Stage names:

Sanogawa Hanazuma II
Sanogawa Tsuneyo
Tomizawa Tsuneyo

Line number: NIDAIME (II)

Poetry name: Nyochô (?)

Existence: ??? ~ 1762

Connection:

Adoptive father: Sanogawa Hanazuma I

Master: Tomizawa Montarô I

Younger brother: Sanogawa Hanazuma III

Career:

Before 1737: he started his career on Ôsaka stages, as a disciple of Tomizawa Montarô I; his first stage name was Tomizawa Tsuneyo.

1737: he was adopted by Sanogawa Hanazuma I and his stage name became Sanogawa Tsuneyo.

11th lunar month of 1737: Tsuneyo played at the Naka no Shibai the role of the keisei Matsukaze in the kaomise drama "Fukakusa-no-In Sannô no Maki", which was produced by Nakayama Shinkurô I.

1739: his adoptive father Sanogawa Hanazuma I retired.

11th lunar month of 1739: Sanogawa Tsuneyo took the name of Sanogawa Hanazuma II and became zamoto in Ôsaka at the Naka no Shibai, where he produced the kaomise drama "Fûryû Gozen Kabuki".

11th lunar month of 1740: Hanazuma produced at the Naka no Shibai the kaomise drama "Shinra Genji Shimada Gunpô"; his stage partners were Ôtani Hiroji I, Anegawa Shinshirô I, Arashi Sanjûrô II, Iwai Hanshirô III, Yamatoyama Jinzaemon II, Fujikawa Heikurô, Kamakura Heikurô I, Tomizawa Montarô I, Yoshizawa Ayame II and Yoshizawa Sakinosuke II.

11th lunar month of 1744: Hanazuma performed in Kyôto at Miyako Mandayû's theater in the kaomise drama "Hakata Ori Imose no Karanishiki"; his stage partners were Fujioka Daikichi, Tamiya Shirogorô, Sawamura Chôshirô, Sadoshima Chôgorô I, Matsumoto Tomojûrô I, Nakamura Danzô, Tatsuoka Hisagiku, Mihogi Gizaemon I, Sakakiyama Danshirô I, Takenaka Hyôkichi, Ikushima Kashiwagi I, Nakamura Matsubê I, Nakamura Kiyosaburô I and Fujioka Gengorô.

11th lunar month of 1745: Hanazuma performed in Kyôto at the Kitagawa no Shibai in the kaomise drama "Kachidoki Manzairaku", which was produced by Nakamura Kiyosaburô I for the nadai Miyako Handayû.

1st lunar month of 1746: Hanazuma played in the same theater the role of Otoku in the drama "Matahei"; his stage partners were Anegawa Shinshirô I (Matahei), Anegawa Daikichi I (Nagoya Sanza), Nakamura Utaemon I (Fuwa Banzaemon) and Nakamura Kiyosaburô I (the courtesan Tôyama).

11th lunar month of 1747: Hanazuma performed in the kaomise drama "Teikin Ôrai Manzoku Kagami", which was produced by Nakamura Matsubê I at the Kitagawa no Shibai and celebrated the shûmei of Sakakiyama Kôshirô II and his son Sakakiyama Shirotarô II; others stage partners were Yamashita Matatarô I, Takenaka Heikichi, Fujioka Daikichi, Nakamura Kiyosaburô I, Nakamura Shirogorô III, Kasaya Matakurô I, Asao Motogorô I and Fujikawa Heikurô.

11th lunar month of 1748: Hanazuma performed at Hoteiya Umenojô's theater in the kaomise drama "Sugomori Hiru-ga-Kojima", which was produced by Arashi San'emon IV; his stage partners were Nakamura Tomijûrô I, Yamashita Matatarô I, Sakurayama Shirosaburô II, Hanakawa Ichinojô, Fujikawa Heikurô and Imamura Shichisaburô II.

11th lunar month of 1749: Hanazuma played at Ebisuya Kichirôbê's theater the role of Sagoemon's sister Miyagino in the kaomise drama "Tokitsukazeyasu Keizu", which was produced by Sakakiyama Shirotarô II.

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

11th lunar month of 1750: Hanazuma played in Kyôto the role of Yajirô's wife Osono [picture] in Matsuya Raisuke I's kaomise drama "Kaikei Wagô Hanayakata", which was produced by Miyako Handayû.

1st lunar month of 1751: Hanazuma's rank in the Kyôto hyôbanki, wakaonnagata section, fell to jô-jô-hankichi (superior - superior - half excellent) [visual]. First Kabuki adaptation of the puppet theater drama "Tamamo-no-Mae Asahi no Tamoto", which was produced in Kyôto by Miyako Handayû at his theater; Hanazuma played the roles of Jûsaku's wife Osetsu and Princess Katsura [casting].

Fall 1751: Hanazuma and Fujikawa Heikurô went to Edo.

11th lunar month of 1751: Hanazuma played at the Nakamuraza the role of Shirotae in the kaomise drama "Honryô Hachinoki-zome".

1st lunar month of 1752: Hanazuma's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, wakaonnagata section, was jô-jô-(hanshiro)kichi (superior - superior - (half-white) excellent) [visual]. He shared the same rank with Nakamura Kumetarô I.

Fall 1753: Hanazuma went back to Ôsaka.

11th lunar month of 1753: Hanazuma played at the Ônishi no Shibai the role of Karahana in the kaomise drama "Taihei Kiso Monogatari".

1st lunar month of 1754: Hanazuma's rank in the Ôsaka hyôbanki, wakaonnagata section, was one black stroke above jô-jô-(shiro)kichi (superior - superior - (white) excellent) [visual].

1st lunar month of 1755: Hanazuma's rank in the Ôsaka hyôbanki, wakaonnagata section, fell to jô-jô-hankichi (superior - superior - half excellent) [visual].

11th lunar month of 1757: Hanazuma played at the Ônishi no Shibai the role of Otake in the kaomise drama "Shiki Sanban Okina Kagami"; this was most likely his final stage appearance as he fell ill and quickkly retired from the Kabuki world. He died in 1762.

Comments:

The onnagata actor Sanogawa Hanazuma II was active in Kamigata from the 1730s to the end of the 1750s. He did not reach the prestigious jô-jô-kichi but he was close to get it during his short stay in Edo at the beginning of the 1750s. He died in 1762.

Sanogawa Hanazuma II (left) and Sakakiyama Koshirô II (right) playing the roles of Miyagino and the rônin Yogohei in the kaomise drama "Tokitsukazeyasu Keizu", which was staged in the 11th lunar month of 1749 in Kyôto at Ebisuya Kichirôbê's theater

Prints & Illustrations

The Sanogawa Hanazuma line of actors