| HANAI SAIZABURÔ III |
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Line number: SANDAIME (III) Poetry name: Tôchô Existence: 1702 ~ 3rd day of the 4th lunar month of 1763 [1] Connection: Adopted son: Sanjô Kantarô III Disciples: Sanjô Kametarô, Sanjô Han'ya Career: Born in 1702. 11th lunar month of 1711: he started his career as a wakashugata in Edo at the Yamamuraza, where he performed in the kaomise drama "Shida Konjiki no Uroko". Fall 1716: Kantarô became wakaonnagata. 11th lunar month of 1716: Kantarô played at the Ichimuraza the role of Shinobu in the kaomise drama "Yoroi Kurabe Ôshû Gane". 11th lunar month of 1719: Kantarô performed at the Moritaza in the kaomise drama "Banmin Taiheiki". 1st lunar month of 1720: first Kabuki adaptation of Chikamatsu Monzaemon's puppet theater shinjûmono "Shinjû Kasane Izutsu", which was written in 1707. The same play was simultaneously produced in the 3 Edo theaters and commemorated the 16th anniversary (17th memorial service) of the suicide of the couple Tokubê and Ofusa, whose roles were played by Ichikawa Danjûrô II and Kantarô at the Moritaza [more details]. 11th lunar month of 1722: Kantarô played at the Ichimuraza the role of Itô's daughter Princess Tatsu in the kaomise drama "Hinazuru Katoku Soga". 1st lunar month of 1723: Kantarô's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, wakaonnagata section, was jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]. He shared the same rank with Fujimura Handayû II and Tamazawa Rin'ya. 11th lunar month of 1723: Kantarô played at the Ichimuraza the roles of Yamanba and Kôkiden in the kaomise drama "Hinagata Shuten Dôji", which celebrated the arrival in Edo of the Kamigata actor Ogino Izaburô I. 1st lunar month of 1724: Kantarô's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, wakaonnagata section, was jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]. He shared the same rank with Tsutsui Kichijûrô I, Fujimura Handayû II, Yamashita Kinsaku I and Tamazawa Rin'ya. 11th lunar month of 1724: Kantarô moved to the Nakamuraza, where he played the role of Okuni in the kaomise drama "Taiheiki Okuni Kabuki"; his stage partners were Ichikawa Danjûrô II, Sawamura Sôjûrô I, Matsumoto Kôshirô I, Yamashita Kinsaku I, Nakamura Denpachi, Narumi Goroshirô I, Sakata Hangorô I, Ichikawa Monnosuke I, Shinomiya Genpachi, Arashi Wakano I and Hayakawa Hatsuse. 1st lunar month of 1725: Kantarô's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, wakaonnagata section, was jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]. He shared the same rank with Fujimura Handayû II, Yamashita Kinsaku I and Matsushima Hyôtarô. 11th lunar month of 1725: Kantarô moved to the Ichimuraza, where he played the role of Princess Nao in the kaomise drama "Semimaru Onna Moyô". 1st lunar month of 1726:: Kantarô's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, wakaonnagata section, was jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]. He shared the same rank with Yamashita Kinsaku I and Hayakawa Hatsuse. 11th lunar month of 1726: Kantarô played at the Ichimuraza the role of Tokiwa-no-Mae in the kaomise drama "Hinazuru Tokiwa Genji", which welcomed in Edo the Kamigata actors Arashi Sangorô I and Tsugawa Kamon. 1st lunar month of 1727: Kantarô's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, wakaonnagata section, was jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]. He shared the same rank with Fujimura Handayû II and Yamashita Kinsaku I. 11th lunar month of 1727: Kantarô moved to the Nakamuraza, where he performed in the kaomise drama "Yatsumune Taiheiki" [more details], which welcomed back in Edo the actor Ôtani Hiroji I (along with the Kamigata actor Kirinami Onoe) and celebrated the first stage appearance of Ichikawa Masugorô. 1st lunar month of 1728: Kantarô played in the same theater the role of Ôiso no Tora in the new year sogamono "Soga Hôraisan"; the roles of Kudô Saemon Suketsune, Soga Gorô Tokimune, Soga Jûrô Sukenari and Kewaizaka no Shôshô were played by Ogawa Zengorô I, Ichikawa Danjûrô II, Sawamura Sôjûrô I and Kirinami Onoe. 3rd lunar month of 1728: Kantarô's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, wakaonnagata section, was jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]. He shared the same rank with Fujimura Handayû II, Yamashita Kinsaku I and Tsugawa Kamon. 11th lunar month of 1728: Kantarô played at the Nakamuraza the role of Shizuka Gozen in the kaomise drama "Hoshi Kabuto Goban Tadanobu"; his stage partners in the roles of Tadanobu, Minamoto Yoshitsune, Kajiwara Genta, Tadanobu's wife Kowata and Kyô-no-Kimi were Ichikawa Danjûrô II, Sawamura Sôjûrô I, Ôtani Hiroji I, Tsugawa Kamon and Sodesaki Iseno I. 1st lunar month of 1729: Kantarô's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, wakaonnagata section, was jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]. He shared the same rank with Yamashita Kinsaku I and Tsugawa Kamon. 11th lunar month of 1729: Kantarô moved to the Ichimuraza, where he performed in the kaomise drama "Chôseiden Shiraga Kintoki". 1st lunar month of 1730: Kantarô's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, wakaonnagata section, was jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]. He shared the same rank with Sanogawa Mangiku and Tsugawa Kamon. 11th lunar month of 1730: Kantarô performed at the Ichimuraza in the kaomise drama "Hiragana Tokiwa Hachinoki". 1st lunar month of 1731: Kantarô's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, wakaonnagata section, was jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]. He shared the same rank with Sanogawa Mangiku and Segawa Kikunojô I. 11th lunar month of 1731: Kantarô performed at the Ichimuraza in the kaomise drama "Higashiyama Dono Eiga Butai"; his stage partners were Ôtani Hiroji I, Bandô Hikosaburô I, Yamamoto Hikogorô, Ichimura Takenojô IV, Sakata Hangorô I, Segawa Kikujirô I, Sodesaki Iseno I, Hayakawa Shinkatsu and Ichikawa Sôzaburô I. 1st lunar month of 1732: Kantarô's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, wakaonnagata section, was jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]. He shared the same rank with Segawa Kikunojô I. 11th lunar month of 1732: Kantarô performed at the Ichimuraza in the kaomise drama "Tsuwamono Kongen Hiru-ga-Kojima". 1st lunar month of 1733: Kantarô's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, wakaonnagata section, was jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]. He shared the same rank with Segawa Kikunojô I. 11th lunar month of 1733: Kantarô moved to the Nakamuraza, where he performed in the kaomise drama "Nagi no Hana Asahi Genji"; his stage partners were Sawamura Sôjûrô I, Anegawa Shinshirô I, Segawa Kikunojô I, Ogino Izaburô I, Hayakawa Denshirô, Nakamura Shichisaburô II, Ichikawa Sôzaburô I, Nakamura Kichibê I, Narumi Goroshirô I, Arashi Otohachi I, Sakata Sadashirô, Yamashita Kamematsu I, Sodesaki Iseno I and Ôtani Ryûzaemon I. 1st lunar month of 1734: Kantarô's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, wakaonnagata section, was jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]. He shared the same rank with Segawa Kikunojô I. 11th lunar month of 1734: Kantarô performed at the Nakamuraza in the kaomise drama "Kyôganoko Secchû no Tamatori", which celebrated the arrival in Edo of the Kamigata actor Nakamura Shingorô I. 1st lunar month of 1735: Kantarô's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, wakaonnagata section, was jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]. He shared the same rank with Segawa Kikunojô I and Anegawa Chiyosaburô I. Fall 1735: Kantarô became tachiyaku. 11th lunar month of 1735: Kantarô played at the Nakamuraza the role of Minamoto no Yorichika in the kaomise drama "Tono Zukuri Shinoda-zuma". 1st lunar month of 1736: Kantarô's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, was jô-jô-(shiro)kichi (superior - superior - (white) excellent) [visual]. 11th lunar month of 1736: Kantarô moved to the Ichimuraza, where he performed in the kaomise drama "Izu Genji Hôrai Yakata", which celebrated the arrival in Edo from Kyôto of the actor Tomizawa Montarô I and the shûmei of Tsuruya Nanboku II. 1st lunar month of 1737: Kantarô's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, was jô-jô-(hanshiro)kichi (superior - superior - (half-white) excellent) [visual]. 11th lunar month of 1738: Kantarô moved to the Kawarasakiza, where he played the role of Minamoto no Yoshiie in the kaomise drama "Kotobuki Momiji Kagemasa". 1st lunar month of 1739: Kantarô's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, was jô-jô-(hanshiro)kichi (superior - superior - (half-white) excellent) [visual]. He shared the same rank with Nakamura Shichisaburô II. 11th lunar month of 1739: Kantarô performed at the Kawarasakiza in the kaomise drama "Irifune Taiheiki", which celebrated the shûmei of Sakata Tôjûrô III. 11th lunar month of 1740: no kaomise at the Kawarasakiza. 1st lunar month of 1741: Kantarô played at the Kawarasakiza the roles of x and x in the new year drama "Wakamidori Nanakusa no Kotobuki". 3rd lunar month of 1741: Kantarô's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, was jô-jô-(hanshiro)kichi (superior - superior - (half-white) excellent) [visual]. He shared the same rank with Ichikawa Danjûrô III, Tsuuchi Monzaburô I and Sakata Tôjûrô III. 11th lunar month of 1741: Kantarô performed at the Kawarasakiza in the kaomise drama "Konrei Sakae no Hachinoki". 1st lunar month of 1742: Kantarô's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, was jô-jô-(hanshiro)kichi (superior - superior - (half-white) excellent) [visual]. He shared the same rank with Tsuuchi Monzaburô I, Sakata Tôjûrô III and Bandô Matatarô III. 11th lunar month of 1742: Kantarô performed at the Kawarasakiza in the kaomise drama "Gaijin Taiheiki", which celebrated the return and the arrival in Edo of the actors Ichikawa Ebizô II and Onoe Kikugorô I. 1st lunar month of 1743: Kantarô's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, was two black strokes above jô-jô-(shiro)kichi (superior - superior - (white) excellent) [visual]. 11th lunar month of 1743: Kantarô performed at the Kawarasakiza in Tsuuchi Han'emon's kaomise drama "Hana Yosooi Azuma Kagami"; due to the lack of actors, the program was a huge commercial failure. 1st lunar month of 1744: Kantarô's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, fell to jô-jô-(shiro)kichi (superior - superior - (white) excellent) [visual]. 11th lunar month of 1744: Kantarô played at the Moritaza the role of Arajishi Otokonosuke in the kaomise drama "Higashiyama Bandai no Watamashi". 1st lunar month of 1745: Kantarô's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, was jô-jô-(shiro)kichi (superior - superior - (white) excellent) [visual]. 11th lunar month of 1745: Kantarô played at the Moritaza the role of Itô Kurô in the kaomise drama "Chikyôdai Izu Nikki". 1st lunar month of 1746: Kantarô's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, was jô-jô-(hanshiro)kichi (superior - superior - (half-white) excellent) [visual]. He shared the same rank with Tomizawa Tatsujûrô. 11th lunar month of 1746: He gave his name to his adopted son Sanjô Kosaburô, who became Sanjô Kantarô III, and took the name of Hanai Saizaburô III at the Nakamuraza, where he played the role of Sagami no Jirô in the kaomise drama "Tenchi Taiheiki". 1st lunar month of 1747: Saizaburô's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, was jô-jô-(hanshiro)kichi (superior - superior - (half-white) excellent) [visual]. He shared the same rank with Tomizawa Tatsujûrô. 11th lunar month of 1747: Saizaburô performed at the Moritaza in the kaomise drama "Aruji Môke Onna Hachinoki", which celebrated the shûmei of Sawamura Sôjûrô. 1st lunar month of 1748: Saizaburô's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, was jô-jô-(hanshiro)kichi (superior - superior - (half-white) excellent) [visual]. He shared the same rank with Tomizawa Tatsujûrô. 11th lunar month of 1748: Saizaburô performed at the Moritaza in the kaomise drama "Fuyu Botan Yoshino Dairi", which celebrated the shûmei of Azuma Tôzô II. 1st lunar month of 1749: Saizaburô's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, fell to jô-jô-(shiro)kichi (superior - superior - (white) excellent) [visual]. 1750s: when his popularity started to fade away, he became kashagata and tôdori at the Nakamuraza at the beginning of the Hôreki era. He definitively retired from the Kabuki world in 1755. 3rd day of the 4th lunar month of 1763 [1]: Saizaburô died. Comments: Hanai Saizaburô III made a fame for himself in Edo as an onnagata, excelling in nuregoto. As a tachiyaku, he never reached the jô-jô-kichi rank (at his best level, he was jô-jô-(hanshiro)kichi). As an onnagata, he stayed at the jô-jô-kichi level for 13 seasons from 1723 up to the 1735. [1] The 3rd day of the 4th lunar month of the 13th year of the Hôreki era was the 15th of May 1763 in the western calendar. |
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The actors Arashi Koroku I (left), Ôtani Oniji I (center) and Hanai Saizaburô III (right) playing the roles of Kokonoe, Ômori Hikoshichi and Sagami no Jirô in the kaomise drama "Tenchi Taiheiki", which was staged in the 11th lunar month of 1746 at the Nakamuraza The Sanjô Kantarô line of actors The Hanai Saizaburô line of actors |
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