Stage names:

Murayama Heijûrô III
Murayama Yasohachi

Line number: SANDAIME (III)

Existence: 1700 ~ 29th day of the 8th lunar month of 1738 ^[1]

Connection:

Father: Murayama Heijûrô I

Brothers: Murayama Heijûrô II, Murayama Heijûrô IV

Career:

1700: born in Ôsaka. Second son of Murayama Heijûrô I, he was at the beginning a shamisen player performing in Ôsaka in jôjûri. He nevertheless made his apprenticeship in Kabuki and his first stage name was Murayama Yasohachi.

8th lunar month of 1707: his father Murayama Heijûrô I died.

11th lunar month of 1721: his brother Murayama Heijûrô II appeared on stage for the last time in ôshibai, in Ôsaka at the Higashi no Shibai, where he performed in the kaomise drama "Tenryû Chiryû Kogane no Suzunari". No record afterwards.

11th lunar month of 1724: he became tachiyaku and took the name of Murayama Heijûrô III in Kyôto at Ebisuya Kichirôbê's theater, where he performed in the kaomise drama "Yomeiri Miyako no Shimadai" which was produced by Ogino Umenosuke.

11th lunar month of 1725: he became katakiyaku and played in Kyôto at Hayagumo Chôdayû's theater the role of the yakko Tomosuke in the kaomise drama "Ôkamado Hatsumen Bako" which was produced by Sanogawa Mangiku.

1731: Heijûrô went on tour in Nagoya.

11th lunar month of 1733: Heijûrô became tachiyaku and played in Ôsaka the role of the rônin Iioka Gonnojô in the kaomise drama "Shigeri Matsu Kogane no Takaragura" which was produced at the Ônishi no Shibai by Nakamura Jûzô I.

3rd lunar month of 1738: Heijûrô's rank in the Ôsaka hyôbanki, katakiyaku section, was jô-jô-(shiro)hankichi (superior - superior - (white) half excellent) [visual].

4th lunar month of 1738: Heijûrô appeared on stage for the last time, in Ôsaka at the Kado no Shibai, where he performed in the drama "Hinatsuru Nigiwai Soga".

29th day of the 8th lunar month of 1738 ^[1]: Heijûrô died.

Comments:

Murayama Heijûrô III was an Ôsaka tachiyaku and katakiyaku actor, who was active during the 1720s and the 1730s.

[1] The 29th day of the 8th lunar month of the 3rd year of the Genbun era was the 12th of October 1738 in the western calendar.

Murayama Heijûrô III (left) and Arashi Sanjûrô II (right) playing the roles of Uwabami Denpachi and Tsutsumi Seizô in the kaomise drama "Honchô Bugaku no Hajimari", which was staged in the 11th lunar month of 1734 at the Naka no Shibai

The Murayama Heijûrô line of actors