The actor Sagawa Bunzô I held this name from Spring 1715 to 1725 ^[1].

Dates of birth and death unknown. Member of the Arashi Clan, he started his career in Kyôto and his first stage name was Arashi Sango. His first-recorded performance was in the 11th lunar month of 1715, when he performed in Kyôto at Hoteiya Umenojô's theater as a wakaonnagata in the kaomise drama "Manpô Chitose no Matsu", which was produced by Yamatoya Jinbê III and included a kôjô commemorating the sudden death of Kataoka Nizaemon I. He left Kyôto during the second half of the 1710s when he became a disciple of Ichinoya Jûrobê, who gave him the name of Ichinoya Jûzô. They performed together in inaka shibai for a few years. Ichinoya Jûrobê died in Spring 1727. He most likely took the name of Sagawa Jûzô ^[2] either in the 11th lunar month of 1728 or in the 2nd lunar month of 1729 ^[3] at the Naka no Shibai, where he performed as a tachiyaku in a kaomise program which was entitled "Kimi Okuni Ôshimadai" (11th lunar month of 1728) or "Wakatake Ôshimadai" (2nd lunar month of 1729) which were produced by Takeshima Kôzaemon III (who also celebrated his shûmei). He most likely took the name of Sagawa Bunzô II in Ôsaka in the 11th lunar month of 1730, playing the role of Funahashi Gennai in the kaomise drama "Kunkoku Ôe no Kôbai", which was produced by Asao Motogorô I. He performed in Nagoya from 1732 to 1734. He went back to Ôsaka in Fall 1735. He played in the 11th lunar month of 1735 at the Naka no Shibai the role of Abe Toragorô (a jitsuaku role) in the kaomise drama "Toyo no Asahi Eitaigura", which was produced by Iwai Hanshirô III and celebrated the arrival in Ôsaka of the Edo actor Bandô Hikosaburô I and the shûmei of Arashi Kiyosaburô III. He moved to Kyôto in Fall 1736 and played in the 11th lunar month of 1736 in Kyôto at Daikokuya Takenojô's theater the role of Kikuchi Udanojô (a tachiyaku role) in the kaomise drama "Hiyoku Kin no Takaragura", which was produced by Yoshizawa Tamazuma. Bunzô's rank in the 1737 Kyôto hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, was jô-(shiro)jô (superior - (white) superior) [visual]. No record in ôshibai. He most likely performed for a while in tabi shibai or miyaji shibai. He was recorded as performing in 1743 in Ise at the Furuichi no Shibai.