MATSUMOTO K�SHIR� (original) (raw)

| | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | TEN GENERATIONS | | Matsumoto K�shir� I | | | The founder of the line Matsumoto K�shir� I held this name from the 5th lunar month of 1716 to the 3rd lunar month of 1730. | | | | Matsumoto K�shir� I playing the role of Oni� Shinzaemon in the new year drama "Tsurukame Wakayagi Soga", which was staged in the 1st lunar month of 1721 at the Ichimuraza | | Matsumoto K�shir� II | | | Ichikawa Ebiz� III held the name of Matsumoto K�shir� II from the 11th lunar month of 1735 to the 10th lunar month of 1754, then from the 11th lunar month of 1770 to the 10th lunar month of 1772. | | | | Matsumoto K�shir� II playing the role of Kud� Saemon Suketsune in the new year drama "Haru Fukami Iroha Soga", which was staged in the 1st lunar month of 1753 at the Ichimuraza | | Matsumoto K�shir� III | | | The actor Ichikawa Hakuen I held the name of Matsumoto K�shir� III from the 11th lunar month of 1754 to the 10th lunar month of 1770. | | | | Matsumoto K�shir� III playing the role of Shibito Kozaemon in the kaomise drama "Kagura Uta Amagoi Komachi", which was staged in the 11th lunar month of 1765 at the Nakamuraza | | Matsumoto K�shir� IV | | | The actor Omegawa Ky�j�r� held the name of Matsumoto K�shir� IV from the 11th lunar month of 1772 to the 10th lunar month of 1801. | | | | Matsumoto K�shir� IV drawn by Utagawa Kunimasa I for the book "Yakusha Gakuya Ts�" (1799) | | Matsumoto K�shir� V | | | The actor Matsumoto K�shir� V held this name from the 11th lunar month of 1801 to the 5th lunar month of 1838. | | | | Matsumoto K�shir� V portraying Noto-no-Kami Noritsune in a print made by Utagawa Kunisada I | | Matsumoto K�shir� VI | | | The actor Matsumoto Kinsh� I held the name of Matsumoto K�shir� VI from the 3rd lunar month of 1844 to the 10th lunar month of 1846. | | | | Matsumoto K�shir� VI's shinie (print made by Utagawa Toyokuni III in 1849) | | Matsumoto K�shir� 6.7 | | | The Kabuki giant Ichikawa Ebiz� V held the name of Matsumoto K�shir� during the second half of the year 1855 but he was not acknowledged as an official member of the line. | | Matsumoto K�shir� VII | | | The actor Matsumoto K�shir� VII held this name from November 1911 to January 1949. | | | | Matsumoto K�shir� VII portraying Sukeroku in a print made by Yamamura Toyonari (1920) | | Matsumoto K�shir� VIII | | | The actor Matsumoto Haku� held the name of Matsumoto K�shir� VIII from September 1949 to September 1981. | | | | Matsumoto K�shir� VIII playing the role of Watanabe Genji Tsuna in the drama "Ibaraki", (print made by Natori Shunsen in 1951) | | Matsumoto K�shir� IX | | | The actor Matsumoto Haku� II held the name of Matsumoto K�shir� IX from since October 1981 to December 2017. | | | | Matsumoto K�shir� IX playing the role of Kamakura Gongor� Kagemasa in the drama "Shibaraku" (oil painting courtesy of Paul Binnie - all rights reserved) | | Matsumoto K�shir� IX | | | The actor Matsumoto K�shir� X is the current holder of the name since January 2018. |