ONOE MATSUSUKE

SIX GENERATIONS

Onoe Matsusuke I

The actor Onoe Shôroku I held the name of Onoe Matsusuke I from the 11th lunar month of 1764 to the 10th lunar month of 1809.

Onoe Matsusuke I in a print made by Katsukawa Shun'ei (1778~1790)

Onoe Matsusuke II

The star Ôkawa Hashizô I held the name of Onoe Matsusuke II from the 11th lunar month of 1809 to the 10th lunar month of 1814.

Onoe Matsusuke II playing the role of Hayano Kanpei in the drama "Kanadehon Chûshingura", staged at the Nakamuraza (Edo) in the 4th lunar month of 1814 (print made by Utagawa Toyokuni I)

Onoe Matsusuke III

The actor Onoe Matsusuke III held this name from the 11th lunar month of 1814 to the 10th lunar month of 1821, a second time from the 11th lunar month of 1823 to the 3rd lunar month of 1848, then a third and last time from 1850 to the 7th lunar month of 1851.

The actors Onoe Kikugorô III and Onoe Matsusuke III during a stage announcement celebrating their come back in Edo after a long tour in Kamigata, which was performed in the 8th lunar month of 1831 at the Ichimuraza (print made by Utagawa Kunisada I)

Onoe Matsusuke 3.4
Onoe Matsusuke

| Onoe Asajirô

Date of birth unknown. He was the grandson of Onoe Kikugorô III and the father of Onoe Baikô VI. His first stage name was Onoe Asajirô. He took and held for a few months in 1874 the name of Onoe Matsusuke. He died the 2nd of July 1874. He was never never acknowledged as an official member of the line.

Yagô	Haimyô
Otowaya	Sanchô

Onoe Matsusuke IV

The actor Onoe Matsusuke IV held this name from June 1881 to September 1928.

Onoe Matsusuke IV playing the role of Kômori Yasu in the drama "Yowa Nasake Ukina no Yokogushi", which was staged in September 1892 at the Kabukiza in Tôkyô (print made by Utagawa Kunisada II)

Onoe Matsusuke V
Onoe Matsusuke V

| Onoe Izaburô

| Onoe Kikumatsu

| Onoe Kôkichi

Born the 24th of March 1887 in Tôkyô. He started his career as a disciple of Onoe Kikugorô V, receiving the name of Onoe Kôkichi. He took the name of Onoe Kikumatsu in April 1897. He became nadai and took the name of Onoe Izaburô in February 1911. He finally took the name of Onoe Matsusuke V in March 1935 but died 2 years later, the 9th of August 1937.

Honmyô	Haimyô	Yagô
Fukushima Kôkichi, later Fukushima Hidetoshi	Kôu	Otowaya

Onoe Kikugorô VI (left) and Onoe Matsusuke V (right) playing the roles of Zaruya Yasushichi and Kichiroku in the drama "Ninjô Banashi Koban Ichiryô", which was staged in December 1936 at the Kabukiza

Onoe Matsusuke VI

The actor Onoe Matsusuke VI held this name from May 1990 to December 2005.