Stage name:

Uemura Kichiya III

Other name:

Kamimura Kichiya III

Line number: SANDAIME (III)

Existence: ??? ~ 14th day of the 6th lunar month of 1724 ^[1]

Connection:

Master: Uemura Kichiya II

Disciple: Yamatoyama Jinzaemon I

Career:

11th lunar month of 1702: his name appeared for the first time on a playbill; he performed as a wakaonnagata in Ôsaka at Matsumoto Nazaemon III's theater.

1st lunar month of 1712: Kichiya went to Kyôto and achieved a great success at Ebisuya Shôdayû's theater by playing the role of the courtesan Matsuyama in the drama "Onna Wankyû", which was produced by Yoshizawa Ayame I; the role of Wankyû was played by Yamashita Kyôemon I. Kichiya's rank in the Kyôto hyôbanki, wakaonnagata section, was jô-jô (superior - superior) [visual].

Fall 1713: Kichiya went back to Ôsaka.

11th lunar month of 1713: Kichiya played the role of Hinazuru in the kaomise drama "Saiwai Musume Takara no Yome Banzei Muko", which was produced at Ôsaka Tazaemon's theater by Shinozuka Shômatsu I.

1st lunar month of 1714: Kichiya's rank in the Ôsaka hyôbanki, wakaonnagata section, was jô-jô (superior - superior) [visual]. He shared this ranking with Sodeshima Genji.

11th lunar month of 1717: Kichiya played in Ôsaka at the Higashi no Shibai the role of Sagoemon's nyôbô Okichi in the kaomise drama "Meryû Oryû Kogane no Uroko", which was produced by Arashi San'emon III.

Fall/winter 1719: Kichiya went to Kyôto.

12th lunar month of 1719: Kichiya appeared on stage in Kyôto in Adachi Saburôzaemon's kaomise drama "Yamato Ôji Meoto Izumi", which was produced by Sawamura Chôjûrô I. He did not perform any role but made only a kôjô on stage.

1st lunar month of 1720: Kichiya played in the same theater the role of the keisei Miyoshino in the new year ni-no-kawari drama "Keisei Kaname no Ishi".

11th lunar month of 1722: Kichiya played in Kyôto at Hoteiya Umenojô's theater the role of Aburaya Jûbê's spouse Okatsu in Yoshida Rôfu's kaomise drama "Aioi Ôshimadai"; the role of Aburaya Jûbê was played by Ichinoya Jûrobê.

7th lunar month of 1723: first Kabuki adaptation in Kyôto of the puppet theater drama "Ôtô-no-Miya Asahi no Yoroi"; Kichiya played the role of Hayasaki [more details].

1st lunar month of 1724: Kichiya appeared on stage for the last time, in Kyôto at Hoteiya's theater, where he performed in the new year ni-no-kawari drama "Keisei Sone no Matsu", which was produced by Ogino Yaegiri I.

14th day of the 6th lunar month of 1724 ^[1]: Kichiya died in Kyôto ^[2].

Comments:

Uemura Kichiya III was active in Kamigata, performing as an onnagata actor from the beginning of the 1700s to the beginning of the 1720s. He excelled in nyôbô roles. He was nicknamed Kokichiya (literally "the little Kichiya") as a reference to Ôkichiya (literally "the great Kichiya"), which was the nickname of the legendary founder of the line Uemura Kichiya I.

[1] The 14th day of the 6th lunar month of the 9th year of the Kyôhô era was the 2nd of August 1724 in the western calendar.

[2] Uemura Kichiya III's tombstone was located in the precincts of the Jôrakuji temple in Kyôto.

The actors Yamashita Kyôemon I and Uemura Kichiya III playing the roles of Sôichi and Katsuragi in the new year drama "Keisei Muro no Daikai", which was staged in Kyôto in the 2nd lunar month of 1712 at Ebisuya Shôdayû's theater

The Uemura (Kamimura) Kichiya line of actors