Stage names:

Yamatoya Jinbê IV
Mizuki Tatsunosuke II
Mizuki Takenosuke

Guild: Yamatoya

Line number: YODAIME (IV)

Poetry name: Shisui

Existence: ??? ~ ???

Connections:

Master: Yamatoya Uzaemon (Mizuki Tatsunosuke I)

Brother: Mizuki Somenosuke II

Disciple: Mizuki Tatsunosuke III

Career:

Before Fall 1724: date of birth unknown. Disciple of Yamatoya Uzaemon and younger brother of Mizuki Somenosuke II, he received the name of Mizuki Takenosuke.

11th lunar of 1724: Takenosuke made his debut on stage in Kyôto, performing as a wakaonnagata iroko actor in the kaomise drama "Yomeiri Miyako no Shimadai", which was produced by the zamoto Ogino Umenosuke for the nadai Ebisuya Kichirôbê.

11th lunar month of 1725: Takenosuke performed as a wakashugata iroko actor in Kyôto in the kaomise drama "Ôkamado Hatsumen Bako", which was produced by Sanogawa Mangiku for the nadai Hayagumo Chôdayû.

11th lunar month of 1730: Takenosuke became wakashugata and performed in Kyôto at Kameya Kumenojô's theater in the kaomise drama "Eiraku Shiki no Kogane", which was produced by Sakakiyama Shirotarô I.

11th lunar month of 1733: Takenosuke became wakaonnagata, performing in Kyôto in the kaomise drama "Chôseiden Kogane no Shikigawara", which was produced by Sakakiyama Shirotarô I.

11th lunar month of 1736: Takenosuke became zamoto, producing in Kyôto at Hayagumo Chôdayû's theater the kaomise drama "Shin-yakata Imosegura".

11th lunar month of 1737: Mizuki Takenosuke took the name of Mizuki Tatsunosuke II in Kyôto at Hayagumo Chôdayû's theater, producing and performing in the kaomise drama "Yamato Uta Kamiyo no Kagami"; his stage partners were Anegawa Shinshirô I, Segawa Kikunojô I, Segawa Kikujirô I, Shinozuka Kazaemon, Matsumoto Tomojûrô I, Yamanaka Heijûrô I, Arashi Sanshirô III and Somenoi Utamatsu. The Segawa brothers were back in Kyôto after several seasons spent in Edo.

2nd lunar month of 1738: premiere in Kyôto of Matsuda Bunkôdô's drama "Yukihira Isonare Matsu"; Tatsunosuke played the role of the ama Matsukaze [more details].

23rd day of the 9th lunar month of 1745 ^[1]: his master Yamatoya Uzaemon died.

Fall 1745: Tatsunosuke went to Ôsaka.

11th lunar month of 1745: Tatsunosuke played at the Ônishi no Shibai the role of Yojûrô's nyôbô Otaka in the kaomise drama "Tônai Tarô Danjiri Roppô", which was produced by Arashi San'emon IV.

11th lunar month of 1747: he became tachiyaku and took the name of Yamatoya Jinbê IV at the Naka no Shibai, playing the role of Matsushima Shirô in the kaomise drama "Kogane-bana Michinoku Jikki", which was produced by Ichikawa Ryûzô.

Fall 1748: Tatsunosuke went back to Kyôto.

11th lunar month of 1748: Jinbê played at Hayagumo Chôdayû's theater the role of Imagawa Nakaaki in the kaomise drama "Jidai Makie Chûshingura", which was produced by Nakamura Matsubê I.

11th lunar month of 1749: Jinbê appeared on stage for the last time, in Kyôto at Miyako Handayû's theater, playing the role of Nanbu Hanzô in the kaomise drama "Imosegura Kogane no Ishizue".

1st lunar month of 1750: Jinbê's rank in the Kyôto hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, was jô-jô-(shiro)hankichi (superior - superior - (white) half excellent) [visual]. No record afterwards.

Comments:

Yamatoya Jinbê IV was a Kyôto actor, active in his city and in Ôsaka (3 seasons between 1745 and 1748) from the end of the first half of the 1720s to the end of the 1740s. He started as a wakashugata, became a wakaonnagata and ended as a tachiyaku actor. He was a good dancer and he excelled in wagoto.

[1] The 23rd day of the 9th lunar month of the 2nd year of the Enkyô era was the 18th of October 1745 in the western calendar.

[2] Yamatoya Jinbê II was the uncle of Yamatoya Jinbê IV's master Yamatoya Uzaemon.

Yamatoya Jinbê IV (left) and Nakamura Yaehachi (right) playing the roles of Imagawa Nakaaki and Otsuta in the kaomise drama "Jidai Makie Chûshingura", which was staged in the 11th lunar month of 1748 in Kyôto at Hayagumo Chôdayû's theater

Prints & Illustrations

The Mizuki Tatsunosuke line of actors

The Yamatoya Jinbê line of actors and theater managers