Stage names:

Arashi Kichisaburô III
Arashi Daizaburô III

Other name:

Arashi Kitsusaburô III

Guild: Okajimaya

Line number: SANDAIME (III)

Poetry names: Rinshi, Kanshi, Rinshô

Existence: 1810 ~ 28th day of the 9th lunar month of 1864 ^[1]

Connections:

Grandfather: Arashi Kichisaburô I

Father: Arashi Izaburô I

Uncle: Arashi Kichisaburô II

Master: Arashi Rikan II

Sons: Arashi Kichisaburô, Arashi Izaburô III, Arashi Torasaburô

Disciple: Arashi Daijûrô

Career:

1st lunar month of 1821: Arashi Kichisaburô II and his nephew Arashi Daizaburô III respectively took the names of Arashi Kitsusaburô I and Arashi Kichisaburô III at the Naka no Shibai, playing in the drama "Keisei Sato no Shimadai", which was produced by the zamoto Asao Yosaburô; their stage partners were Matsumoto Kôshirô V, Iwai Hanshirô V and Ichikawa Danzô V.

4th lunar month of 1837: Kichisaburô played at the Ônishi no Shibai the roles of Kôemon and Tôma Saburôemon in the drama "Tengajaya-mura".

2nd lunar month of 1839: Kichisaburô went to Edo.

3rd lunar month of 1839: Kichisaburô played at the Ichimuraza the roles of Ginpei, Taira Tomomori, Minamoto Yoshitsune, Kajiwara Kagetoki and Kokingo in the classic "Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura".

9th lunar month of 1840: Kichisaburô played at the Nakamuraza the roles of Umeômaru and Sukune Tarô in the classic "Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami".

1st lunar month of 1841: Kichisaburô played at the Nakamuraza the role of Ishikawa Goemon in the drama "Sanmon Gosan no Kiri"; the role of Mashiba Hisayoshi was played by Bandô Hikosaburô IV.

8th lunar month of 1841: Kichisaburô played at the Kawarasakiza the roles of Oda Harunaga, Mashiba Hisayoshi and Sehei in the drama "Ehon Taikôki".

10th lunar month of 1842: Kichisaburô took part in the opening ceremony of the newly-built Nakamuraza in the district of Asakusa Saruwaka-chô, playing in the drama "Kinryûzan Chikai no Ishizue", which was produced by Nakamura Kanzaburô XII; his stage partners were Iwai Tojaku, Sawamura Tosshô II, Onoe Eizaburô III, Bandô Hikosaburô IV, Osagawa Tsuneyo IV, Arashi Izaburô II and Ichikawa Danzaburô V.

1st lunar month of 1846: Kichisaburô went back to Ôsaka after 7 years spent in Edo.

2nd lunar month of 1847: Kichisaburô plays at the Kado no Shibai the role of Yokawa no Zenji Kakuhan in the "Shi-no-Kiri" scene of the classic "Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura"; his stage partners were Ichikawa Ebizô V (Yoshitsune), Ichikawa Kodanji IV (Tadanobu) and Arashi Rikaku II (Shizuka Gozen).

5th lunar month of 1847: Kichisaburô played at the Wakadayû no Shibai (Ôsaka) the role of Issun Tokubê in the sewamono "Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami"; his stage partners were Arashi Rikan III (Danshichi) and Ichikawa Shikô III (Sabu).

Spring 1848: tour in Ise.

Summer 1848: tour in Nagoya.

1st lunar month of 1850: Kichisaburô went to Edo and performed at the Ichimuraza.

1st lunar month of 1852: premiere at the Ichimuraza of Sakurada Jisuke III's drama "Satomi Hakkenden"; Kichisaburô played the roles of Inuta Kobungo Yasuyori, Satomi Yoshizane and Aboshi Samojirô [casting].

11th lunar month of 1854: Kichisaburô played at the Ichimuraza the role of Abe no Sadatô in the drama "Ôshû Adachi-ga-Hara"; his stage partners were Nakamura Tomijûrô II (Sodehagi) and Nakamura Fukusuke I (Yoshiie).

12th lunar month of 1855: Kichisaburô went back to Ôsaka.

Spring 1856: tour in Nagoya; Kichisaburô performed in the precinct of the Seijuin temple.

4th lunar month of 1857: Kichisaburô played at the Kado no Shibai the roles of Kô no Moronô and Sadakurô in the drama "Kanadehon Chûshingura".

1st lunar month of 1858: Kichisaburô played at the Naka no Shibai the role of Mashiba Hisayoshi in the drama "Keisei Setsugekka"; the role of Ishikawa Goemon was played by Onoe Tamizô II.

11th lunar month of 1858: Kichisaburô played at the Kitagawa no Shibai the role of Kajiwara Kagetoki in the classic "Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura".

3rd lunar month of 1859: Kichisaburô played at the Naka no Shibai the role of Matsuômaru in the classic "Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami"; his stage partners were Bandô Hikosaburô IV (Sakuramaru) and Jitsukawa Enzaburô I (Umeômaru). The same drama was staged with the same casting in the 5th lunar month in Kyôto at the Higashigawa no Shibai.

4th lunar month of 1860: Kichisaburô played at the Kita-Horie Ichi-no-Gawa Shibai (Ôsaka) the role of Ishikawa Goemon in the drama "Kinmon Gosan no Kiri"; the role of Mashiba Hisayoshi was played by Nakamura Kanjaku II.

9th lunar month of 1864: Kichisaburô played at the Naka no Shibai the roles of Kô no Moronô, Ishidô Umanojô, Tonase, Teraoka Heiemon and Amakawaya Gihei in the classic "Kanadehon Chûshingura"; his stage partners were Nakamura Jakuemon I, Jitsukawa Enzaburô I, Ogino Senjo and Arashi Hinasuke VI. Kichisaburô suddenly fell ill the 26th of the 9th lunar month and died 2 days later, the 28th day of the 9th lunar month of 1864 ^[1]. Kichisaburô's tombstone was located in the cemetery of the Hôzôji temple in Ôsaka.

Comments:

Arashi Kichisaburô III was a talented and tall actor, who was trained in Kamigata but also won a fame for himself in Edo. He was able to play a broad range of roles, as a tachiyaku, a katakiyaku (his field of excellence) or an onnagata. He fathered three sons but none of them lived long enough to become as popular as him.

[1] The 28th day of the 9th lunar month of the 1st year of the Genji era was the 28th of October 1864 in the western calendar.

Arashi Kichisaburô III playing the role of Hachizô in the drama "Senryô Tazuna Koi no Somekomi", which was staged in the 8th lunar month of 1857 in Ôsaka at the Naka no Shibai (print made by Utagawa Kunikazu)

Prints & Illustrations

Print made by Utagawa Toyokuni in 1852

Print made by Nakai Yoshitaki in 1861

The Arashi Kichisaburô line of actors