LESSER KNOWN ACTORS - HANAI
   
Hanai Kosanza
Hanai Kosanza  In Japanese | Kishida Kogorô  In Japanese
 

Dates of birth and death unknown. He was first recorded as performing as a wakaonnagata in the 1st lunar month in Edo at the Nakamuraza. His first stage name was Kishida Kogorô. He performed in the 11th lunar month of 1707 at the Nakamuraza in the kaomise drama "Suô no Naishi Azuma Nishiki", which welcomed in Edo the actor Arashi Kiyosaburô I. He went to Kyôto in Fall 1709. He took the name of Hanai Kosanza in the 11th lunar month of 1709 in Kyôto, performing in the kaomise drama "Kokonotsu Kogura Hitotsubu Manbai", which was produced by Miyako Mandayû for the nadai Hayagumo Chôdayû. He became zamoto and produced in the 1st lunar month of 1713 in Kyôto at Kameya Kumenojô's theater in the kaomise drama "Fukubiki Miuma no Ôkamado". He went to Ôsaka in Fall 1714 and played the role of Osono in the kaomise drama "Yonedawara Mangoku no Minato", which was produced by Shinozuka Shômatsu II for the nadai Ôsaka Tazaemon. His rank in the 1717 Ôsaka hyôbanki (published in the 4th lunar month of 1717), wakaonnagata section, was (superior) [visual]. No record afterwards.

Hanai Kosanza (left) and Sodesaki Karyû (right) playing the roles of Osono and Okachi in the kaomise drama "Yonedawara Mangoku no Minato", which was staged in the 11th lunar month of 1714 in Ôsaka

Hanai Sanjûrô
Hanai Sanjûrô  In Japanese | Dekishima Daisuke I  In Japanese
 

Dates of birth and death unknown. He was first recorded as performing as a wakaonnagata in the 1st lunar month of 1703 in Edo at the Moritaza. His first stage name was Dekishima Daisuke I. He became tachiyaku and took the name of Hanai Sanjûrô in the 11th lunar month of 1710 at the Moritaza, perfoming in the kaomise drama "Onna Tsuwamono Tokiwa no Matsu". He performed at the Ichimuraza in the 11th lunar month of 1713 in the kaomise drama "Yoshitomo Kaikeizan". His rank in the 1714 Edo hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, was naka-no-jô-jô (superior - superior in the middle class). No record afterwards.

 
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