ARASHI TOKUSABURÔ |
SEVEN GENERATIONS | |||||
Arashi Tokusaburô I | |||||
The actor Arashi Izaburô I held the name of Arashi Tokusaburô I at the end of the 18th century. |
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Arashi Tokusaburô II | |||||
The actor Arashi Rikan II held the name of Arashi Tokusaburô II from the 11th lunar month of 1800 to Spring 1820, then from the 11th lunar month of 1820 to the 8th lunar month of 1822. |
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The actor Arashi Tokusaburô II playing the role of Gokumon no Shôbei in the drama "Sugata Kurabe Deiri no Minato", which was staged in the 4th lunar month of 1821 in Edo at the Nakamuraza (print made by Utagawa Toyokuni I) |
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Arashi Tokusaburô III | |||||
The actor Arashi Rikan III held the name of Arashi Tokusaburô III from the 1st lunar month of 1831 to the 10th lunar month of 1834, from the 1st lunar month of 1835 to the 3rd lunar month of 1835, from the 1st lunar month of 1836 to the 10th lunar month of 1839, from the 1st lunar month of 1840 to the 3rd lunar month of 1841, then from the 8th lunar month of 1841 to the 10th lunar month of 1843. |
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Arashi Tokusaburô III playing the role of Okoma in the play "Hime Kurabe Futaba Ezôshi" , which was staged in the 1st lunar month of 1835 in Ôsaka at the Ônishi no Shibai (print made by Shumbaisai Hokuei) |
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Arashi Tokusaburô IV | |||||
The actor Arashi Rikan IV held the name of Arashi Tokusaburô IV from the 2nd lunar month of 1861 to the 7th lunar month of 1867. |
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The actor Arashi Tokusaburô IV playing the roles of Shigenoi in the drama "Koi Nyôbô Somewake Tazuna", which was staged in the 4th lunar month of 1867 in Ôsaka at the Takeda no Shibai (print made by Utagawa Kunikazu) |
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Arashi Tokusaburô V | |||||
The actor Arashi Rikan V held the name of Arashi Tokusaburô V from December 1888 to April 1918. |
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Arashi Tokusaburô VI Arashi Tokusaburô VI | Arashi Wasaburô IV | Arashi Tokutarô |
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Born in Ôsaka the 24th of March 1883. Son of the Bunraku puppeteer Kiritake Monjûrô I and grandson of Arashi Rikan IV, he became a disciple of Arashi Tokusaburô V and made his debut on stage in 1889 in Ôsaka at the Kadoza, where he received the name of Arashi Tokutarô. He took the names of Arashi Wasaburô IV and Arashi Tokusaburô VI in 1896 and June 1923. He joined the Shôchiku movie company in Kyôto in 1930 and became an important movie actor from the beginning of the 1903s to the middle of the 1950s, starring in more than 150 movies. He died the 8th of November 1955. By leaving the Kabuki world for the Cinema, he ended one of the most successful Kamigata lines of actors. The list of Arashi Tokusaburô's movies (in Japanese) The list of Arashi Tokusaburô's movies (in English - not complete)
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Arashi Tokusaburô VII | |||||
The actor Arashi Tokusaburô VII held this name from February 1971 to December 2000. |
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