| BANDÔ HIKOZAEMON II |
|
Stage names:
Guild: Tsukishimaya Line number: NIDAIME (II) Poetry name: Zenkô, Ichien Existence: ??? Connection: Father: Bandô Hikozaemon I Master: Bandô Hikosaburô III Brother: Bandô Momotarô II Adopted son: Bandô Zenji III Career: Before 1784: son of Bandô Zenji I, his first stage name was Bandô Momotarô I. 11th lunar month of 1784: Momotarô performed as a koyaku at the Moritaza in the kaomise drama "Sakura-ga-Mine Tennyo no Yomeiri". 11th lunar month of 1801: Bandô Momotarô I took the name of Bandô Zenji II at the Ichimuraza, performing in the kaomise drama "Otoko Narikeri Onna Masakado", which celebrated the shûmei of Omegawa Kyôjûrô, Matsumoto Kôshirô V and Ichikawa Komazô IV; his father Bandô Zenji I took the name of Bandô Hikozaemon I at the Nakamuraza. 7th lunar month of 1804: premiere at the Kawarasakiza of Katsu Hyôzô I's drama "Tenjiku Tokubê Ikoku Banashi"; Zenji played the roles of Hôjô Tokigorô Ujitsura and Gotahachi [casting]. 11th lunar month of 1807: he became katakiyaku and played at the Ichimuraza the role of the nyûdô Tsukiji in the kaomise drama "Kigoto no Hana Yashima Kaijin". 11th lunar month of 1813: premiere at the Ichimuraza of Tsuruya Nanboku IV's kaomise drama "Modoribashi Sena-ni Gohiiki"; Zenji played the roles of Tsukishima Nagatsura, the misemonoshi Zenkô and Rojiban Kinosuke [more details]. 29th day of the 11th lunar month of 1813 [2]: a fire broke out in Edo in the district of Takasago-chô and destroyed both the Ichimuraza and the Nakamuraza. The troupe at the Ichimuraza went to the Moritaza and both troupes performed in a new kaomise drama entitled "Modoribashi Mata no Kaomise", which mixed acts from "Gohiiki Tsunagi Uma" and from "Modoribashi Sena-ni Gohiiki". 3rd lunar month of 1814: premiere at the Ichimuraza of Tsuruya Nanboku IV's drama "Sumidagawa Hana no Goshozome", commonly called "Onna Seigen"; Zenji played the roles of the okujochû Tsukijino [more details]. 7th lunar month of 1815: premiere at the Kawarasakiza of Tsuruya Nanboku IV's drama "Haji Momiji Ase no Kaomise" (commonly called "Date no Jûyaku", in English the ten roles of Date), whose plot and characters belonged to the "Meiboku Sendai Hagi" world; Zenji played the role of Ôba Dôeki [casting]. 1st lunar month of 1816: premiere at the Kawarasakiza of Tsuruya Nanboku IV's new year sogamono drama "Nazoraete Fujigane Soga"; Zenji played the role of Kajiwara Genta Kagesue [casting]. 9th lunar month of 1821: premiere at the Kawarasakiza of Tsuruya Nanboku IV's drama "Kiku no En Tsuki no Shiranami"; Zenji played the roles of Tanegashima Rokudayû and Hayashi Heinai [more details]. 1st lunar month of 1823: premiere at the Ichimuraza of Tsuruya Nanboku IV's new year sogamono drama "Yaegasumi Soga no Kumiito"; Zenji played the role of the bashi Kajiwara-mura no Heiji [casting]. 1st lunar month of 1825: premiere at the Nakamuraza of Tsuruya Nanboku IV's new year sogamono drama "Okuni-iri Soga Nakamura"; Zenji played the roles of Oniô Shinzaemon and Saboten no Zenroku [casting]. 11th lunar month of 1825: Bandô Zenji II took the name of Bandô Hikozaemon II at the Nakamuraza, playing the roles of Shigaraki Setohei and Tsukishima Katôji in the drama "Oniwaka Kongen Butai". 8th lunar month of 1826: premiere at the Nakamuraza of Tsuruya Nanboku IV's drama "Soga Nakamura Aki no Torikomi"; Hikozaemon played the role of the hannin Kankichi [casting]. 6th lunar month of 1827: premiere at the Kawarasakiza of Tsuruya Nanboku IV's drama "Hitori Tabi Gojûsan Tsugi"; Hikozaemon played the role of the anma Keimasa, later the traveller Yajirobê [casting]. 18th day of the 2nd lunar month of 1828 [1]: his master Bandô Hikosaburô III died. 11th lunar month of 1835: Bandô Hikozaemon II took the name of Bandô Zenkô at the Moritaza, performing in the drama "Hanayagura Kabuki no Jintori" which celebrated the shûmei of Ichikawa Kuzô II. 4th lunar month of 1836: Bandô Zenkô took the name of Tsukiji Zenkô in the same theater. 1st lunar month of 1838: he took back the name of Bandô Hikozaemon II at the Ichimuraza, playing the roles of Kannami Tanzaemon and the zegen Bunkichi in the new year drama "Date Kurabe Zensei Soga", whose plot and characters belong to the "Meiboku Sendai Hagi" world. 1st lunar month of 1840: Bandô Hikozaemon II took the name of Bandô Ichien at the Kawarasakiza, playing the role of Kajiwara Heizô Kagetoki in the new year drama "Ume Sakuya Wakagiba Soga". 1st lunar month of 1841: he took back the name of Bandô Hikozaemon II at the Kawarasakiza, playing the roles of Hakone no Hataemon and the tedai Tokuemon in the new year drama "Koi Zumô Yawaragi Soga". 1842: Hikozaemon retired from the Kabuki world and spent his latter years in Yotsuya. Comments: Bandô Hikozaemon II was a popular and talented Edo handôgataki and dôkegata actor. He was nicknamed "Tsukiji no Sensei" (Tsukiji's teacher) and his last ranking, in the 1842 Edo hyôbanki, handôgataki section, was jô-jô-(shiro)kichi (superior - superior - (white) excellent) [visual]. [1] The 18th day of the 2nd lunar month of the 11th year of the Bunsei era was the 2nd of April 1828 in the western calendar. [2] The 29th day of the 11th lunar lunar month of the 10th year of the Bunka era was the 21st of December 1813 in the western calendar. |
 |
|
Bandô Hikozaemon II portraying Kajiwara Heizô Kagetoki in a print made by Utagawa Kunisada I The Bandô Momotarô line of actors The Bandô Zenji line of actors The Bandô Hikozaemon line of actors |
|
|
| Contact | Main | Top | Updates | Actors | Plays | Playwrights | Programs | Links | FAQ | Glossary | Chronology | Illustrations | Prints | Characters | Derivatives | Theaters | Coming soon | News |