MIYAZAKI JÛSHIRÔ

THREE GENERATIONS

Miyazaki Jûshirô I
Miyazaki Jûshirô I

| Miyazaki Shikibu

Born in 1667. Disciple of Miyazaki Denkichi, his first stage name was Miyazaki Shikibu and he performed as a wakashugata in Edo from 1686 to 1693. He took the name of Miyazaki Jûshirô I and became tachiyaku in 1694. He performed in the 1st lunar month of 1723 at the Moritaza in the new year sogamono drama "Suiryô Soga". He died the 25th day of the 2nd lunar month 1723^[1]. He was the adoptive father of Miyazaki Jûshirô II. His rank in the 1723 Edo hyôbanki (3rd lunar month of 1723), tachiyaku section, was jô-(shiro)jô (superior - (white) superior) [visual]. His best rank was 2 black strokes above jô-(shiro)jô [visual] in the 1721 and 1722 Edo hyôbanki. He was said to be better in jidaimono than sewamono. His forte was budôgoto. Was he the master of Miyazaki Tan'emon^[2]?

Haimyô	Yagô
Hajû	Tomoeya

The name of Miyazaki Jûshirô I in the 1721 Edo hyôbanki (the zone within the red box)

Prints & Illustrations

Miyazaki Jûshirô II

The actor Miyazaki Jûshirô II held this name from the 11th lunar month of 1723 to the 1st lunar month of 1769.

Ôtani Hiroemon III (left) and Miyazaki Jûshirô II (right) playing the roles of Oniô Shinzaemon and Kajiwara Heizô Kagetoki in the new year sogamono drama "Hitokidori Harutsuge Soga", which was staged in the 2nd lunar month of 1764 at the Nakamuraza

Miyazaki Jûshirô III
Miyazaki Jûshirô III

| Miyazaki Hachizô

Dates of birth and death unknown. Disciple of Miyazaki Jûshirô II, his first stage name was Miyazaki Hachizô. He performed as a katakiyaku in Edo from 1753. He took the name of Miyazaki Jûshirô III in the 1st lunar month of 1784 at the Nakamuraza, playing the role of the nyûdô Fujisawa Ganzan in the new year drama "Fude Hajime Kanjinchô". He performed also handôgataki from 1792. He was tôdori at the Kawarasakiza in 1801. No record from 1806. His bst ranking was jô-jô (superior - superior) [visual] in the 1799 Edo hyôbanki (1st lunar month of 1799), katakiyaku section,

Haimyô	Yagô
Hajû, Itsujû	Tomoeya

Miyazaki Jûshirô III^[3] in a print made in 1770 by Ippitsusai Bunchô for the Ehon Butai Ôgi series of prints

Notes

[1] The 25th day of the 2nd lunar month of the 8th year of the Kyôhô era was the 31st of March 1723 in the western calendar.

[2] This was very likely but we could not find any proof to back this assumption. No proof but a few pieces of data: both actors performed at the Moritaza in the 11th lunar month of 1716.

[3] His stage name was still Miyazaki Hachizô when the Ehon Butai Ôgi series of prints were published.