| SEGAWA JOKÔ I |
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Line number: SHODAI (I) Poetry name: Jokô Existence: 1739 ~ 23rd day of the 1st lunar month of 1794 [1] Connection: Father: Ichiyama Shichijûrô I (dance master) Master: Segawa Kikunojô II Younger brother: Segawa Senjo Disciple: Komagata Bunzô Career: 1739: born in Ôsaka in the district of Dôtonbori. He is the son of the dance master Ichiyama Shichijûrô I and the elder brother of Ichiyama Shichinosuke. His first stage name was Ichiyama Shichizô I and he is trained to perform as a wakaonnagata. 11th lunar month of 1758: Shichizô performs at the Kado no Shibai in Namiki Shôzô I's kaomise drama "Arigatashi Fujiwara Keizu", which is produced by Nakayama Bunshichi I. 1st lunar month of 1768: Shichizô goes to Edo. 2nd lunar month of 1768: Shichizô performs at the Ichimuraza in the new year sogamono drama "Shuen Soga Ômu Gaeshi". 1st lunar month of 1769: he becomes disciple of Segawa Kikunojô II, takes the name of Segawa Shichizô and performs at the Nakamuraza in the new year drama "Soga Moyô Aigo no Wakamatsu". 5th lunar month of 1774: the drama "Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami" is staged for the first time at the Ichimuraza; Shichizô plays the role of Okaji [casting]. Fall 1775: Shichizô goes back to Ôsaka. 12th lunar month of 1775: he takes back the name of Ichiyama Shichizô I, performing at the Higashi no Shibai in the drama "Shiki Utsushi Iroha Butai". Fall 1779: Shichizô goes to Edo. 11th lunar month of 1779: he takes the name of Segawa Otome at the Ichimuraza, performing in the kaomise drama "Azuma no Mori Sakae Kusunoki", which celebrates also the shûmei of Azuma Tôzô III. 11th lunar month of 1781: Otome performs at the Nakamuraza in the kaomise program "Shitennô Tonoi no Kisewata". Spring 1783: Otome's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, wakaonnagata section, is jô-jô-(shiro)hankichi (superior - superior - (white) half excellent) [visual]. 9th lunar month of 1783: Otome performs at the Nakamuraza in the drama "Buke no Hana Musume no Adauchi", which celebrates the coming departure from Edo of the star Ichikawa Danzô IV (onagori kyôgen). 10th lunar month of 1783: Otome does his final performance (isse ichidai), in Edo at the Nakamuraza, where he performs for 3 days in the dance-drama "Musume Dôjôji". 11th lunar month of 1783: he becomes sakusha and takes the name of Segawa Jokô I to work at the Nakamuraza. 11th lunar month of 1784: Jokô works as a tatesakusha at the Kiriza, along with Takarada Jurai, on the kaomise drama "Jûni Hitoe Komachi Zakura". Premiere of the Nagauta-based dance-drama "Kyôran Kumoi no Sode" [2]. Premiere of the dance-drama "Tsumoru Koi Yuki no seki no To" [casting]. 11th lunar month of 1785: Jokô works, along with the tatesakusha Kasanui Sensuke I, at the Kiriza on the kaomise drama "Otokoyama Furisode Genji", which celebrates the shûmei of Bandô Mitsugorô II. Premiere of the Tokiwazu-based dance-drama "Shitennô Ôe no Yamairi" [3] which is written by Jokô. 11th lunar month of 1786: Jokô works as a tatesakusha at the Moritaza on the kaomise drama "Onna Musha Kiku no Sen'yoki", which celebrates the shûmei of Sawamura Kameemon and Nakamura Kichisaburô III. 11th lunar month of 1787: Jokô works at the Kiriza on the kaomise drama "Sanga no Shô Mutsu no Hanayome". 11th lunar month of 1788: Jokô works at the Ichimuraza, which reopens after a few years of business interruption, on the kaomise drama "Genji Saikô Kogane no Tachibana", which celebrates the arrival in Edo of the Kamigata actor Asao Tamejûrô I. 11th lunar month of 1790: Jokô works at the Ichimuraza on the kaomise drama "Iwao no Hana Mine no Kusunoki". 11th lunar month of 1791: Jokô works at the Ichimuraza on the kaomise drama "Kin no Menuki Genke no Kakutsuba", which celebrates the shûmei of Ichikawa Ebizô and Ichikawa Danjûrô VI. 11th lunar month of 1792: Jokô works at the Ichimuraza on the kaomise drama "Koganegiku Date no Ôkido", which celebrates the shûmei of Segawa Yûjirô II. 23rd day of the 1st lunar month of 1794 [1]: Jokô dies in Edo; his tombstone is located in the precincts of the Daiunji Temple. Comments: Segawa Jokô I was a Kabuki actor born and trained in Ôsaka. He was active on stages, either in Ôsaka or Edo, from 1758 to 1783. He stopped acting and became an Edo sakusha, who worked on more than 30 original dramas or dance-dramas from the first half of the 1780s to the first half of the 1790s. [1] The 23rd day of the 1st lunar month of the 6th year of the Kansei era was the 22nd of February 1794 in the western calendar. [2] This dance-drama is still in the Kabuki repertoire and its common title is "Nakazô Kyôran". [3] This dance-drama is still in the Kabuki repertoire and its common title is "Yamanba".
The name of Segawa Jokô I in a 1792 Edo hyôbanki (the name within the red box); all the names were the sakusha at the Ichimuraza The Segawa Jokô line of playwrights |
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