| SAWAMURA CHÔJÛRÔ |
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| Sawamura Chôjûrô I | |
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The actor Sawamura Chôjûrô I held this name from Spring 1701 to the 10th lunar month of 1716, then from Spring 1717 to the 1st lunar month of 1734. |
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Sawamura Chôjûrô I playing the role of Umematsu Takaemon in the kaomise drama "Inari Yakata Manpô no Kura", which was staged in the 11th lunar month of 1730 in Kyôto |
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Sawamura Chôzaburô |
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Date of birth unknown. Son of Sawamura Chôjûrô I, his first stage name was Sawamura Chôzaburô. He took the name of Sawamura Chôjûrô II in 1735 in Nagoya. He went back in 1736 to Ôsaka, where he was active up to his death the 12th of the 1st lunar month of 1739. He was a tachiyaku, who was quite skilled in wagoto, but he died before achieving fame for himself. |
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Sawamura Chôjûrô II playing the role of the wakadono Ôe Mantarô in the kaomise drama "Uta Kurabe Kachidoki no Ume", which was staged in the 11th lunar month of 1737 at the Ônishi no Shibai |
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| Sawamura Chôjûrô III | |
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Suketakaya Takasuke I held the name of Sawamura Chôjûrô III from the 7th lunar month of 1746 to the 10th lunar month of 1746, then from the 11th lunar month of 1747 to the 10th lunar month of 1753. |
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The actor Sawamura Chôjûrô III playing the role of Ôboshi Yuranosuke in Tsuuchi Jihê II's new year sogamono drama "Haru Fukami Iroha Soga", which was staged in the 1st lunar month of 1753 at the Ichimuraza |
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| Sawamura Chôjûrô IV | |
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The actor Sawamura Kameemon held the name of Sawamura Chôjûrô IV from the 11th lunar month of 1772 to the 10th lunar month of 1786. |
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Sawamura Chôjûrô IV performing in the kaomise drama "Izu Goyomi Shibai no Ganjitsu", which was staged in the 11th lunar month of 1772 at the Moritaza |
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| Sawamura Chôjûrô V | |
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The actor Suketakaya Takasuke III held the name of Sawamura Chôjûrô V from the 11th lunar month of 1848 to the 9th lunar month of 1852. |
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Sawamura Chôjûrô V playing the role of Fukuoka Mitsugi in the drama "Ise Ondo Koi no Netaba", which was staged in the 5th lunar month of 1849 at the Nakamuraza (print made by Utagawa Toyokuni III) |
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| Sawamura Chôjûrô VII | |
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The actor Sawamura Chôjûrô VII held this name from September 1911 to the end of the 1930s (?). |
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Sawamura Chôjûrô VII playing the role of the spirit of the wisteria in the dance "Fuji Musume", which was staged in May 1929 at the Miyatoza |
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