Stage names:

Ichimura Tamagashiwa I

Line number: SHODAI (I)

Blazon: the mandarin orange tree (tachibana) [visual]

Existence: 1687 ~ ???

Connection:

Master: Ichimura Takenojô I (?) ^[1]

Disciple: Ichimura Miyonosuke (?) ^[2]

Career:

1st lunar month of 1701: he took the name of Ichimura Tamagashiwa I and performed as a wakaonnagata in Kyôto at Hayagumo Chôdayû's theater in the new year ni-no-kawari drama "Keisei Sagano no Hara".

11th lunar month of 1704: Tamagashiwa played in Kyôto at Miyako Mandayû's theater the role of Yutaka in Chikamatsu Monzaemon's drama "Kisshô Tennyo Anzan no Tama".

1st lunar month of 1705: Tamagashiwa's rank in the Kyôto hyôbanki, wakaonnagata section, was jô (superior) [visual].

1st lunar month of 1706: Tamagashiwa played at Kameya's theater the role of Oran in the new year drama "Keisei Nezamegaseki".

1st lunar month of 1707: Tamagashiwa's rank in the Kyôto hyôbanki, wakaonnagata section, was jô-jô (superior - superior) [visual].

Fall 1709: Tamagashiwa moved to Ôsaka.

11th lunar month of 1709: Tamagashiwa played the role of Princess Kichijô in the kaomise drama "Onna Gosho Bunko", which was produced in Ôsaka by Shinozuka Shômatsu I.

1st lunar month of 1710: Tamagashiwa's rank in the Ôsaka hyôbanki, wakaonnagata section, was jô-jô-(hanshiro)kichi (superior - superior - (half-white) excellent) [visual].

11th lunar month of 1714: Tamagashiwa played in Ôsaka the role of Oyono in the kaomise drama "Daikoku Shinmai Dawara", which was produced by Anegawa Shinshirô I.

Fall 1715: Tamagashiwa went to Edo.

11th lunar month of 1715: Tamagashiwa performed at the Ichimuraza in the kaomise drama "Banzei Onna Hachinoki".

1st lunar month of 1716: Tamagashiwa's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, wakaonnagata section, was jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual].

11th lunar month of 1717: Tamagashiwa played at the Ichimuraza the role of Iwaki-no-Mae in the kaomise drama "Kinkazan Yoroi Biraki".

Fall 1718: Tamagashiwa went back to Ôsaka.

11th lunar month of 1718: Tamagashiwa played at the Naka no Shibai the role of Okura in Azuma Sanpachi's kaomise drama "Sumiyoshi Tanjôseki", which was produced by Takeshima Kôzaemon II.

1st lunar month of 1719: Tamagashiwa's rank in the Ôsaka hyôbanki, wakaonnagata section, was jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual].

11th lunar month of 1720: Tamagashiwa played at the Kado no Shibai the role of Sasano's nyôbô Okiku in the kaomise drama "Hana Yakata Chibikizuru", which was produced by Kirinoya Gonjûrô I; the role of Sasano Sagoemon was played by Anegawa Shinshirô I.

Fall 1721: Tamagashiwa went back to Kyôto.

11th lunar month of 1721: Tamagashiwa played in Kyôto at Ebisuya Kichirôbê's theater the role of Kanbê's nyôbô Oishi in the kaomise drama "Yamato Uta Denju no Tomikura", which was produced by Arashi Sanjûrô I.

1st lunar month of 1722: Tamagashiwa's rank in the Kyôto hyôbanki, wakaonnagata section, was jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]. He shared the same rank with Ogino Yaegiri I, Kirinami Takie and Yamamoto Kamon.

11th lunar month of 1722: Tamagashiwa played in Kyôto at Miyako Mandayû's theater the role of the goze Haruno in the kaomise drama "Ôbashira Kogane no Sazare Ishi", which was produced by Segawa Kikunojô I.

Fall 1723: Tamagashiwa went to Ôsaka.

11th lunar month of 1723: Tamagashiwa played at the Naka no Shibai the role of Tsurunobu in the kaomise drama "Chûshin Futaba no Matsu", which was produced by Matsushima Hyôtarô.

1st lunar month of 1724: Tamagashiwa's rank in the Ôsaka hyôbanki, wakaonnagata section, was jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]. He shared the same rank with Sanogawa Mangiku and Kirinami Takie.

2nd lunar month of 1729: Tamagashiwa appeared on stage for the last time, in Ôsaka at the Kado no Shibai, where he performed in the drama "Kaga no Kuni Shinohara Gassen". No record afterwards.

Comments:

Ichimura Tamagashiwa I was a talented and popular onnagata actor, who achieved fame for himself in Kyôto, Ôsaka and Edo from the beginning of the 1700s to the end of the 1720s. He was jô-jô-kichi from 1716 to 1729. He was outstanding in onna budô and nuregoto, especially in jidaimono dramas.

[1] Assumption found in Nojima Jusaburô's book "Kabuki Jinmei Jiten". It goes without saying that Ichimura Tamagashiwa I met Ichimura Takenojô I during his stay in Edo from Fall 1715 to Fall 1718 but it was many years after the beginning of his career in Kamigata, where Ichimura Takenojô I has never travelled. As he used the official mon of the Ichimura clan, he had a relationship with Ichimura Takenojô I but it is difficult to report that he was his master.

[2] This is our assumption. These two actors were recorded as performing together. For example in the 11th lunar month of 1722 in Kyôto at Miyako Mandayû's theater. Moreover, both actors used the same mon (tachibana).

Ichimura Tamagashiwa I (left) and Murayama Heiemon III playing the roles of Iwaki-no-Mae and Abe no Sadatô in the kaomise drama "Kinkazan Yoroi Biraki", which was staged in the 11th lunar month of 1717 at the Ichimuraza

The Ichimura Tamagashiwa line of actors