1741: Genshichi's rank in the Kyôto hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, was jô-jô-(hanshiro)kichi (superior - superior - (half-white) excellent) [visual]. He shared the same rank with Ogino Izaburô I, Fujioka Daikichi, Tamiya Jûzaburô I, Somematsu Shichisaburô I and Bandô Sukesaburô I.

18th day of the 2nd lunar month of 1741 ^[1]: Genshichi died in Kyôto.

Comments:

Haruyama Genshichi II was a Kyôto tachiyaku actor, who made all his career in Kamigata during the first half of the 18th century. He performed in inaka shibai during the 1720s and achieved fame for himself in ôshibai during the 1730s. The three fields of excellence of this beautiful actor were yatsushigoto, jitsugoto and wagoto.

[1] The 18th day of the 2nd lunar month of the 6th year of the Genbun era was the 3rd of April 1741 in the western calendar.

[2] The tabakoya Gensuke.

Haruyama Genshichi II playing the role of Imagawa Nakaaki in the kaomise drama "Muromachi-dono Chôhô Denki", which was staged in Kyôto in the 11th lunar month of 1739

The Haruyama Genshichi line of actors