YAMATOYA JINB� III (original) (raw)

Stage names:

Existence: ??? ~ ???

Connections:

Elder brother: Yamatoya Jinnosuke

Career:

10th lunar month of 1701: T�kichi achieved a great success in Ky�to by playing the role of Senji in the drama "Imay� N� Ky�gen", produced by his father Yamatoya Jinb� II for the nadai Hayagumo Ch�day�.

11th lunar month of 1701: T�kichi became zamoto, working in Ky�to with the nadai Ebisuya Kichir�b�.

1st lunar month of 1702: T�kichi was the kanjiku for wakashugata actors. He achieved a great success by playing in the drama "�t�-no-Miya Kumano Ochi".

11th lunar month of 1702: T�kichi successfully produced the drama "Ky� Morohaku �mu no Sakazuki" at Hayagumo Ch�day�'s theater.

1st lunar month of 1703: T�kichi achieved a great success by playing the roles of Monju Tar� and Sengen Tokub� in the dramas "Miyako no Eh�" and "Keisei Mitsu no Kuruma".

1st lunar month of 1704: T�kichi played the leading role of a sanbas� dance, which was performed in Ky�to within the hatsu ky�gen drama "Musume Ch�ja Hagoita no Eawase". He also performed in the ni-no-kawari drama "Keisei Yuki no Shirayama" in which he used an original ropp� called "bikko ropp�" ("a walk-with-a-limp ropp�").

10th day of the 1st lunar month of 1704 [1]: his father Yamatoya Jinb� II died.

10th lunar month of 1704: Yamatoya T�kichi took the name of Yamatoya Jinb� III in Ky�to.

11th lunar month of 1704: Jinb� achieved a great success by performing some unusual ropp� in the drama "Futatsu no �gi", which was staged in Ky�to at Kameya Kumenoj�'s theater.

1705 ~ 1714: his name did not appear in Kamigata major theaters' banzuke.

11th lunar month of 1715: Jinb� was back on stage in Ky�to, as an actor and a zamoto working with the nadai Hoteiya Umenoj�. He successfully produced the kaomise drama "Manp� Chitose no Matsu", which included a k�j� commemorating the sudden death of Kataoka Nizaemon I (the speech was done by Shinozuka Jirozaemon I).

11th lunar month of 1716: Jinb� produced in Ky�to at Hoteiya Umenoj�'s theater the kaomise drama "Daikoku Tenjin Fukuju Musume", in which he played the role of Biwanosuke.

1st lunar month of 1717: Jinb� appeared on stage for the last time, in Ky�to, playing the role of Seijir� in the new year ni-no-kawari drama "Keisei Asahiyama". His rank in the Ky�to hy�banki, tachiyaku section, was j�-j�-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual].

1734: Jinb�'s name appeared in the banzuke of a Kabuki program which was produced by Onogawa Sennosuke in Nagoya in the precinct of the Seijuin temple.

1st lunar month of 1735: Jinb�'s name appeared in the Ky�to hy�banki; the comment was "Yamatoya Jinb�, a name we remember with nostalgia".

Comments:

Yamatoya Jinb� III was a talented wakashugata and tachiyaku actor, who spent most of his career in Ky�to. His fields of excellence were wagoto and nuregoto. He was also Yamatoya Jinb� II's worthy heir in the use of ropp�.

[1] The 10th day of the 1st lunar month of the 17th year of the Genroku era was the 14th of February 1704 in the western calendar.