BANDÔ SANPACHI
   
FIVE GENERATIONS
Bandô Sanpachi I
 

The actor Bandô Sanpachi I held this name from the 11th lunar month of 1750 to the 1st lunar month of 1770.

Bandô Sanpachi I in the role of Tsurigane Yazaemon in a print made by Utagawa Toyokuni III (1862~1863)

Bandô Sanpachi II
Bandô Sanpachi II  In Japanese | Bandô Matahachi II  In Japanese | Bandô Kintarô  In Japanese
 

Date of birth unknown. He started his career as a disciple of Bandô Sanpachi I, who gave him the name of Bandô Kintarô. He made his debut on stage in the 11th lunar month of 1755, performing at the Ichimuraza as a koyaku in the kaomise drama "Kashiwa-ga-Tôge Kichirei Sumô". He became tachiyaku and katakiyaku in 1759 and 1761. He took the name of Bandô Matahachi II in the 11th lunar month of 1762, performing at the Moritaza in the kaomise drama "Misonô Banzei no Hachinoki". His master Bandô Sanpachi I died the 11th of the 1st lunar month of 1770 and he was allowed to succeed him the same year, taking the name of Bandô Sanpachi II in the 11th lunar month of 1770 at the Nakamuraza, playing the role of the villain Takeda Tarô in the kaomise drama "Nue no Mori Ichiyô no Mato", which celebrated the shûmei of Ichikawa Danjûrô V, Matsumoto Kôshirô II, Nakamura Shôchô, Ichikawa Monnosuke II and Nakamura Shichisaburô III. He was active in Edo up to the 1st lunar month of 1779, when his name was recorded in a Kabuki program for the last time (he played the role of Kajiwara at the Nakamuraza in the new year drama "Gohiiki Nennen Soga"). We don't know what happens to him afterwards. He most likely died in Edo around 1787.

Haimyô Yagô
Heikyû Yamatoya

Bandô Sanpachi II in the role of Banba no Chûta in a print made by Utagawa Toyokuni III (1862~1863)

Bandô Sanpachi III
 

The zamoto Morita Kan'ya X held the name of Bandô Sanpachi III from the 9th lunar month of 1824 to the 4th lunar month of 1830.

Bandô Sanpachi III playing the role of Naokichi in the dance "Eiga no Yume Zensei Asobi", which was staged in the 11th lunar month of 1827 at the Ichimuraza (print made by Utagawa Kunisada I)

Bandô Sanpachi IV
Bandô Sanpachi IV  In Japanese | Bandô Aizô I  In Japanese
 

Date of birth unknown. Son of the Ichimuraza tôdori Bandô Kitsujûrô I and disciple of Ichimura Uzaemon XII, his first stage name was Bandô Aizô I. He made his debut on stage in the 11th lunar month of 1827, performing at the Ichimuraza as a koyaku in the kaomise drama "Kawaranu Hana Genji no Kaomise", which celebrated the arrival in Edo of the Ôsaka actor Ichikawa Ichizô II. He became katakiyaku in 1836 and took the name of Bandô Sanpachi IV in the 11th lunar month of 1843 at the Ichimuraza, playing in the drama "Wakatonobara Sharin no Ôyose", which commemorated the 12th anniversary (13th memorial service) of the passing away of Bandô Mitsugorô III. He died in the 7th lunar month of 1846, stupidly drowning along with Bandô Murasuke while on a pleasure boat near Shinjuku. His yagô was Yamatoya.

Bandô Sanpachi IV in a print made by Utagawa Toyokuni III (1862~1863)

Bandô Sanpachi V
 

The actor Bandô Kitsujûrô II held the name of Bandô Sanpachi V from the 3rd lunar month of 1860 to July 1879.

Bandô Sanpachi V in the role of the boatman Chôji in a print made by Utagawa Toyokuni III (1862~1863)

 
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