Stage name:

Shinomiya Heihachi I

Line number: SHODAI (I)

Existence: ???

Connection:

Father: Shinomiya Genpachi

Disciple: Shinomiya Heihachi II

Career:

1696: son of Shinomiya Genpachi, Heihachi started his career in Edo as a wakashugata.

3rd lunar month of 1699: Heihachi's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, wakashugata section, was jô (superior) [visual].

6th lunar month of 1699: Heihachi played at the Yamamuraza the role of Nakatsuji Wakasanosuke in the drama "Isshin Onna Narukami".

11th lunar month of 1699: Heihachi performed at the Nakamuraza in the kaomise drama "Taira no Kiyomori Bijin Zoroi".

3rd lunar month of 1700: Heihachi's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, wakashugata section, was jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual].

11th lunar month of 1700: Heihachi performed at the Yamamuraza in the kaomise drama "Yorimasa Mannen Goyomi".

1st lunar month of 1701: Heihachi played in the same theater the role of Sanada Yoichi in the new year drama "Keisei Mitsu Urokogata".

3rd lunar month of 1701: Heihachi's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, wakashugata section, was jô-jô (superior - superior) [visual]. Heihachi performed in the same theater in the drama "Aigo Jûnidan".

5th lunar month of 1701: Heihachi performed in the same theater in the drama "Taishokan Nido no Tamatori".

11th lunar month of 1701: Heihachi performed at the Yamamuraza in the kaomise drama "Oguri Hôraizan".

3rd lunar month of 1702: Heihachi's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, wakashugata section, was jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]. Heihachi played in the same theater the role of Gentarô in the drama "Kôbai Sumidagawa".

7th lunar month of 1702: Heihachi played in the same theater the role of Urabe Kageyu Suetake in the drama "Oni-ga-Jô Onna Yamairi".

8th lunar month of 1702: Heihachi played in the same theater the role of Chihara Saburô in the drama "Shida Kaikeizan".

11th lunar month of 1702: Heihachi played at the Yamamuraza the role of Hachiman Tarô Yoshiie in the kaomise drama "Yunzei Otokoyama Hachiman Tarô".

1st lunar month of 1703: Heihachi played at the Yamamuraza the role of Honda no Jirô in the new year sogamono drama "Keisei Asama Soga".

3rd lunar month of 1703: Heihachi's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, wakashugata section, was jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]. Heihachi played in the same theater the role of Tamaya Shinzaburô in the drama "Keisei Hotoke no Hara". No record afterwards. He most likely died in 1703 or 1704.

Comments:

Shinomiya Heihachi I made a very short career in Edo but he stayed in Kabuki history as a prominent wakashugata.

The Actor Shinomiya Heihachi I
Attributed to Torii Kiyonobu I
Date: c. 1703
The Art Institute of Chicago (print in the public domain)

The Shinomiya Heihachi line of actors