Playwright names:

Kanazawa Ryûgoku II
Nagawa Motosuke	|

Line number: NIDAIME (II)

Poetry name: Hôtaku ^[1]

Existence: ??? ~ 1842

Connection:

Masters: Kanazawa Ryûgoku I, Nagawa Tokusuke I

Career:

Date of birth unknown. Disciple of Nagawa Tokusuke I, he received the name of Nagawa Motosuke. He learnt the art of sakusha in Kamigata.

Fall 1820: Motosuke went to Edo with his master and the actors Arashi Tokusaburô II, Nakamura Gennosuke I and Arashi Ryûgorô.

11th lunar month of 1821: Motosuke worked at the Nakamuraza on the kaomise drama "Saruwaka Hisago no Gunbai".

1820s: Thanks to the patronage of the actor Arashi Kanjûrô I, he worked for the star Bandô Mitsugorô III.

11th lunar month of 1828: Motosuke became nimaime sakusha and worked at the Ichimuraza, along with Nakamura Jûsuke IV, Matsushima Chôfu I and Matsukawa Hôsaku, on the kaomise drama "Mitsugi no Yuki Genji Hiiki". His yearly salary was 70 ryô ^[2].

11th lunar month of 1829: Motosuke became tatesakusha and worked at the Ichimuraza on the kaomise drama "Chijinyû Koko-ni Yorimitsu".

11th lunar month of 1832: Motosuke worked at the Ichimuraza, along with Takarada Jusuke, on the kaomise drama "Bandô Musha Tsunagate Hajime".

Fall 1834: Motosuke went back to Ôsaka.

11th lunar month of 1834: he received directly from Kanazawa Ryûgoku I the right to take the name of Kanazawa Ryûgoku II; he worked in Kyôto at the Kitagawa no Shibai on the dramas "Kotobuki Shikisan", "Ichi-no-Tani Futaba Gunki", "Yoshitsune Koshigoejô", "Kasane Izutsu" and "Yorokobi Ôtsu Miyage".

11th lunar month of 1835: Ryûgoku worked in Ôsaka at the Naka no Shibai on the dramas "Suma no Miyako Genpei Tsutsuji" and "Tatematsuru Chihako no Tamamono".

11th lunar month of 1836: Ryûgoku worked in Kyôto at the Kitagawa no Shibai on the dramas "Kotobuki Shikisan", "Keisei Chigo-ga-Fuchi", "Sugata Kurabe Deiri no Minato" and "Rokkasen Hana no Irodori".

11th lunar month of 1837: Ryûgoku worked in Ôsaka at the Kado no Shibai on the dramas "Katakiuchi Sôzenji Baba" and "Komochi Yamanba".

11th lunar month of 1838: Ryûgoku worked Kyôto at the Kitagawa no Shibai on the dramas "Kotobuki Shikisan", "Sanja", "Ichi-no-Tani Futaba Gunki", "Igagoe Dôchû Sugoroku" and "Onna Saruhiki Kadode no Hitofushi".

5th lunar month of 1841: Ryûgoku worked in Ôsaka at the Naka no Shibai on the dramas "Keisei Shigeshige Yawa" and "Ise Ondo Koi no Netaba".

1842: Ryûgoku died in Kamigata.

Comments:

Kanazawa Ryûgoku II was a Kamigata sakusha, who was active from the beginning of the 1820s to the beginning of the 1840s. He spent 14 seasons in Edo and he was said to be better in sewamono than in jidaimono.

[1] Hôtaku or Butaku ?

[2] Tsuruya Nanboku IV, the best Edo playwright, was paid 175 ryô. Bandô Mitsugorô III, the zagashira at the Ichimuraza, was paid 700 ryô.

The name of Kanazawa Ryûgoku II in the 1835 Kyôto hyôbanki (the zone within the red box)

The Kanazawa Ryûgoku line of playwrights