Stage names:

Nakajima Kanzaemon II
Nakajima Kanroku I
Nakajima Sukeroku

Guild: Nakajimaya

Line number: NIDAIME (II)

Poetry names: Zeshô, Zekô

Existence: 1696 ~ 5th day of the 8th lunar month of 1762 ^[1]

Connection:

Grandfather: Abura Kanroku

Father: Nakajima Kanzaemon I

Son: Nakajima Kanzaemon III

Career:

1696: born in Edo. His first name is Nakajima Sukeroku. Later on, As a tribute to his grandfather Abura Kanroku, he receives the name of Nakajima Kanroku I.

11th lunar month of 1715: Kanroku plays at the Moritaza the role of Sasabe Heiji in Mitsushima Shichirôzaemon's drama "Hayazaki Onna Shimabara".

22nd day of the 4th lunar month of 1716: his father Nakajima Kanzaemon I dies.

Fall 1716: Nakajima Kanroku I takes the name of Nakajima Kanzaemon II at the Moritaza.

Fall 1740: Kanzaemon goes to Kyôto.

11th lunar month of 1740: Kanzaemon plays at Miyako Mandayû's theater in the kaomise drama "Asuka Miyako Jindai no Maki" and the drama "Hayazaki Taiheiki".

Fall 1742: Kanzaemon goes back to Edo.

11th lunar month of 1742: Kanzaemon plays at the Nakamuraza in the kaomise drama "Keisei Akazawayama".

1st lunar month of 1747: Kanzaemon's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, katakiyaku section, is jô-jô-(shiro)kichi (superior - superior - (white) excellent) [visual].

5th lunar month of 1747: Kanzaemon plays at the Nakamuraza the role of Sukune Tarô in the drama "Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami".

11th lunar month of 1747: Kanzaemon plays at the Moritaza the role of Suruga Zenji in the kaomise drama "Aruji Môke Onna Hachinoki", which celebrated the shûmei of Sawamura Sôjûrô.

1st lunar month of 1748: Kanzaemon's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, katakiyaku section, is jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual].

6th lunar month of 1749: Kanzaemon plays at the Nakamuraza the role of Ono no Kudayû in the drama "Kanadehon Chûshingura".

3rd lunar month of 1751: Kanzaemon's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, katakiyaku section, slightly falls below the jô-jô-kichi rank (superior - superior - excellent).

5th lunar month of 1755: Kanzaemon plays at the Moritaza the role of Kô no Moronô in the drama "Kanadehon Chûshingura"; the role of En'ya Hangan is played by Matsuyama Sanjûrô.

2nd lunar month of 1762: Kanzaemon appears on stage for the last time, at the Nakamuraza, playing the role of Ômi no Kotôta in the new year drama "Soga Biiki Nihon Zakura". He falls ill and has to retire.

5th day of the 8th lunar month of 1762 ^[1]: Kanzaemon dies in Edo; his tombstone is located in the cemetery of the Hôonji temple in the district of Honjo.

Comments:

Nakajima Kanzaemon II was a Edo katakiyaku actor, who made a successful career from the end of the Hôei era to the end of the Hôreki era. His ranking was jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) for 3 years (1748~1750) and he excelled in warrior roles in jidaimono dramas.

[1] The 5th day of the 8th lunar month of the 12th year of the Hôreki era was the 22nd of September 1762 in the western calendar.

Nakajima Kanzaemon II playing the role of the villain Wakasa no Zenji Yasumura in the kaomise drama "Miyakozome Kaoru Hachinoki", which was staged 11th lunar month of 1739 at the Nakamuraza

In the 1st lunar month of 1754 at the Ichimuraza

The Nakajima Kanzaemon line of actors