| YOSHIZAWA GOROICHI |
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| Yoshizawa Goroichi I | |
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The actor Yoshizawa Ayame IV held the name of Yoshizawa Goroichi I from the 11th lunar month of 1744 to the 10th lunar month of 1753, then a second time from the 11th lunar month of 1754 to the 10th lunar month of 1764. |
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Ichikawa Danjûrô IV (left) and Yoshizawa Goroichi I (right) playing the roles of a kairaishi and the courtesan Ôiso no Tora in the new year drama sogamono "Soga Biiki Nihon Zakura", which was staged in the 2nd lunar month of 1762 at the Nakamuraza |
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| Yoshizawa Goroichi II Yoshizawa Goroichi II  |
Yoshizawa Kichijûrô |
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Born in 1768. Disciple of Yoshizawa Ayame IV, he received the name of Yoshizawa Kichijûrô and started his career in Edo, where he performed as a wakaonnagata. He took the name of Yoshizawa Goroichi II in the 11th lunar month of 1782 in Edo. He went to Kamigata with his master in Fall 1787. His rank in the 1792 Ôsaka hyôbanki, wakaonnagata was jô-jô (superior - superior) [visual]. He was recorded as living in Ôsaka in the district of Kurôemon-chô. He was specialized in koshimoto or nyôbô roles, excelling in sewamono dramas. No stage record afterwards. He died the 6th day of the 7th lunar month of 1795 [1]. |
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The name of Yoshizawa Goroichi II in the 1792 Ôsaka hyôbanki (the zone within the red box) |
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[1] The 6th day of the 7th lunar month of the 7th year of the Kansei era was the 20th of August 1795 in the western calendar. |
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