| FUKUMORI KYÛSUKE II |
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Line number: NIDAIME (II) Existence: ??? Connection: Masters: Segawa Kikunojô V, Matsumoto Kôshirô V, Nakamura Daikichi I, Ichikawa Danjûrô VII Disciple: Matsumoto Kôji II Career: Before 1809: his first pen name was Tamazawa Kisuke. He became a playwhright disciple of Ichikawa Danjûrô VII and received the name of Narita Yasuke. 11th lunar month of 1809: he worked at the Ichimuraza for the tatesakusha Katsu Hyôzô I on the kaomise drama "Misao no Hana Toba no Koizuka". 11th lunar month of 1813: because of his adultery with the daughter of a sushiya, he could not use anymore the Naritaya name. He became Koremori Yasuke and worked at the Moritaza on the kaomise drama "Gohiiki Tsunagi Uma". 1814 ~ 1820: he took the name of Shôya Suke. Then, he worked for the actor Nakamura Daikichi I. He became masterless again and took the name Masumi Kôji. Then he became disciple of Matsumoto Kôshirô V and received the name of Matsumoto Kôji I. 11th lunar month of 1820: Kôji worked for the tatesakusha Hon'ya Sôshichi at the Tamagawaza on the kaomise drama "Koe Kakete Hikeya Takatsuna". The only star of this kaomise was Bandô Mitsugorô III and there was no tateonnagata in the casting. There was also the premiere of the dance "Fumi Uri", which was performed in the dance program "Hana Momiji Shinô Kôshô" (the main role was played by Bandô Mitsugorô III). The lack of funding led to the departure of Bandô Mitsugorô III, who went to Ôsaka, and the stopping of performances at the Tamagawaza. 8th lunar month of 1823: Kôji worked at the Moritaza on the drama "Chûshingura Netsugi no Ishizue". 1823 ~ 1828: around that time, Kôji had some sentimal interest in Bandô Mitsugorô III's wife Oden. He became a regular guest at Bandô Mitsugorô III's home. But Oden finally eloped with Segawa Kikunojô V and later became the wife of the Hamamuraya rising star. As a result of this new case of adultery, Kôji had to leave Bandô Mitsugorô III and he started to work directly for Segawa Kikunojô V. 11th lunar month of 1828: Kôji worked at the Nakamuraza, along with Tsuruya Nanboku IV, Segawa Jokô II and Tajima Konosuke I, on the kaomise drama "Motomishi Hana Otogi Heike"; Kôji's yearly salary was 30 ryô [1]. 11th lunar month of 1829: Kôji worked at the Nakamuraza on Tsuruya Nanboku IV's final drama "Kin no Zai Sarushima Dairi" [more details]. He wrote the lyrics of the Tokiwazu-based dance-drama "Dôjôji Koi ha Kusemono" which was staged within this drama. 11th lunar month of 1830: Kôji worked with Segawa Jokô II at the Kawarasakiza on the kaomise drama "Ichiyô Raifuku Shibuya Tsuwamono". 3rd lunar month of 1831: premiere at the Nakamuraza of the five-role hengemono "Rokkasen Sugata no Irodori" which was written by Kôji [more details]. 11th lunar month of 1831: Kôji worked with Segawa Jokô II at the Kawarasakiza on the drama "Matsu o Chikara Tomoe no Fujinami", which celebrated the shûmei of Sawamura Tosshô I. 7th day of the 1st lunar month of 1832 [2]: Segawa Kikunojô V died. 11th lunar month of 1833: he took the name of Fukumori Kyûsuke II at the Ichimuraza, working on the kaomise drama "Koi Yoriiru Tsui no Yumitori". 11th lunar month of 1835: Kyûsuke worked at the Ichimuraza on the drama "Kigoto no Hana Hitome Senbon". 11th lunar month of 1836: Kyûsuke worked at the Moritaza on the kaomise drama "Kioi Genji Mitsugi no Tamamono". 11th lunar month of 1837: Kyûsuke worked at the Ichimuraza on the kaomise drama "Onikirimaru Mimasu no Kakutsubo". No record afterwards. Comments: Fukumori Kyûsuke II was an Edo sakusha, who was active from the end of the 1800s to the second half of the 1830s. All his masters were Kabuki actors and he worked a lot for Tsuruya Nanboku IV or Segawa Jokô II. He will stay in Kabuki history as the playwright who wrote the lyrics of "Rokkasen Sugata no Irodori". [1] Tsuruya Nanboku IV, the best Edo playwright, was paid 175 ryô. Matsumoto Kôshirô V, the zagashira at the Nakamuraza, was paid 600 ryô. [2] The 7th day of the 1st lunar month of the 3rd year of the Tenpô era was the 8th of February 1832 in the western calendar.
The name of Fukumori Kyûsuke II in a 1834 Edo hyôbanki (the name within the red box); all the names were the sakusha working at the Ichimuraza The Matsumoto Kôji line of playwrights The Fukumori Kyûsuke line of playwrights |
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