HAYAKAWA HATSUSE

Stage names:

Hayakawa Hatsuse In Japanese
Hayakawa Gonzaburô In Japanese
Hayakawa Hatsuse In Japanese

Existence: ??? ~ 15th day of the 5th lunar month of 1730 [1]

Connection:

Master: Hayakawa Dengorô

Disciple: Hayakawa Shinkatsu

Career:

1692: Disciple of Hayakawa Dengorô, he started his career in Kyôto, where he performed as a wakashugata.

1695: Hatsuse became wakaonnagata.

1st lunar month of 1700: Hatsuse played in Kyôto the role of Haruhi-no-Mae in the drama "Keisei Zen no Tsuna", which was produced by Yamatoya Jinbê II. The line-up included the actors Yoshizawa Ayame I, Mizuki Tatsunosuke I, Onogawa Ugenji, Onoyama Ujiemon, Takenaka Kiyonosuke, Matsunaga Rokuroemon, Sugiyama Kanzaemon I and Fujimoto Heijûrô.

Fall 1700: Hatsuse went to Edo.

11th lunar month of 1700: Hatsuse played at the Yamamuraza the role of Ayame-no-Mae in the kaomise drama "Yorimasa Mannen Goyomi".

11th lunar month of 1704: Hatsuse played at the Nakamuraza the role of Ise-no-Yaegaki in the kaomise drama "Konrei Iro Komachi"; his stage partners were Nakamura Shichisaburô I, Nakamura Denkurô I, Matsumoto Koshirô, Nakajima Kanzaemon I, Tsutsui Kichijûrô I and Kishida Kogenji.

11th lunar month of 1706: Hatsuse played at the Ichimuraza the role of Princess Mangetsu in the kaomise drama "Mano no Chôja Kogane no Torii".

3rd lunar month of 1707: Hatsuse's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, wakaonnagata section, was jô-jô-(shiro)kichi (superior - superior - (white) excellent) [visual].

11th lunar month of 1707: Hatsuse performed at the Ichimuraza in the kaomise drama "Hachinoki Ôkagami"; his stage partners were Takeshima Kôzaemon I, Otowa Jirosaburô I, Ichikawa Danshirô I and Kanazawa Goheiji I.

11th lunar month of 1708: Hatsuse played at the Ichimuraza the role of Okuni in the kaomise drama "Shusse Taiheiki".

3rd lunar month of 1709: Hatsuse's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, wakaonnagata section, was jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]. He shared the same rank with Arashi Kiyosaburô I.

11th lunar month of 1709: he became tachiyaku and took the name of Hayakawa Gonzaburô at the Ichimuraza, playing the role of Yorimasa in the kaomise drama "Genpuku Nue Yorimasa".

3rd lunar month of 1710: Gonzaburô's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, was (superior) [visual].

11th lunar month of 1710: he switched back to wakaonnagata and took back the name of Hayakawa Hatsuse, performing at the Nakamuraza in the kaomise drama "Shinsen Kazanin".

3rd lunar month of 1711: Hatsuse's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, wakaonnagata section, was jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]. He shared the same rank with Tsutsui Kichijûrô I, Asao Jûjirô I and Nakamura Gentarô.

Fall 1713: Hatsuse went to Ôsaka.

11th lunar month of 1713: Hatsuse played the role of Okiku in the kaomise drama "Ôminato Kogane no Izumi", which was produced in Ôsaka by Yamamoto Hikogorô.

1st lunar month of 1714: Hatsuse's rank in the Ôsaka hyôbanki, wakaonnagata section, was jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]. He shared the same rank with Ogino Yaegiri I and Sodesaki Karyû.

Fall 1716: Hatsuse went to Kyôto.

11th lunar month of 1716: Hatsuse played in Kyôto the role of Oiso in the kaomise drama "Tatsu no Miyako Ikuyo no Yonedawara", which was produced by Yamatoyama Jinzaemon I.

1st lunar month of 1717: Hatsuse's rank in the Kyôto hyôbanki, wakaonnagata section, was two black strokes below jô-jô-kichi [visual] [2].

Fall 1719: Hatsuse went back to Edo.

11th lunar month of 1719: Hatsuse performed at the Moritaza in the kaomise drama "Banmin Taiheiki".

20th day of the 11th lunar month of 1719 [3]: his master Hayakawa Dengorô died.

11th lunar month of 1721: Hatsuse performed at the Nakamuraza in the kaomise drama "Torisaka no Jô Tsuru no Sugomori".

1st lunar month of 1722: Hatsuse'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 Fujimura Handayû II.

11th lunar month of 1723: Hatsuse played at the Nakamuraza the role of the nyûdô Nikaidô's musume (and Aoto's nyôbô ? [5]) Katase 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 1724: Hatsuse's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, wakaonnagata section, was back to jô-jô-kichi [visual]. He was the kanjiku for wakaonnagata actors [4].

11th lunar month of 1725: Hatsuse performed at the Ichimuraza in the kaomise drama "Semimaru Onna Moyô".

11th lunar month of 1726: Hatsuse performed at the Ichimuraza in the kaomise drama "Hinazuru Tokiwa Genji", which welcomed in Edo the Kamigata actors Arashi Sangorô I and Tsugawa Kamon.

11th lunar month of 1727: Hatsuse played at the Ichimuraza the role of Tatsuno in the kaomise drama "Goshozome Kôyô Gunki", which celebrated the return in Edo of the actor Bandô Hikosaburô I.

11th lunar month of 1728: Hatsuse played at the Ichimuraza the role of Nagasaki Kageyu's wife Shimoyo in the kaomise drama "Kikusui Yoshino no Dairi"; the role of Nagasaki Kageyu was played by Nakajima Mihoemon I.

11th lunar month of 1729: Hatsuse appeared on stage for the last time, in Edo at the Ichimuraza, where he played the role of Gion Okaji, in reality Yamanba, the supernatural mountain hag of the Japanese legends, in the kaomise drama "Chôseiden Shiraga Kintoki".

15th day of the 5th lunar month of 1730 [1]: Hatsuse died in Edo.

Comments:

Hayakawa Hatsuse was born and trained in Kamigata during the 1690s but he achieved fame for himself in Edo from the beginning of the 1700s to the end of the 1720s, where he was awarded the prestigious jô-jô-kichi ranking, alike Arashi Kiyosaburô I, Asao Jûjirô I, Fujimura Handayû II, Nakamura Gentarô, Sanjô Kantarô II or Tamazawa Rin'ya. He was outstanding in onna budô and nuregoto. He was also excellent in old women roles in his latter years.

[1] The 15th day of the 5th lunar month of the 15th year of the Kyôhô era was the 29th of June 1730 in the western calendar.

[2] If you click on the visual link, the rank of Hayakawa Hatsuse was the one on the right side, not the left one which was much more usual.

[3] The 20th day of the 11th lunar month of the 4th year of the Kyôhô era was the 30th of December 1719 in the western calendar.

[4] He kept this prestigious distinction up to the 1st lunar month of 1730.

[5] ==> More details

The Actor Hayakawa Hatsuse as a Flower Vendor
Artist: Okumura Toshinobu
Date: 1724–1726
The Art Institute of Chicago (print in the public domain)

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