Stage name:

Ichiyama Dengorô

Poetry name: Dan'ya

Existence: ???

Connection:

Master: Ichiyama Sukegorô I ^[1]

Career:

11th lunar month of 1734: Dengorô started his career in ôshibai, in Ôsaka at the Ônishi no Shibai, where he performed as a katakiyaku in the kaomise drama "Asahi no Matsu Kogane no Shinbashira", which was produced by Nakamura Jûzô I.

1st lunar month of 1735: Dengorô's rank in the Ôsaka hyôbanki, katakiyaku section, was jô-jô.

11th lunar month of 1735: Dengorô became jitsuaku and performed at the Ônishi no Shibai in the kaomise drama "Momijigari Nishiki no Yomeiri", which was produced by Nakamura Jûzô I.

1st lunar month of 1736: Dengorô's rank in the Ôsaka hyôbanki, jitsuaku section, was jô-jô-(shiro)hankichi.

11th lunar month of 1736: Dengorô performed at the Ônishi no Shibai in the kaomise drama "Banshû Onna Narihira".

1st lunar month of 1737: Dengorô's rank in the Ôsaka hyôbanki, jitsuaku section, was jô-jô-(hanshiro)kichi.

Fall 1740: Dengorô went to Edo with Matsushima Moheiji.

11th lunar month of 1740: Dengorô became tachiyaku and played at the Ichimuraza the role of Sasano Saizô in the kaomise drama "Kichirei Imagawajô".

1st lunar month of 1741: Dengorô's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, was one black stroke above jô-jô-(shiro)kichi [visual].

11th lunar month of 1742: Dengorô became jitsuaku and performed at the Ichimuraza in the kaomise drama "Furisode Shinoda no Zuma", which welcomed in Edo the Kamigata actor Onoe Kikugorô I.

1st lunar month of 1744: Dengorô's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, jitsuaku section, was jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual].

11th lunar month of 1744: Dengorô played at the Ichimuraza the role of Osada no Tarô in the kaomise drama "Tono Zukuri Genji Jûnidan", which celebrated the return in Edo of Sawamura Sôjûrô I.

1st lunar month of 1745: Dengorô was expected to perform in the same theater in the new year sogamono drama "Hatsu Goyomi Kotobuki Soga" but he suddenly fell ill. No record afterwards.

Comments:

Born and trained in Kamigata, Ichiyama Dengorô ended his 10-year career in Edo. He was active from the middle of the 1730s to the middle of the 1740s. This actor, who was tachiyaku or jitsuaku, succeeded in reaching the prestigious jô-jô-kichi ranking.

[1] Not reported in Nojima Jusaburô's book "Kabuki Jinmei Jiten". Ichiyama Dengorô performed for the first time in ôshibai, in Ôsaka at the Ônishi no Shibai, in a troupe starring Ichiyama Sukegorô I. We do think that he was indeed a disciple of this actor.

The actors Ichiyama Dengorô (left) and Ichimura Uzaemon VIII (right) playing the roles of Sasano Saizô and Imagawa Nakaaki in the kaomise drama "Kichirei Imagawajô", which was staged in the 11th lunar month of 1740 at the Ichimuraza