Pen names:

Katsu Hyôsuke
Kameyama Tamesuke
Kameyama Monji

Existence: 1786 ~ 21st day of the 8th lunar month of 1828 ^[1]

Connection:

Father-in-law and master: Tsuruya Nanboku IV

Career:

1786: born in Edo.

11th lunar month of 1801: disciple of Katsu Hyôzô I, he receives the name of Kameyama Monji and works at the service of both his master and Segawa Jokô II at the Nakamuraza on the kaomise drama "Date Dôgutsui no Ôtori", which celebrates the shûmei of Bandô Hikozaemon I and Yamashita Mansaku.

11th lunar month of 1803: he takes the name of Kameyama Tamesuke and works at the Kawarasakiza on the kaomise drama "Yamato Nishiki Yoshino Dairi".

11th lunar month of 1805: Tamesuke works at the Nakamuraza, at the service of Nagawa Shimesuke I, sakusha Matsushima Hanji I and Katsu Hyôzô I on the kaomise drama "Seiwa Genji Nidai no Yumitori", which celebrated the shûmei of Arashi Ryûzô III and welcomed back in Edo Ôtani Tomoemon II.

11th lunar month of 1811: Tamesuke becomes sanmaime sakusha at the Ichimuraza.

1813: he gets married with the daughter of Tsuruya Nanboku IV.

11th lunar month of 1813: he takes the name of Katsu Hyôsuke and works on the Nagauta-based dance-drama "Kabuki no Haru Futaba Manzai", which is staged within the kaomise drama "Modoribashi Sena-ni Gohiiki".

11th lunar month of 1816: Hyôsuke becomes nimaime sakusha and works with his master, Sakurada Jisuke II and Segawa Jokô II at the Kawarasakiza on the kaomise drama "Kiyomori Eiga no Utena", which also celebrates the shûmei of Sôryô Jinroku II, Ôtani Bajû II, Sakata Hanjûrô, Bandô Matajûrô III, Ichikawa Momotarô I, Tsuuchi Monzaburô III and Ichikawa Kodanji III.

11th lunar month of 1818: Hyôsuke work with his master at the Tamagawaza on the kaomise drama "Shitennô Ubuyu no Tamagawa", which stars Matsumoto Kôshirô V, Ichikawa Danjûrô VII, Iwai Hanshirô V, Segawa Kikunojô V, Bandô Hikosaburô IV, Sôryô Jinroku II, Ichikawa Sôzaburô IV, Ôtani Bajû II, Yamashina Jinkichi III and Matsumoto Yonesaburô II.

Fall 1821 ~ Fall 1827: Hyôsuke does not work as a sakusha anymore. He sells lottery tags or work without success in the production of dramas in Asakusa.

11th lunar month of 1827: Hyôsuke is back in the Kabuki world and works at the Nakamuraza, along with Katsui Genpachi, Matsuchi Shôkichi and Segawa Jokô II, on the drama "Kinbusen Yosooi Genji", which celebrates the shûmei of Ichikawa Yaozô V.

21st day of the 8th lunar month of 1828 ^[1]: Hyôsuke dies in Edo.

Comments:

Katsu Hyôsuke was an Edo sakusha, who worked for his master Tsuruya Nanboku IV between 1801 and 1821 and in 1827/1828. He died before becoming a tatesakusha. A legend said that he adopted Tsuruya Magotarô IV (the future Tsuruya Nanboku V) but this was quite unlikely.

[1] The 21st day of the 8th lunar month of the 11th year of the Bunsei era was the 29th of September 1828 in the western calendar.

The name of Katsu Hyôsuke in a 1828 Edo hyôbanki (the zone within the red shape on the left side of the picture); all the names were the sakusha at the Nakamuraza; the most important ones are Segawa Jokô II (center, just under Nakamuraza) and Katsui Genpachi (first from right)