Stage names:

Matsumoto Nazaemon III
Matsumoto Tamanoi I [1]

Line number: SANDAIME (III)

Existence: ???

Connection:

Grandfather: Matsumoto Nazaemon I

Father: Matsumoto Nazaemon II

Brother: Matsumoto Hyôzô

Disciple: Matsumoto Kozaemon, Matsumoto Tamanoi II ^[1] (?)

Career:

1677: he started his career in Ôsaka. His first stage name was Matsumoto Tamanoi I ^[1].

1683 ~1684 ^[2]: his father Matsumoto Nazaemon II died in Ôsaka. He took the name of Matsumoto Nazaemon III.

11th lunar month of 1686: Arashi Monzaburô I worked as a zamoto for Nazaemon in his Ôsaka theater; the actors performing for them were Arashi San'emon I, Takeshima Kôzaemon I, Sawamura Kodenji I, Uemura Tatsuya, Hanai Saijirô, Kaneko Hikotarô, Kawashima Kazuma, Yoshijima Kodayû, Sawai Hannosuke, Matsumoto Hyôzô (Nazaemon's brother), Ichimura Shirôji, Ôyama Giemon, Iwakura Man'emon and Sendai Yahachi.

1st lunar month of 1695: Nazaemon performed in Ôsaka as a tachiyaku in the new year drama "Jingû Kôgô", which was produced in Ôsaka by Arashi San'emon II.

7th lunar month of 1696: Nazaemon performed in Ôsaka as a tachiyaku in the drama "Kamakura Ominaeshi" which was produced in Ôsaka by Arashi San'emon II.

1st lunar month of 1700: Nazaemon played the role of Ômu Seihachi in the new year drama "Kamakura Shôgatsu Tsukai", which was produced in Ôsaka by Arashi San'emon II.

1st lunar month of 1701: Nazaemon performed in Ôsaka as a tachiyaku in the new year drama "Keisei Tamazusa no Miei", which was produced by Arashi San'emon II.

11th lunar month of 1701: Nazaemon worked not only as a nadai but also a zamoto in his own theater; his kaomise starred Murayama Heijûrô I, Sakurayama Shôzaemon I, Somekawa Jûrobê, Ogino Sawanojô, Mihara Jûdayû I, Sugiyama Heihachi, Toyoda Dan'emon, Takeshima Takisaburô, Saitô Kichizaemon, Kumamoto Izaemon and Matsumoto Kozaemon.

1st lunar month of 1702: Nazaemon produced in his theater the ni-no-kawari drama "Yome Kagami" [picture].

Fall 1702: Nazaemon produced in his theater the drama "Gonin Otoko", starring Somekawa Jûrobê and Ogino Sawanojô in the roles of Karigane Bunshichi and Kiyokawa.

11th lunar month of 1703: Nazaemon worked not only as a nadai but also a zamoto in his own theater; his kaomise starred Yamashita Hanzaemon I, Osagawa Jûemon, Sakurayama Shirosaburô I, Mihara Jûdayû I, Iwai Sagenta I and Sodeshima Genji.

1st lunar month of 1704: Nazaemon produced in his theater the new year kiri kyôgen sogamono drama "Tamatori Soga" with Mihara Jûdayû I, Yamashita Hanzaemon I and Iwai Sagenta I in the roles of Kudô Saemon Suketsune, Soga Jûrô Sukenari and the courtesan Ôiso no Tora (Jûrô's lover).

4th lunar month of 1704: Nazaemon's rank in the Ôsaka hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, was naka-no-jô (superior in the middle class).

11th lunar month of 1704: Arashi Matsunojô I took the name of Arashi San'emon III at the age of 8 and became zamoto for Nazaemon in Ôsaka. The new San'emon performed on stage in the kaomise drama the roppô technique, a trademark of his family.

1st lunar month of 1705: Arashi San'emon III produced in Nazaemon's theater the hatsu shibai drama "Taishokan Sanzesô".

2nd lunar month of 1705: Arashi San'emon III produced in Nazaemon's theater the ni-no-kawari drama "Tosa no Kuni Godaisan Kaichô"; Nazaemon performed as a tachiyaku in this drama.

Comments:

Matsumoto Nazaemon III was an important nadai in Ôsaka. He was also a zamoto and a tachiyaku actor. He often worked with Arashi San'emon I, his son Arashi San'emon II and his grandson Arashi San'emon III. He died at the end of the Hôei. The name of Matsumoto Nazaemon was used afterwards by several generations of nadai up to the Bunka era.

[1] An onnagata actor named Matsumoto Tamanoi II was active in Kamigata from 1693 to 1698. He was most likely a disciple of Matsumoto Nazaemon III.

[2] In Nojima Jusaburô's book "Kabuki Jinmei Jiten", it was recorded that he took the name of Matsumoto Nazaemon III in 1681. This is not compatible with the fact that his father was still active in 1682.

Matsumoto Nazaemon III in an ilustration from the book "Hana no Edo Kabuki Nendaiki"

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