Stage names:

Matsushima Kiyosaki
Tomizawa Kiyosaki
Matsushima Kiyosaki
Matsushima Chiyosaki

Poetry name: Shikei

Existence: ???

Connection:

Master: Tomizawa Montarô I, Matsushima Moheiji (?) ^[1]

Career:

2nd lunar month of 1729: he was recorded for the first time when he performed at the Naka no Shibai as an iroko named Matsushima Chiyosaki in the kaomise drama "Wakatake Ôshimadai", which was produced by Takeshima Kôzaemon III.

11th lunar month of 1730: Chiyosaki performed as a wakashugata iroko at the Kado no Shibai in the kaomise drama "Matsukane Fukki no Ishizue", which was produced by Sadoshima Chôgorô I.

11th lunar month of 1734: Chiyosaki became wakaonnagata and played the role of Princess Kôbai at the Ônishi no Shibai in the kaomise drama "Asahi no Matsu Kogane no Shinbashira", which was produced by Nakamura Jûzô I.

11th lunar month of 1737: Chiyosaki played at the Kado no Shibai the role of Tenmaya Koharu in the kiri kyôgen "Meoto Boshi Ukina no Tenjin".

1738: he took the name of Matsushima Kiyosaki.

1748: he was adopted by Tomizawa Montarô I and received the name of Tomizawa Kiyosaki.

11th lunar month of 1748: Kiyosaki played at the Kado no Shibai the role of Kondô Ikkaku's nyôbô Matsugae the kaomise drama "Toyoashihara Taihei Keizu".

11th lunar month of 1752: he took back the name of Matsushima Kiyosaki and played at the Ônishi no Shibai the role of Gengo's nyôbô Kazusa in the kaomise drama "Kyô Miyage Matsuri Zoroe"; his stage partners are Wakayama Shinkurô, Wakayama Bunshichi, Yamamoto Kyôshirô I, Ôtani Hirohachi I, Iwata Somematsu I, Ichimura Sanohachi, Kirishima Gizaemon I, Kiriyama Monji I, Matsushima Moheiji, Takenaka Heikichi, Murayama Heijûrô IV and Nakamura Shirogorô III.

12th lunar month of 1754: Kiyosaki played at the Naka no Shibai the roles of Sangobê's sister Oteru and Kikuchi's nyôbô Sagoromo in the ni-no-kawari drama "Dôchû Sengandoi".

1st lunar month of 1755: Kiyosaki's rank in the Ôsaka hyôbanki, wakaonnagata section, was jô-jô-(shiro)kichi ^[2] (superior - superior - (white) excellent) [visual]. No record afterwards.

Comments:

Matsushima Kiyosaki was an Ôsaka onnagata actor, who was active from the end of the 1720s to the first half of the 1750s. He was said to have the acting skills of Sodeshima Genji and the talent and ability of Ogino Yaegiri I on stage. He was also said to be the onnagata equivalent of the tachiyaku actor Tamiya Shirogorô.

[1] This is just an assumption as Matsushima Moheiji was the leading actor of the Matsushima clan when Matsushima Chiyosaki made his debut on stage. In the 2nd lunar month of 1729, Matsushima Moheiji was in Kyôto, not in Ôsaka.

[2] He shared the same rank with Yoshida Manshirô and Anegawa Daikichi I.

Yamamoto Iwanojô, Matsushima Moheiji and Matsushima Kiyosaki playing the roles of the miko Otatsu, Awashima Wakasanosuke and Gengo's nyôbô Kazusa in the kaomise drama "Kyô Miyage Matsuri Zoroe", which was staged in the 11th lunar month of 1752 at the Ônishi no Shibai