ONOE KANIJÛRÔ III

Stage names:

Onoe Kanijûrô III In Japanese
Onoe Sengorô In Japanese

Real name: Imura Shigeru

Guild: Otowaya

Line number: SANDAIME (III)

Existence: 9 January 1884 ~ 7 September 1936

Connection:

Master: Onoe Kikugorô VI

Career:

26 August 1885: born in Tôkyô in the district of Shinagawa.

1899: he started his career as a disciple of Onoe Ushinosuke II, who gave him the name of Onoe Sengorô.

1922: he became nadai and took the name of Onoe Kanijûrô III at the Ichimuraza.

February ~ March 1932: Kanijûrô played at the Tôkyô Gekijô the role of Dozaemon Denkichi in the drama "Sannin Kichisa".

7 September 1936: Kanijûrô died.

Comments:

Onoe Kanijûrô III was a supporting tachiyaku actor of the Otowaya guild.

Onoe Kanijûrô III playing the role of the villain Kô no Moronô in the drama "Kanadehon Chûshingura"

The Onoe Kanijûrô line of actors

 
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