YAMANAKA HEIKURÔ
   
THREE GENERATIONS
Yamanaka Heikurô I
 

The actor Yamanaka Heikurô I held this name from the end of the 1680s to the 5th lunar month of 1724.

Yamanaka Heikurô I performing, along with Ichikawa Danzô I (bottom/left) and Matsumoto Kôshirô I (bottom/right), in the kaomise drama "Tategami Teika Kazura", which was staged in the 11th lunar month of 1719 at the Ichimuraza

Yamanaka Heikurô II
Yamanaka Heikurô II  In Japanese | Yamanaka Heishirô II  In Japanese
 

Dates of birth and death unknown. Disciple of Yamanaka Heikurô I, his first stage name was Yamanaka Heishirô II. He became tachiyaku and took the name of Yamanaka Heikurô II at the Ichimuraza in the 11th lunar month of 1730, playing the role of Hosoyama Minbunosuke in the kaomise drama "Hiragana Tokiwa Hachinoki". He became tôdori at the Ichimuraza around 1743. He most likely died during the An'ei era. He did not achieve any fame for himself.

Yamanaka Heikurô III
Yamanaka Senka  In Japanese | Yamanaka Heikurô III  In Japanese | Sawamura Sawazô  In Japanese
 

Dates of birth and death unknown. Disciple of Sawamura Kijûrô I, his first stage name was Sawamura Sawazô. He became katakiyaku in Edo around 1763 and was finally allowed to take the name of Yamanaka Heikurô III, in the 11th lunar month of 1781 at the Ichimuraza, where he performed in the kaomise drama "Mukashi Otoko Yuki no Hinagata". He became tôdori at the Ichimuraza in 1791 and was active there up to 1793, when the Ichimuraza went bankrupt and gave its license to the Kiriza. He called himself Yamanaka Senka in 1794 and his name stopped to be recorded during the Kyôwa era.

 
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