Stage names:

Arashi Sangorô IV
Arashi Umatarô I

Guild: Kyôya

Poetry name: Raishi

Line number: YODAIME (IV)

Existence: 1804 ~ 29th day of the 6th lunar month of 1837 ^[1]

Connection:

Great-grandfather : Arashi Sangorô I

Grandfather: Arashi Raishi I (Arashi Sangorô II)

Father: Arashi Raishi II (Arashi Sangorô III)

Brother: Arashi Raishi III

Disciple: Arashi Sangorô V

Career:

1810: he received the name of Arashi Umatarô I and started his career in Kamigata as a koyaku.

2nd lunar month of 1823: great shûmei for the Kyôya guild; Arashi Sangorô III and his son Arashi Umatarô I respectively took the names of Arashi Raishi II and Arashi Sangorô IV at the Minamigawa no Shibai; the new Sangorô played the role of Momonoi Wakasanosuke in the classic "Kanadehon Chûshingura".

1st lunar month of 1831: Sangorô's rank in the Kamigata hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, was jô-jô-(shiro)kichi (superior - superior - (white) excellent) [visual].

1833: his father Arashi Raishi II died.

6th lunar month of 1833: tour in Okazaki with Iwai Shijaku I, Asao Tamejûrô III and Sawamura Sawaemon.

4th lunar month of 1834: Sangorô played at the Chikugo no Shibai the role of Hiranoya Tokubê in the drama "Sonezaki Shinjû"; the role of Tokubê's lover Ohatsu was played by Arashi Tokusaburô III.

Summer 1834: tour in Nagoya with Nakayama Nanshi II.

6th ~ 7th lunar months of 1835: tour in Nagoya and Kuwana with Arashi Rikan II, Nakamura Karoku I and Kataoka Gashô.

3rd lunar month of 1836: tour in Ise.

7th lunar month of 1836: Sangorô played at the Minamigawa no Shibai the role of Hiranoya Tokubê in the drama "Sonezaki Shinjû"; the role of Tokubê's lover Ohatsu was played by Sawamura Sankichi.

8th lunar month of 1836: Sangorô played in the same theater the roles of Kan Shôjô and Takebe Genzô in the drama "Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami".

9th lunar month of 1836: Sangorô played in the same theater the role of Sukeichi in the drama "Ranjatai Nitta Keizu"; the role of Kônai was played by Nakayama Bunshichi III.

11th lunar month of 1836: Sangorô played in the same theater the role of Konomura Hayatonosuke in the drama "Hachijin Shugo no Honjô".

29th day of the 6th lunar month of 1837 ^[1]: Sangorô died in Ôsaka.

Comments:

Arashi Sangorô IV was a 19th century tachiyaku actor, who followed the footsteps of his famous father and grandfather, specializing himself in wagoto and jitsugoto roles. One of his best roles was Tokubê in Chikamatsu Monzaemon's masterpiece "Sonezaki Shinjû". He unfortunately died before reaching the top of his art.

[1] The 29th day of the 6th lunar month of the 8th year of the Tenpô era was the 31st of July 1837 in the western calendar.

Arashi Sangorô IV (in the middle of the picture) playing the role of Ashikaga Yoshinori in the drama "Keisei Kogane no Niwatori", which was staged in the 1st lunar month of 1834 at the Ônishi no Shibai

The Arashi Sangorô line of actors