| NAKAMURA JÛSUKE II |
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Line number: NIDAIME (II) Poetry names: Koichi (2), Kakushi Existence: 1745 ~ 20th day of the 9th lunar month of 1803 [1] Connection: Father: Nakamura Kanzaburô IX Master: Horikoshi Nisôji I Adoptive father: Nakamura Jûsuke I Disciple: Takarada Jurai Career: 1745: born in Edo. He was the son of the zamoto Nakamura Kanzaburô IX. 1745 ~ 1755: his first names were Nakamura Tokunosuke and Nakamura Katsutarô. He also took the name of Sasabayashi Dôsuke. He received the name of Nakamura Sanpei and was trained as a sakusha by Horikoshi Nisôji I. He was also adopted by Nakamura Jûsuke I 30th day of the 8th lunar month of 1755 [2]: his adoptive father Nakamura Jûsuke I died. 11th lunar month of 1764: he took the name of Nakamura Jûsuke II and worked at the Nakamuraza on the kaomise drama "Azuma no Hana Sôma no Dairi". 11th lunar month of 1765: Jûsuke worked at the Nakamuraza, along with Ida Sorobê, Dontsû Yosabê I, Masuyama Kinpachi I and Nakamura Sadasuke, on the kaomise drama "Kagura Uta Amagoi Komachi", which celebrated the shûmei of Iwai Hanshirô IV. 11th lunar month of 1766: Jûsuke worked at the Nakamuraza, along with Kadota Sorobê, Dontsû Yosabê I, Masuyama Kinpachi I, Kawatake Shinshichi I and Sei Hidesuke, on the kaomise drama "Kogane no Hana Kaijin Arasmusha", which celebrated the arrival in Edo of the Kamigata actor Kirishima Gizaemon I. 11th lunar month of 1768: Jûsuke worked at the Moritaza, along with Kawai Kinji, Sei Hidesuke, Nakamura Sanzô I and Ôsato Eizô, on the kaomise drama "Mutsuchidori Meika no Yumitori". 11th lunar month of 1769: Jûsuke worked at the Moritaza, along with Sei Hidesuke, Nakamura Seikurô II, Minonaka Saiji and Kimura Yaichi, on the kaomise drama "Na ni Takashi Kumoi no Yumihari", which welcomed in Edo the actors Yamashita Kinsaku II and Kasaya Matakurô II (who also celebrated his shûmei) and celebrated the shûmei of Nakamura Shirogorô IV. 11th lunar month of 1770: Jûsuke worked at the Moritaza, along with Sei Hidesuke, Nakamura Seikurô II, Minonaka Saiji and Sawai Chûzô, on the kaomise drama "Miyako Zome Giô Katsugi", which welcomed in Edo the Kamigata actors Nakamura Tomijûrô I and Nakamura Noshio I. 11th lunar month of 1771: Jûsuke worked, along with Naka Kiichi, Kawatake Shinshichi I, Okuno Sasuke and Kimura Yaichi, at the Nakamuraza on the kaomise drama "Kuni no Hana Ono no Itsumoji". 11th lunar month of 1772: Jûsuke worked at the Nakamuraza, along with Sakurada Jisuke I, Okuno Sasuke, Kimura Yaichi and Yaoki Kôsuke, on the kaomise drama "Ôyoroi Ebidô Shinozuka", which celebrated the shûmei of Ichikawa Ebizô III, Matsumoto Kôshirô IV and Ichikawa Komazô III. 11th lunar month of 1773: Jûsuke worked at the Ichimuraza, along with Sei Basetsu, Nakamura Seikurô II and Sei Hidezô, on the kaomise drama "Kaeri Kiso Kigoto no Hatsumono", which celebrated the shûmei of Ichikawa Danzô IV. 11th lunar month of 1774: Jûsuke worked at the Ichimuraza, along with Horikoshi Saiyô, Okuno Sasuke, Nakamura Seikurô II, Ôkoshi Shûzô and Okuno Eiji, on the kaomise drama "Chigo Sakura Jûsangane", which celebrated the shûmei of Segawa Kikunojô III. 11th lunar month of 1775: Jûsuke worked at the Moritaza, along with Hirota Basetsu and Masuyama Kinpachi I, on the kaomise drama "Kikujidô Shuen no Iwaya". 11th lunar month of 1776: Jûsuke worked at the Moritaza, along with Kasanui Sensuke I and Kawatake Shinshichi I, on the kaomise drama "Hikitsurete Yagoe Taiheiki". 11th lunar month of 1777: Jûsuke worked at the Ichimuraza, along with Kawatake Shinshichi I, on the kaomise drama "Chigo Torii Tobiiri Kitsune". Premiere at the Ichimuraza of Jûsuke's Tomimoto-based (musical accompaniment written by Namizaki Tokuji) dance-drama "Meotozake Kawaranu Nakanaka" (commonly called "Kurama Jishi") [casting]. 11th lunar month of 1781: Jûsuke worked at the Moritaza on the kaomise drama "Sakikaese Yuki no Miyoshino", which welcomed in Edo the Kamigata minor actors Arashi Konomatsu, Onoe Kokichi and Onoe Kosaburô. 1st lunar month of 1782: Jûsuke worked in the same theater on the new year sogamono drama "Nanakusa Yosooi Soga"; the roles of Kudô Saemon Suketsune, Soga Jûrô Sukenari and Soga Gorô Tokimune were played by Ichikawa Danjûrô V, Sawamura Sôjûrô III and Ichikawa Monnosuke II. 11th lunar month of 1782: Jûsuke worked at the Nakamuraza, along with Sakurada Jisuke I, on the kaomise drama "Godai Genji Mitsugi no Furisode". 11th lunar month of 1784: Jûsuke worked at the Moritaza on the kaomise drama "Sakura-ga-Mine Tennyo no Yomeiri". 29th day of the 7th lunar month of 1785 [3]: his father Nakamura Kanzaburô IX died. 11th lunar month of 1785: Jûsuke worked at the Nakamuraza, along with Masuyama Kinpachi I and Takarada Jurai, on the kaomise drama "Yuki Motsu Take Furisode Genji". 11th lunar month of 1786: Jûsuke worked at the Nakamuraza, along with Kanai Sanshô and Katsu Hyôzô I, on the kaomise drama "Kumoi no Hana Yoshino no Wakamusha", which welcomed in Edo the Kamigata actor Arashi Murajirô and starred Sawamura Sôjûrô III, Ichikawa Yaozô III, Ôtani Hiroji III, Onoe Matsusuke I, Osagawa Tsuneyo II, Sanogawa Ichimatsu III, Nakajima Kanzaemon III and Bandô Matatarô IV. 1st lunar month of 1787: Jûsuke worked in the same theater on the new year sogamono drama "Ôichô Kongen Soga"; the roles of Kudô Saemon Suketsune, Soga Jûrô Sukenari and Soga Gorô Tokimune were played by Onoe Matsusuke I, Sawamura Sôjûrô III and Ichikawa Yaozô III. 11th lunar month of 1787: Jûsuke worked at the Moritaza, along with Kanai Sanshô and Katsu Hyôzô I, on the kaomise drama "Tsuranaru Edamure Takamatsu", which celebrated the shûmei of Iwai Kiyotarô II, Sawamura Kameemon and Sawamura Harugorô II. 11th lunar month of 1788: Jûsuke worked at the Moritaza on the kaomise drama "Hito Yobu Yuki Aruji no Machiuke". The Kamigata actors Arashi Hinasuke I and Yamashita Kinsaku II were expected to perform at the Moritaza but they could not go to Edo. 11th lunar month of 1789: no record in any Edo kaomise. 11th lunar month of 1790: no record in any Edo kaomise. 11th lunar month of 1791: no record in any Edo kaomise. 11th lunar month of 1792: Jûsuke worked at the Ichimuraza, along with Segawa Jokô I, Katsu Hyôzô I, Kawatake Bunji and Matsui Yûsuke I, on the kaomise drama "Koganegiku Date no Ôkido", which celebrated the shûmei of Segawa Yûjirô II. 11th lunar month of 1794: Jûsuke worked at the Kawarasakiza, along with Muraoka Kôji I and Shimizu Shôshichi I, on the kaomise drama "Matsu no Misao Onna Kusunoki". 1st lunar month of 1795: Jûsuke worked in the same theater on the new year sogamono drama "Shimekazari Kichirei Soga"; the roles of Kudô Saemon Suketsune, Soga Jûrô Sukenari and Soga Gorô Tokimune were played by Matsumoto Kôshirô IV, Ichikawa Komazô III and Bandô Minosuke I. 1796: Jûsuke retired and became a print maker named Kabukidô Enkyô. He made 7 famous prints of the actors Nakayama Tomisaburô I, Sawamura Sôjûrô III, Ichikawa Yaozô III (2 prints), Ichikawa Omezô I, Nakamura Nakazô II and Nakamura Noshio II. 1800: he published a collection of his writings about theater under the title "Shibai Noriai Banashi" [4]. 20th day of the 9th lunar month of 1803 [1]: Jûsuke died in Edo. Comments: Nakamura Jûsuke II was an important Edo sakusha, who was active from 1764 to 1795. He will stay in Kabuki history as the playwright who wrote the lyrics of "Kurama Jishi". In 1926, it was discovered that the enigmatic print-maker Kabukidô Enkyô and Nakamura Jûsuke II were in reality the same man. [1] The 20th day of the 9th lunar month of the 3rd year of the Kyôwa era was the 4th of November 1803 in the western calendar. [2] The 30th day of the 8th lunar month of the 5th year of the Hôreki era was the 5th of October 1755 in the western calendar. [3] The 29th day of the 7th lunar month of the 5th year of the Tenmei era was the 2nd of September 1785 in the western calendar. [4] "Tales of a Theatre Passenger" (from Samuel Leiter's "Historical Dictionary of Japanese Traditional Theatre").
The name of Nakamura Jûsuke II in a 1786 Edo hyôbanki (the zone within the red box); all the names were the sakusha at the Nakamuraza The Nakamura Koichi line of playwrights The Nakamura Jûsuke line of playwrights |
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