Stage names:

Narumi Goroshirô I
Nakamura Goroshirô II

Line number: SHODAI (I)

Poetry name: Hacchô

Existence: ??? ~ 18th day of the 11th lunar month of 1758 ^[1]

Connection:

Masters: Tomizawa Hanzaburô I, Nakamura Shichisaburô I

Career:

1700s ~ 1710s: disciple of Nakamura Shichisaburô I, his first stage name was Nakamura Goroshirô II. He served his apprenticeship in tabi shibai and miyaji shibai.

3rd day of the 2nd lunar month of 1708 ^[2]: his first master Nakamura Shichisaburô I died.

11th lunar month of 1716: he became disciple of Tomizawa Hanzaburô I, became tachiyaku and took the name of Narumi Goroshirô I at the Nakamuraza, performing in the kaomise drama "Mitsudomoe Katoku Biraki" which celebrated the shûmei of Arashi Kiyosaburô II.

11th lunar month of 1718: Goroshirô became katakiyaku and performed at the Nakamuraza in the kaomise drama "Hirakana Yomeiri Izu Nikki", which welcomed in Edo the Kamigata actor Sanogawa Mangiku.

11th lunar month of 1719: Goroshirô played at the Nakamuraza the role of the yakko Heinai in the kaomise drama "Nyohitsu Taiheiki", which commemorated the 6th anniversary (7th memorial service) of the passing away of Nakamura Denkurô I and celebrated the shûmei of Tamazawa Kôjûrô.

11th lunar month of 1720: Goroshirô played at the Moritaza the role of Usui no Aratarô in the kaomise drama "Kaigô Sakiwake Shitennô".

1st lunar month of 1721: Goroshirô played in the same theater the role of Kobayashi no Asahina in the new year sogamono "Nigiwai Suehiro Soga"; his stage partners in the role of Soga Gorô Tokimune, Soga Jûrô Sukenari and Kudô Saemon Suketsune were Ichikawa Danjûrô II, Mimasuya Sukejûrô I and Ogawa Zengorô I. The performance was a tremendous success.

11th lunar month of 1722: Goroshirô became jitsuaku.

1st lunar month of 1723: Goroshirô's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, jitsuaku section, was two black strokes above jô-jô-(shiro)kichi (superior - superior - (white) excellent) [visual].

11th lunar month of 1723: Goroshirô played at the Nakamuraza the role of Aku Zenji in the kaomise drama "Sono Enpô Onna Migyôsho", which celebrated the arrival at the Nakamuraza of the Kamigata actors Yamashita Kinsaku I and Sanogawa Senzô.

1st lunar month of 1727: Goroshirô's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, jitsuaku section, fell to jô-jô-(shiro)hankichi (superior - superior - (white) half excellent).

11th lunar month of 1727: Goroshirô became katakiyaku.

1st lunar month of 1728: Goroshirô's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, katakiyaku section, was jô-jô-(hanshiro)kichi (superior - superior - (half-white) excellent) [visual].

11th lunar month of 1729: Goroshirô became jitsuaku and played at the Nakamuraza the role of Arajishi Otokonosuke in the kaomise drama "Ume Goyomi Konrei Nagoya".

1st lunar month of 1730: Goroshirô's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, jitsuaku section, fell to jô-jô-(shiro)hankichi (superior - superior - (white) half excellent) [visual].

11th lunar month of 1730: Goroshirô became tachiyaku and played at the Moritaza the role of Kamakura Gongorô Kagemasa (the superhero in the "Shibaraku" scene) in the kaomise drama "Kankatsu Michinoku no Miyako".

1st lunar month of 1731: Goroshirô's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, was jô-jô-(shiro)hankichi (superior - superior - (white) half excellent) [visual].

11th lunar month of 1732: Goroshirô became jitsuaku and performed at the Nakamuraza in the kaomise drama "Yamato Kotoba Imagawajô", which welcomed in Edo the Kamigata actors Anegawa Shinshirô I, Sakakiyama Koshirô I and Arashi Otohachi I (who celebrated his shûmei).

1st lunar month of 1733: Goroshirô's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, jitsuaku section, was jô-jô-hankichi (superior - superior - half excellent) [visual].

11th lunar month of 1733: Goroshirô performed at the Nakamuraza in the kaomise drama "Nagi no Hana Asahi Genji"; his stage partners were Sawamura Sôjûrô I, Anegawa Shinshirô I, Segawa Kikunojô I, Ogino Izaburô I, Hayakawa Denshirô, Nakamura Shichisaburô II, Sodesaki Iseno I, Ichikawa Sôzaburô I, Nakamura Kichibê I, Sakata Sadashirô, Yamashita Kamematsu I, Sanjô Kantarô II and Ôtani Ryûzaemon I.

1st lunar month of 1734: Goroshirô's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, jitsuaku section, fell to jô-jô-(shiro)hankichi (superior - superior - (white) half excellent) [visual].

11th lunar month of 1735: Goroshirô performed at the Nakamuraza in the kaomise drama "Tono Zukuri Shinoda-zuma".

1st lunar month of 1736: Goroshirô's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, jitsuaku section, was jô-jô-hankichi (superior - superior - half excellent) [visual].

11th lunar month of 1736: Goroshirô became tachiyaku and performed at the Nakamuraza in the kaomise drama "Kuni no Tomi Sesshôseki"; his stage partners were Ôtani Hiroji I, Segawa Kikunojô I, Segawa Kikujirô I, Nakajima Mihoemon I, Arashi Otohachi I, Nakamura Kichibê I, Hayakawa Denshirô, Ogino Izaburô I and Kameya Jûjirô (who arrived from Kamigata).

1st lunar month of 1737: Goroshirô's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, was jô-jô-hankichi (superior - superior - half excellent) [visual].

11th lunar month of 1737: Goroshirô became jitsuaku and played at the Nakamuraza the role of Matano Gorô in the kaomise drama "Soga Monogatari Osana Nikki", which celebrated the arrival in Edo of the Kamigata actors Yamamoto Kyôzô, Yamamoto Hikogorô and Kaneko Mantoku.

1st lunar month of 1738: Goroshirô's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, jitsuaku section, was jô-jô-hankichi (superior - superior - half excellent) [visual].

3rd lunar month of 1740: Goroshirô's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, katakiyaku section, was jô-jô-hankichi (superior - superior - half excellent) [visual].

11th lunar month of 1741: Goroshirô became jitsuaku and performed at the Nakamuraza in Hayakawa Denshirô's kaomise drama "En'ya Hangan Kokyô no Nishiki", which welcomed in Edo the actors Sanogawa Mangiku, Nakamura Shingorô I, Nakayama Shinkurô I and Nakamura Tomijûrô I.

1st lunar month of 1742: Goroshirô's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, jitsuaku section, was jô-jô-hankichi (superior - superior - half excellent) [visual].

11th lunar month of 1746: Goroshirô played at the Moritaza the role of Hachiman Tarô in the kaomise drama "Ôtorii Gojûshigun".

1st lunar month of 1747: Goroshirô's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, katakiyaku section, was jô-jô (superior - superior) [visual].

11th lunar month of 1748: Goroshirô played at the Nakamuraza the role of Dainichibô in the kaomise drama "Onna Moji Heike Monogatari", which welcomed in Edo the Kamigata actor Nakamura Kumetarô I.

1st lunar month of 1749: Goroshirô's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, jitsuaku section, was jô-jô-(shiro)kichi (superior - superior - (white) excellent) [visual]. He shared the same rank with Sakata Tôjûrô III and Nakajima Mihoemon I.

11th lunar month of 1749: Goroshirô became katakiyaku and played at the Nakamuraza the role of Suda Jirozaemon in the kaomise drama "Onnô Taiheiki", which celebrated the shûmei of Sakata Hangorô II and Ichikawa Yaozô I.

1st lunar month of 1750: Goroshirô's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, katakiyaku section, was jô-jô-(shiro)kichi (superior - superior - (white) excellent) [visual].

11th lunar month of 1750: Goroshirô played at the Nakamuraza the role of Nagata no Shôji in Tsuuchi Jihê II's kaomise drama "Wakaki no Ume Taira no Kiyomori".

1st lunar month of 1751: Goroshirô's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, katakiyaku section, was jô-jô-(hanshiro)kichi (superior - superior - (half-white) excellent) [visual].

7th lunar month of 1751: first Kabuki adaptation of the puppet theater drama "Koi Nyôbô Somewake Tazuna", which was staged at the Nakamuraza; Goroshirô played the roles of the yakko Edohei and Kutsukake no Hachizô [casting].

11th lunar month of 1751: Goroshirô played at the Nakamuraza the role of Akaboshi no Shôji Saemon in the kaomise drama "Honryô Hachinoki-zome", which welcomed in Edo the Kamigata actors Fujikawa Heikurô and Sanogawa Hanazuma II.

1st lunar month of 1752: Goroshirô's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, katakiyaku section, fell to jô-jô-(shiro)kichi (superior - superior - (white) excellent). He shared the same rank with Nakajima Kanzaemon II.

11th lunar month of 1753: Goroshirô played at the Nakamuraza the role of Oyamada no Shôji in the kaomise drama "Hyakumanki Tsuwamono Taiheiki", which celebrated the shûmei of Ichikawa Masuzô I.

11th lunar month of 1754: Goroshirô played at the Nakamuraza the roles of the nyûdô Itô and Kajiwara Heizô Kagetoki in the kaomise drama "Miura no Ôsuke Bumon no Kotobuki", which celebrated the shûmei of Ichikawa Danjûrô IV, Matsumoto Kôshirô III and Tsuuchi Monzaburô II.

1st lunar month of 1755: Goroshirô's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, katakiyaku section, was back to jô-jô-(hanshiro)kichi (superior - superior - (half-white) excellent) [visual]. Goroshirô played in the same theater the role of Ameji Kengyô in the new year sogamono drama "Waka Midori Nishiki Soga".

1st lunar month of 1757: Goroshirô played at the Nakamuraza the role of Ômi no Kotôta in the new year sogamono drama "Nippon Zutsumi Tori no Ne Soga". This was most likely his last stage appearance.

18th day of the 11th lunar month of 1758 ^[1]: Goroshirô died in Edo.

Comments:

Narumi Goroshirô I was a 18th century talented and popular actor, who was able to perform a wide range of male roles, often switching to different roles categories during his long career (more than 50 years on the Edo stages), like katakiyaku, jitsuaku or tachiyaku. He was also the tôdori of the Nakamuraza during the second half of the 1750s.

[1] The 18th day of the 11th lunar month of the 8th year of the Hôreki era was the 18th of December 1758 in the western calendar.

[2] The 3rd day of the 2nd lunar month of the 5th year of the Hôei era was the 24th of March 1708 in the western calendar.

Narumi Goroshirô I playing the role of Matano no Gorô in the kaomise drama "Soga Monogatari Osana Nikki", which was staged in the 11th lunar month of 1737 at the Nakamuraza

The Narumi Goroshirô line of actors