Pen names:

Kanai Sangyô
Kanai Yûsuke II
Matsui Yûsuke II
Kasane Sensuke I

Stage name:

Onoe Onozô

Poetry name: Kata

Existence: ???

Connection:

Masters: Tsuruya Nanboku IV, Onoe Matsusuke I

Late father-in-law: Kanai Sanshô

Career:

Beginning of the 1800s: he starts his career as an actor, disciple of Onoe Matsusuke I. His stage name is Onoe Onozô.

7th lunar month of 1804: premiere at the Kawarasakiza of Katsu Hyôzô I's drama "Tenjiku Tokubê Ikoku Banashi"; Onozô plays the roles of Ushioda Hanroku and the shôya Okiemon [casting].

16th day of the 10th lunar month of 1815: his master Onoe Shôroku I dies.

Fall 1815: receiving the patronage of Tsuruya Nanboku IV, he becomes sakusha and his first pen name is Kasane Sensuke I.

11th lunar month of 1815: Sensuke works, under the command of the tatesakusha Fukumori Kiusuke, along with the sakusha Shinoda Kinji I and Hon'ya Sôshichi, on the kaomise drama "Shitennô Oedo no Kaburaya", which is staged at the Nakamuraza to celebrate the shûmei of Onoe Kikugorô III and Kataoka Gachô and welcomes in Edo the actor Sawamura Tanosuke II.

1818: he gets married with the daughter of Kanai Sanshô and takes the name of Matsui Yûsuke II.

11th lunar month of 1818: Yûsuke works at the Tamagawaza, under the command of the tatesakusha Tsuruya Nanboku IV, on the kaomise drama "Shitennô Ubuyu no Tamagawa", which stars Matsumoto Kôshirô V, Ichikawa Danjûrô VII, Iwai Hanshirô V, Segawa Kikunojô V, Bandô Hikosaburô IV, Osagawa Tsuneyo IV, Sôryô Jinroku II, Ichikawa Sôzaburô IV, Ôtani Bajû II and Matsumoto Yonesaburô II.

11th lunar month of 1819: Yûsuke works at the Tamagawaza, under the command of the tatesakusha Tsuruya Nanboku IV, on the kaomise drama "Nana Komachi Yagura no Amagoi", which welcomes in Edo the Kamigata actors Fujikawa Tomokichi II and Nakayama Tatezô II, and celebrates the shûmei of both Sawamura Tôjûrô I and Fujikawa Tomokichi II; The two stars of this program are Onoe Kikugorô III and Ichikawa Danjûrô VII.

11th lunar month of 1820: Yûsuke works at the Kawarasakiza, under the command of the tatesakusha Tsuruya Nanboku IV, on the kaomise drama "Ise Heiji Ume no Mitegura", which celebrates the shûmei of Onoe Tamizô II, Ôtani Monzô II and Iwai Kiyotarô IV. Premiere of the Kiyomoto-based dance-drama "Sakisomuru Renri no Kiyomoto", which is still part of the current Kabuki repertoire and is now entitled "Chasen Uri". The lyrics were written by Yûsuke.

11th lunar month of 1821: Yûsuke works at the Kawarasakiza, under the command of the tatesakusha Tsuruya Nanboku IV, on the drama "Imoseyama Hitome Senbon", which mixes the "Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura" and "Imoseyama Onna Teikin" worlds [casting].

11th lunar month of 1822: Yûsuke works at the Ichimuraza, under the command of the tatesakusha Tsuruya Nanboku IV, on the drama "Gohiiki Tsuwamono no Majiwari", which welcomes back Iwai Hanshirô V in Edo and celebrates the shûmei of Nakayama Kinsha.

1826: he takes the name of Kanai Yûsuke II.

Fall 1827: he takes the name of Kanai Sangyô.

11th lunar month of 1827: the kaomise drama "Kawaranu Hana Genji no Kaomise", which was written by Matsushima Chôfu I, Mimasuya Nisôji and Sangyô, is staged at the Ichimuraza; it stars Bandô Mitsugorô III, Ichikawa Danjûrô VII, Ichimura Uzaemon XII, Bandô Minosuke II, Ichikawa Ichizô II, Iwai Kumesaburô II, Iwai Shijaku I, Osagawa Tsuneyo IV, Nakayama Bungorô II, Sawamura Shabaku, Ogino Izaburô III, Naritaya Sôbê I and Bandô Tamasaburô I.

1st lunar month of 1828: Sangyô works in the same theater on the new year sogamono drama "Futaba no Haru Nigiwai Soga". This is his last work. He retires from the Kabuki world and settles right in the heart of the pleasures quarter of Yoshiwara.

Comments:

Kanai Sangyô was an Edo sakusha, who worked on more than 24 original dramas or dance-dramas from the middle of the 1810s to the end of the 1820s. Only "Chasen Uri" has survived.

The name of Kanai Sangyô in a 1828 Edo hyôbanki (the name within the red box); all the names were the sakusha at the Nakamuraza (right block), at the Ichimuraza (center block) and at the Kawarasakiza (left block)

The Kasane Sensuke line of playwrights

The Matsui Yûsuke line of playwrights

The Kanai Yûsuke line of playwrights