| SUKETAKAYA TAKASUKE II |
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Guilds: Kinokuniya, Tachibanaya/Tachibanaya (Yaozô years), Hamamuraya (Yûjirô years) Line number: NIDAIME (II) Poetry names: Kôga, Chûsha (3), Kion, Roshû Existence: 1747 ~ 13th day of the 12th lunar month of 1818 [1] Connection: Father: Sawamura Sôjûrô II Brother: Sawamura Sôjûrô III Masters: Ichikawa Danjûrô V, Segawa Kikunojô II Career: Spring 1760: first appearance on stage, at the Nakamuraza, where he received the name of Sawamura Kinpei I and performed in the new year sogamono drama "Kyô Masakado Soga". 11th lunar month of 1767: Sawamura Kinpei I took the name of Sawamura Shirogorô I at the Ichimuraza, performing in the kaomise drama "Nue Shigedô Sakiwake Yûsha". 11th lunar month of 1769: he became disciple of the onnagata actor Segawa Kikunojô II, who gave him the name of Segawa Yûjirô I. They performed together at the Nakamuraza in the kaomise drama "Kawaranu Hanasakae Hachinoki". 11th lunar month of 1777: he took back the name of Sawamura Shirogorô I. 11th lunar month of 1779: he became disciple of the actor Ichikawa Danjûrô V, who gave him the name of Ichikawa Yaozô III; they performed together at the Moritaza in the kaomise drama "Uta Kurabe Tôsei Moyô". 4th lunar month of 1780: first Kabuki adaptation of Utei Enba, Kijô Tarô and Yô Yôdai puppet theater drama "Go Taiheiki Shiraishi Banashi", which was produced in Edo at the Moritaza; Yaozô played the roles of the yakko Datesuke and Shinobu [casting]. 1780: tour in Echigo with Matsumoto Kôshirô IV and Ôtani Hiroji III. 11th lunar month of 1786: Yaozô performed in the Nakamuraza in the kaomise drama "Kumoi no Hana Yoshino no Wakamusha". Premiere at the Nakamuraza of the Tomimoto-based dance-drama "Sode Furu Yuki Yoshino Shûi" (nowadays entitled "Meoto Gitsune"), which was staged within the kaomise drama "Kumoi no Hana Yoshino no Wakamusha"; Yaozô played the role of Kusunoki Uraminosuke, in reality the Tsukamoto male fox [more details]. 1st lunar month of 1791: premiere at the Nakamuraza of the Nagauta-based dance "Taimen Hana no Harukoma", which was staged at the end of the new year program "Haru no Sekai Nigiwai Soga"; Yaozô played the role of Soga Gorô Tokimune [casting]. 7th lunar month of 1794: premiere at the Miyakoza of the drama "Keisei Sanbon Karakasa"; Yaozô played the role of Fuwa Banzaemon [more details]. 6th lunar month of 1795: the play "Miura no Ôsuke Kôbai Tazuna" was staged for the first time in Edo, at the Kiriza; Yaozô played the role of Kajiwara Heizô Kagetoki [casting]. He also played the role of Shunkan in the drama "Heike Nyogo no Shima"; his stage partners were Nakayama Tomisaburô I (Chidori), Ichikawa Danjûrô VI (Tanzaemon) and Yamatoyama Tomoemon (Senoo Tarô). 9th lunar month of 1796: the play "Hikosan Gongen Chikai no Sukedachi" was staged for the first time in Edo, simultaneously at the Kiriza and the Miyakoza; Yaozô played the roles of Rokusuke and Kinugawa Yasozaemon in the latter theater [casting]. 1st lunar month of 1798: premiere at the Kiriza (Edo) of Namiki Gohei I's play "Tomioka Koi no Yamabiraki", commonly called "Ninin Shinbê", in which Yaozô played the role of Tamaya Shinbê [casting]. 8th lunar month of 1803: Yaozô played at the Ichimuraza the roles of Tadanobu, the fox Genkurô , Tokaiya Ginpei and Taira no Tomomori in the drama "Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura". 11th lunar month of 1804: Ichikawa Yaozô III took the name of Suketakaya Takasuke II at the Ichimuraza, playing 3 roles in the kaomise drama "Mishi Tamadare Yuki no Furusato", which also celebrated the shûmei of Ichikawa Takinosuke and Kiriyama Monji III.. 4th lunar month of 1806: he took the name of Suketakaya Shirogorô at the Ichimuraza. 11th lunar month of 1808: he took back the name of Suketakaya Takasuke II at the Nakamuraza. 11th lunar month of 1809: premiere at the Ichimuraza of Katsu Hyôzô I and Sakurada Jisuke II kaomise drama "Misao no Hana Toba no Koizuka", which celebrated the shûmei of Onoe Shôroku I and Onoe Matsusuke II; Takasuke played the roles of Minamoto no Yorimasa, the ashigaru Hasehei (in reality Hasebe Chôbê Nobutsura), Awa Minbu Shigeyoshi and the jôgashiya Kuchitori no Yoshirô [more details]. 3rd lunar month of 1810: Takasuke played at the Ichimuraza the role of Mashiba Hisayoshi in the drama "Sanmon Gosan no Kiri"; the role of Ishikawa Goemon was played by Matsumoto Kôshirô V. 5th lunar month of 1810: premiere at the Ichimuraza of Katsu Hyôzô I and Sakurada Jisuke II drama "Ehon Gappô-ga-Tsuji"; Takasuke played the roles of Kagamiyama Toshiyuki, Takahashi Sezaemon and the cook Sukehachi [casting]. 1st lunar month of 1816: premiere at the Kawarasakiza of Tsuruya Nanboku IV's new year sogamono drama "Nazoraete Fujigane Soga"; Takasuke played the roles of Kudô Saemon Suketsune and Mankô (the mother of the Soga Brothers) [casting]. 6th lunar month of 1817: premiere in ôshibai of the puppet drama "Hana no Ueno Homare no Ishibumi", which was staged in Edo at the Kiriza; Takasuke played the role of Tsuchiya Naiki [more details]. This was his last performance in Edo. 7th lunar month of 1817 ~ 11th lunar month of 1818: Takasuke went on tour. 12th lunar month of 1818: Takasuke suddenly died while performing in the city of Fukushima. Comments: Suketakaya Takasuke II was a talented actor, trained by very different masters, like Segawa Kikunojô II, the best Edo onnagata, or Ichikawa Danjûrô V, the master of aragoto. Wajitsu was his field of excellence. [1] The 13th day of the 12th lunar month of the 1st year of the Bunsei era was the 8th of January 1819 in the western calendar.
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Suketakaya Takasuke II playing the role of Kizu Kansuke in the new year sogamono drama "Shinbutai Sakae Soga", which was staged in the 2nd lunar month of 1811 at the Moritaza (print made by Utagawa Toyokuni I) The Ichikawa Chûsha line of actors The Sawamura Kinpei line of actors The Sawamura Shirogorô line of actors The Segawa Yûjirô line of actors The Ichikawa Yaozô line of actors The Suketakaya Takasuke line of actors |
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