ASAO YOROKU (original) (raw)

| | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | THREE GENERATIONS | | Asao Yoroku I | | | The actor Asao Yoroku I held this name from the 11th lunar month of 1830 to the 12th lunar month of 1851. | | | | Asao Yoroku I playing the role of Takechi Mitsuhide in the drama Ehon Taik�ki, which was staged in the 8th lunar month of 1849 at the Chikugo no Shibai (print made by Utagawa Hirosada) | | Asao Yoroku II | | | The actor Asao Yoroku II held this name from 1855 to the 10th lunar month of 1862. | | | | Asao Yoroku II playing the role of Sakaya Ky�shichi in the drama "Katakiuchi Uwasa no Furuichi", which was staged in the 5th lunar month of 1857 at the Ichimuraza (print made by Utagawa Toyokuni III) | | Asao Yoroku III Asao Yoroku III In Japanese | Asao Asatar� In Japanese | | | Date of birth unknown. Disciple of Asao Yoroku II, his first stage name was Asao Asatar�. He took the name of Asao Yoroku III in the 8th lunar month of 1872 in �saka. He spent most of his career in hama shibai, where he performed either as a katakiyaku or a tachiyaku. He died the 24th of January 1880. |