Stage names:

Tamagawa Sennojô III
Tamagawa Sennosuke

Line number: SANDAIME (III)

Existence: ???

Connection:

Master: Tamagawa Sennojô I

Disciples: Tamagawa Sennojô IV, Tamagawa Handayû I, Tamagawa Kindayû, Tamagawa Jûzaburô, Tamagawa Genzaburô, Tamagawa Kozatsuma

Career:

8th lunar month of 1674: Sennosuke's name appeared for the first time in a theater hyôbanki.

11th lunar month of 1675: Sennosuke's name appeared for the first time in a theater playbill, in Edo at the Nakamuraza; he was listed in the Edo Kodomo (Edo's children) section, along with Nakamura Shichisaburô I and Matsumoto Kanzaburô; two new children-actors were also listed, Sakakibara Heiemon and Kamakura Chôkurô I.

1676 ~ 1678: he took the name of Tamagawa Sennojô III.

1678: Sennojô performed at the Ichimuraza in the drama "Takiguchi no Yokobue".

1680: Sennojô was the first actor to wear a black headgear; it quickly became the latest fashion in Edo.

1681: Sennojô achieved a great success at the Ichimuraza by performing in the dance "Kifune".

1st lunar month of 1686: Sennojô played at the Nakamuraza the role of Senju in the new year drama "Wankyû Ukiyo Jikkai"; his stage partners were Nakamura Shichisaburô I (Ôtomo Minbu), Nakamura Denkurô I (Kumahara Wadanosuke), Mikuni Hikosaku II (Wan'ya Kyûbê), Dekishima Kichiya (Hatsue-no-Mae), Uemura Kokichiya (Kiriyama), Hanai Saizaburô I (Sôhachi), Fujita Minanosuke (Sôhachi's wife), Tamai Gonpachi (Kichibei) and Hanamura Kinue (the courtesan Matsuyama).

1687: Sennojô performed at the Yamamuraza in the dance "Senjin Odori".

Comments:

Tamagawa Sennojô III was an important Edo onnagata actor, who was active from the middle of the 1670s to the beginning of the 1690s. He was said to be the worthy heir of his legendary master Tamagawa Sennojô I.

Tamagawa Sennojô III in an ilustration from the book "Kokon Shibai Irokurabe Hyakunin Isshu" (1st lunar month of 1693)

The Tamagawa Sennojô line of actors