Stage names:

Izumikawa Sennosuke
Izumikawa Ginnosuke III

Playwright name:

Kaneshima Kaisuke

Existence: ???

Connection:

Son-in-law: Nakayama Shinkurô I

Disciple: Izumikawa Hyakumatsu

Career:

1712: first record; he performed in Ôsaka as a wakaonnagata and his first stage name was Izumikawa Ginnosuke III.

11th lunar month of 1714: he took the name of Izumikawa Sennosuke in Ôsaka and performed in the kaomise drama "Yonedawara Mangoku no Minato", which was produced by Shinozuka Shômatsu II for the nadai Ôsaka Tazaemon.

1715: he performed in Ôsaka as a wakashugata.

11th lunar month of 1716: Sennosuke switched back to wakaonnagata roles and played the role of the keisei Yoshida in the kaomise drama "Kogane no Ichigura", which was produced in Ôsaka by Sawamura Sôjûrô.

11th lunar month of 1717: Sennosuke played in Ôsaka at the Higashi no Shibai the role of the menoto Takase in the kaomise drama "Meryû Oryû Kogane no Uroko", which was produced by Arashi San'emon III.

1st lunar month of 1718: Sennosuke's rank in the Ôsaka hyôbanki, wakaonnagata section, was (shiro)jô ((white) superior).

11th lunar month of 1718: Sennosuke achieved a great success at the Ônishi no Shibai by performing in the kaomise drama "Suehiro Chôja Bandaigura", which was produced by Sawamura Chôjûrô I and celebrated the shûmei of Sugiyama Kanzaemon III.

3rd lunar month of 1719: Sennosuke's rank in the Ôsaka hyôbanki, wakaonnagata section, was jô (superior) [visual].

11th lunar month of 1720: Sennosuke played at the Naka no Shibai the role of Gensuke's sister Komaki in the kaomise drama "Daimyô Nishiki no Kusazuri", which was produced by the zamoto Takeshima Kôzaemon II.

11th lunar month of 1722: Sennosuke played at the Kado no Shibai the role of Kogô in the kaomise drama "Shingoten Aioi no Komatsu", which was produced by Arashi San'emon III.

3rd lunar month of 1723: Sennosuke's rank in the Ôsaka hyôbanki, wakaonnagata section, was jô-jô (superior - superior) [visual].

11th lunar month of 1723: Sennosuke performed at the Kado no Shibai in the kaomise "Kogane no Hanagata", which was produced by the zamoto Arashi San'emon III and celebrated the arrival in Ôsaka of the Edo star Ôtani Hiroji I.

1st lunar month of 1724: premiere at the Kado no Shibai of "Edoe Ukiyo Soga", an Edo-flavored new year drama welcoming in Ôsaka the Edo actor Ôtani Hiroji I; Sennosuke played the role of Kewaizaka no Shôshô [more details].

11th lunar month of 1725: Sennosuke played at the Ônishi no Shibai the role of Koyuki in the kaomise drama "Gokoku Jôju Naniwa no Yakata", which was produced by the zamoto Sakakiyama Shirotarô I.

11th lunar month of 1726: Sennosuke performed at the Ônishi no Shibai in the kaomise drama "Gosha no Yonegura Fukki no Yama", which was produced by Yamamoto Kyôshirô I.

11th lunar month of 1727: Sennosuke played at the Naka no Shibai the role of the keisei Kotoura in the kaomise drama "Imosegami Aioi no Futabayama", which was produced by Yamamoto Kyôshirô I.

11th lunar month of 1728: Sennosuke played at the Ônishi no Shibai the role of Tarôbê's nyôbô Okatsu in the kaomise drama "Kunkoku Ôe no Kishi", which was produced by Sanogawa Hanazuma I; the role of Kagokaki Tarôbê was played by Sawamura Otoemon I.

1st lunar month of 1729: Sennosuke's rank in the Ôsaka hyôbanki, wakaonnagata section, was jô-jô-(shiro)hankichi (superior - superior - (white) half excellent) [visual].

11th lunar month of 1729: no record of any kaomise performance in Ôsaka or in Kyôto.

11th lunar month of 1730: Sennosuke played at the Naka no Shibai the role of Otaki in the kaomise drama "Meotogura Wagô no Nakatomi", which was produced by Iwai Hanshirô III; his stage partners were Nakayama Shinkurô I, Anegawa Shinshirô I, Arashi Sanjûrô II, Kirinoya Gonjûrô I, Sakurayama Shirosaburô I, Yamashita Kinsaku I, Sanogawa Hanazuma I and Hanagiri Toyomatsu I.

1st lunar month of 1731: Sennosuke's rank in the Ôsaka hyôbanki, wakaonnagata section, was jô-jô-(shiro)kichi (superior - superior - (white) excellent) [visual].

12th lunar month of 1731: Sennosuke played at the Naka no Shibai the role of Takinoi in the kaomise drama "Ôyamato Wagô no Tsuchi", which was produced by Iwai Hanshirô III.

11th lunar month of 1732: Sennosuke played at the Naka no Shibai the role of Oren in the kaomise drama "Shikishima Wakô no Tsuzumi".

11th lunar month of 1733: Sennosuke performed at the Naka no Shibai in the kaomise drama "Genji Rokujûjô".

11th lunar month of 1734: Sennosuke played at the Kado no Shibai the role of the keisei Takahashi in the kaomise drama "Shin Yakata In'yô no Ishizue".

11th lunar month of 1735: Sennosuke played at the Kado no Shibai the role of Hidenoshin's nyôbô Sakurai in Sadoshima Saburôzaemon's kaomise drama "Ôyamato Kane no Kinzan"; the role of Todoroki Hidenoshin was played by Arashi Sanjûrô II.

1st lunar month of 1736: Sennosuke's rank in the Ôsaka hyôbanki, wakaonnagata section, was two black strokes above jô-jô-(shiro)kichi (superior - superior - (white) excellent) [visual].

11th lunar month of 1738: Sennosuke played at the Kado no Shibai the role of Oteru in the kaomise drama "Sanpukutsui Kogane no Ichigura", which was produced by Nakamura Jûzô I.

11th lunar month of 1740: Sennosuke was expected to perform at the Kado no Shibai in the kaomise drama "Hanaikusa Nishiki no Manmaku". He fell ill and stopped acting.

Beginning of the 1740s: he was back in the Kabuki world, not as an actor but as a sakusha. His pen name was Kaneshima Kaisuke.

11th lunar month of 1742: Kaisuke works in Kyôto at the Minamigawa no Shibai, along with Katamatsu Kanryû and Sawamura Ayasuke, on the kaomise drama "Kaeribana Konrei Nagoya" which was produced by Nakamura Kumetarô I.

3rd lunar month of 1743: Kaisuke works in Kyôto in the same theater on the drama "Furisode Onna Narukami"; No record afterwards.

Comments:

Izumikawa Sennosuke was a 18th century onnagata actor, who was active in Ôsaka from the beginning of the 1710s to the end of the 1730s. He became sakusha in Kyôto at the beginning of the 1740s.

Izumikawa Sennosuke (top), Tamiya Shirogorô (bottom/left) and Sawamura Otoemon I (bottom/right) playing the roles of the keisei Takahashi, Tada Katsuemon and Iwabuchi Jônoshin in the kaomise drama "Shin Yakata In'yô no Ishizue", which was staged in the 11th lunar month of 1734 at the Kado no Shibai

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