Stage names:

Arashi Hinasuke II
Nakamura Jûzô III
Kanô Hidenosuke I
Arashi Hidenosuke I

Other name:

Arashi Minshi II

Guilds: Naritaya, Yoshidaya

Line number: NIDAIME (II)

Poetry name: Minshi (2)

Existence: 1774 ~ 4th day of the 2nd lunar month of 1801 ^[1]

Connection:

Grandfather: Arashi Koroku I

Father: Arashi Koroku III (Hinasuke I)

Brothers: Arashi Koroku IV, Arashi Hinasuke III, Arashi Koroku V

Career:

1785: he started his career as a child-actor, performing under the name of Arashi Hidenosuke I.

1786: he took the name of Kanô Hidenosuke I.

Spring 1789: he took the name of Nakamura Jûzô III.

4th lunar month of 1793: Jûzô played at the Kado no Shibai the role of Yosaku in the drama "Koi Nyôbô Somewake Tazuna".

1st lunar month of 1794: Nakamura Jûzô III took the name of Arashi Hinasuke II at the Kado no Shibai.

3rd lunar month of 1795: Chikamatsu Monzaemon's drama "Komochi Yamanba", which was originally written for the puppet theater, was adapted for Kabuki for the first time, in Ôsaka at the Kado no Shibai; Hinasuke played the role of Minamoto no Yorimitsu [casting].

29th day of the 3rd lunar month of 1796 ^[2]: his father Arashi Koroku III died.

4th lunar month of 1796: premiere at the Kado no Shibai of the drama "Hade Kurabe Ishikawa-zome", written by Chikamatsu Tokuzô, Tatsuoka Mansaku and Namiki Shôzô II; Hinasuke replaced his father to perform the roles of Ishikawa Goemon, Ishida-no-Tsubone, Sen no Rikyû and Fuwa Bansaku (his only role in the original casting) [more details].

5th lunar month of 1796: Hinasuke went to Kyôto and played at Miyako Mandayû's theater the roles of Ishikawa Goemon and Ishida-no-Tsubone in the drama "Hade Kurabe Ishikawa-zome".

1st lunar month of 1797: Hinasuke's rank in the Ôsaka hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, was jô-jô-(shiro)kichi (superior - superior - (white) excellent) [visual].

8th ~ 9th lunar months month of 1797: Hinasuke played at the Kita-Shinchi no Shibai (Ôsaka) the roles of Shigenoi, Sagisaka Sanai, the yakko Ippei and Takemura Sadanoshin in the drama "Koi Nyôbô Somewake Tazuna"; he also played the role of Yaegiri in "Komochi Yamanba".

1st ~ 2nd lunar months of 1799: Hinasuke played at the Naka no Shibai the roles of Ishikawa Goemon and Sôemon's wife in the drama "Kinmon Gosan no Kiri"; the role of Goemon's enemy Mashiba Hisayoshi was played by Sawamura Sôjûrô III.

Fall 1799: Hinasuke went to Edo.

11th lunar month of 1799: Hinasuke played at the Ichimuraza the role of Akita Jônosuke in the kaomise drama "Utsukushiki Yuki no Sekai", which celebrated the shûmei of Ogino Izaburô II; Hinasuke's others stage partners were Ichikawa Hakuen I, Bandô Hikosaburô III, Segawa Kikunojô III, Osagawa Tsuneyo II, Bandô Matatarô IV and Arashi Sanpachi I. Hinasuke was kindly welcomed by Ichikawa Hakuen I, who offered him his patronage, a paper lantern where he wrote his haimyô Hakuen and the right to use both his yagô Naritaya and his mon mimasu; Hinasuke's new mon became mimasu with the ideogram kanô written in it.

1st lunar month of 1800: Hinasuke played in the same theater the roles of Kyô no Jirô and Kudô Saemon Suketsune in the new year drama "Ume Kaoru Homare Soga".

2nd lunar month of 1800: Namiki Gohei's drama "Gosan no Kiri" was staged for the first time in Edo, at the Ichimuraza in a somewhat different version entitled "Sanmon Gosan no Kiri" instead of "Kinmon Gosan no Kiri"; Hinasuke played the roles of Ishikawa Goemon and Mashiba Hisatsugu [casting].

5th lunar month of 1800: Hinasuke played in the same theater the roles of Kajiwara Heiji Kagetaka, Matsuemon and Higuchi Jirô Kanemitsu in the drama "Hirakana Seisuiki".

6th lunar month of 1800: Hinasuke played in the same theater the role of the warrior Saitô Bettô Sanemori in the drama "Genpei Nunobiki no Taki". He also played the role of Satsuma Gengobê in Namiki Gohei I's drama "Godairiki Koi no Fûjime".

7th lunar month of 1800: Hinasuke played in the same theater the roles of Kakogawa Honzô, Okaru's mother, Igo and Teraoka Heiemon in the drama "Kanadehon Chûshingura".

9th lunar month of 1800: Hinasuke played in the same theater the role of Matsuômaru in the drama "Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami".

11th lunar month of 1800: Hinasuke moved with Bandô Hikosaburô III to the reopening Kawarasakiza and performed in the kaomise drama "Modoribashi Tsuna-ga-Kaomise".

1st lunar month of 1801: Hinasuke appeared on stage for the last time, at the Kawarasakiza, playing the roles of Tsurugisawa Danjô Saemon, Iba-no-Jûzô and Kyô no Jirô in the new year drama "Ataridoshi Hatsutora Soga"; he suddenly fell ill and had to stop performing.

4th day of the 2nd lunar month of 1801 ^[1]: Hinasuke died in Edo.

Comments:

Arashi Hinasuke II was a promising tachiyaku actor, excelling in jidaimono dramas. He unfortunately died in his prime but he could have been the worthy heir of his father Arashi Hinasuke I. He was said to be an outstanding dancer.

[1] The 4th day of the 2nd lunar month of the 13th year of the Kansei era was the 18th of March 1801 in the western calendar. The following day was the last day of the Kansei era.

[2] The 29th day of the 3rd lunar month of the 8th year of the Kansei era was the 6th of May 1796 in the western calendar.

Arashi Hinasuke II playing the role of the thief Ishikawa Goemon in the drama "Sanmon Gosan no Kiri", which was staged in the 2nd lunar month of 1800 at the Ichimuraza

Prints & Illustrations

The Arashi Minshi line of actors

The Arashi Hinasuke line of actors