Stage names:

Onoe Kôzô II
Bandô Ichinosuke [1]

Real name: Ôhashi Kôzô

Guild: Ôhashiya

Line number: NIDAIME (II)

Poetry name: Kôkyô

Existence: 1855 ~ 8 February 1934

Connection:

Father: Nakamura Kôzô

Masters: Onoe Kikugorô VI, Ichimura Uzaemon XIII (Onoe Kikugorô V)

Son: Onoe Monzaburô IV

Grandson: Onoe Kônosuke II (the dance master Fujima Monzaburô V)

Career:

1855: born in Edo.

Summer 1860: he started his career in as a disciple of Ichimura Uzaemon XIII, who gave him the name of Bandô Ichinosuke ^[1].

8th lunar month of 1868 ^[2]: he took the name of Onoe Kôzô II at the Ichimuraza, when his master and his master's brother took the names of Onoe Kikugorô V and Ichimura Uzaemon XIV.

November 1891: the title "Oto ni Kiku Tenjiku Tokubê" is used for the first time, in Tôkyô at the Fukanoza; Kôzô played the role of the yakko Isohei [casting].

March 1921: Kôzô played the role of Oshô Kichisa at the Suehiroza (Nagoya) in the drama "Sannin Kichisa"; his stage partners were Onoe Eizaburô VII (Ojô Kichisa) and Kawarasaki Chôjûrô IV (Obô Kichisa).

February 1930: Kôzô played at the Meijiza the role of Fujiwara no Shihei in "Kurumabiki"; his stage partners were Ichimura Uzaemon XV (Matsuômaru), Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (Sakuramaru) and Onoe Kikugorô VI (Umeômaru).

8 February 1934: Kôzô died.

Comments:

Onoe Kôzô II was a tachiyaku actor, who was active from the beginning of the 1860s to the first half of the 1930s. He performed in ôshibai as a supporting actor and in koshibai as a leading actor. In koshibai, he was a mainstay at the Kotobukiza. His most famous performances were in roles like Gonta ("Sushiya"), Sanemori ("Sanemori Monogatari") or Matsuômaru ("Terakoya").

[1] Ichimura Ichinosuke in Nojima Jusaburô's book "Kabuki Jinmei Jiten"; Bandô Ichinosuke in the latest edition (2012) of "Kabuki Haiyû Meiseki Benran".

[2] He took the name of Onoe Kôzô II in the 8th lunar month of 1871 according to the latest edition (2012) of "Kabuki Haiyû Meiseki Benran".

Onoe Kôzô II (top/center), Sawamura Sôjûrô VII (bottom/left), Matsumoto Kôshirô VII (bottom/center) and Morita Kan'ya XIII (bottom/right) playing the roles of Fujiwara no Shihei, Sakuramaru, Matsuômaru and Umeômaru in the drama "Kurumabiki", which was staged in April 1925 at the Imperial Theater

The Onoe Kôzô line of actors