YAMASHINA JINKICHI
   
FOUR GENERATIONS
Yamashina Jinkichi I
 

Unknown actor

Yamashina Jinkichi II
Yamashina Jinkichi II  In Japanese
 

Dates of birth and death unknown. Unknown relationship to Yamashina Jinkichi I. He was recorded for the first time in Ôsaka hama shibai around 1759. He performed in Nagoya in the 6th lunar month of 1781. He went back to Kyôto in Fall 1781 and played in the 11th lunar month of 1781 at the Kitagawa no Shibai the roles of Kozakura and Koiso in the kaomise drama "Tenmangû Natane no Gokû", which was produced by Yamashita Yaozô I. He went back to Ôsaka in Fall 1782 and played in the 11th lunar month of 1782 at the Kado no Shibai the role of Oshina in the kaomise drama "Yamato Moji Sansai Zue", which was produced by Fujikawa Sango. Jinkichi's rank in the 1783 Ôsaka hyôbanki, wakaonnagata section, was two black strokes above jô-jô-(shiro)kichi (superior - superior - (white) excellent) [visual]. He played in the 9th lunar month of 1783 in the same theater the role of Agemaki in the drama "Sanjikkoku Yofune no Hajimari". No record afterwards.

Haimyô Yagô
Teifu Taiya

There will be in the future to come a full page dedicated to Yamashina Jinkichi II in kabuki21.com.

Yamashina Jinkichi II
Drawing made by Suifutei in the book "Suifutei Gigafu" (1782)

Yamashina Jinkichi II in an illustration from the book "Yakusha Mono Iwai" (1784)

Yamashina Jinkichi III
 

The actor Osagawa Tsuneyo IV held the name of Yamashina Jinkichi III from before 1816 to the 10th lunar month of 1823.

The name of Yamashina Jinkichi III in the 1820 Edo hyôbanki (the zone within the red box)

Yamashina Jinkichi IV
Nakamura Utatarô  In Japanese | Yamashina Jinkichi IV  In Japanese | Yamashina Tsuchigorô  In Japanese
 

Dates of birth and death unknown. Disciple of Yamashina Jinkichi III, his first stage name was Yamashina Tsuchigorô. He took the name of Yamashina Jinkichi IV in the 11th lunar month of 1823 at the Ichimuraza while his master took the name of Osagawa Tsuneyo IV. They performed together in the kaomise drama "Yama Mata Yama Hana no Yamagatsu", which also celebrated the shûmei of Nakayama Tomisaburô II. He became a disciple of Nakamura Utaemon IV, switched to tachiyaku roles and took the name of Nakamura Utatarô at the Ichimuraza in the 11th lunar month of 1838. Utatarô's rank in the 1839 Edo hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, was jô-jô-hankichi (superior - superior - half excellent) [visual]. No record afterwards.

The name of Yamashina Jinkichi IV in the 1830 Edo hyôbanki (the zone within the red box)

 
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