Onoe Tamizō II (二代目尾上多見蔵: 11/1820-1848; 1850-November, 1885) (actor 1799 – 1886)
Ōkawa Hachizō (大川八蔵: 8/1848-50)Nakamura Waichi (中村和市: 1820-11/1820)
Segawa Waichi (瀬川和市: 1810-20)
Matsuō (poetry name - 松王)
Shōchō (poetry name - 松朝)
Nichō (poetry name - 二丁)
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Biography:
This actor held this name from 11/1820. In 1848, for a brief period he acted under the name Ōkawa Hachizō. In 1850 he returned to Ōsaka and took back the name Onoe Tamizō II. In November 1885 he appeared on the stage for the last time.
Tamizō II was born in Kyōto. His father was Kameemon, a kabuki hairdresser or tokoyama (床山). In 1810 he started his career as Segawa Waichi, a student of Segawa Senjo who died in the 12th month of that year. In 1820 he joined Nakamura Utaemon III who gave him the name Nakamura Waichi. Tamizō was with him for a few months until he went over to the Edo star Onoe Kikugorō III who was then performing in Osaka. Together they traveled back to Edo. In 1823 Tamizō traveled back to Kamigata.
Tamizō II had studied with Onoe Kikugorō III (1784-1849), Nakamura Utaemon III (1778-1838) and Segawa Senjo (1751-1810). His father-in-law was Ichikawa Ebijūrō I (1777-1827). Tamizō II's sons were Onoe Shōkaku I (1832-78) and Ichikawa Ichizō III (1833-65).
The information above was gleaned from material at Kabuki21.
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Onoe Tamizō II was a great and popular kaneru yakusha, excelling in quick costume changes (hayagawari) and ghost plays.
Tamizō was a local actor, the son of a theater hairdresser, who acted in the middle theater until 1821, when he also made his debut in the major theaters. He continued to move back and forth between the two. He was pudgy and reputedly illiterate but skilled in a broad range of roles, with a flamboyant acting style that appealed to audiences. By the 1830s he had become quite successful. He continued performing right up to his death in 1886, at the age of eighty-seven... There is no real information about him at this early stage of his career..."
Quoted from: Oska Prints by Dean Schwaab, page 128.
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Artist who portrayed Tamizō II: Shunshi in 1826; Harusada I in the 1820s to 30s; Shun'ō in 1831; Hokuei in 1831 and 1833; Kunihiro in 1832; Hokumyō in 1837; Sadayoshi in 1838; Kunisada in 1841, ca. 1842, 1848, 1857 and 1863; Kuniyoshi in 1841, ca. 1847-48 and 1850; Yoshikane in 1849; Hirosada in 1850-51 and 1859-1860; Yoshitoyo in 1856; Kunikazu in 1857-59, ca. 1862 and 1864; Munehiro in 1860; Yoshitora in 1862; Yoshiyuki in 1863-64; Hironobu in 1864; Yoshitaki in 1859-63, 1865, 1867-68 and 1873-75; Kunichika in 1875;
Publishers: Etsukichi in the 1820s to 30s; Shōhonya Seishichi in 1831 and 1837; Tenmaya Kihei in 1832; Wataya Kihei in 1838; Ezakiya Tatsuzō in 1841; Yamamotoya Heikichi in 1841; Kawaguchiya Uhei in 1841; Izumiya Ichibei in 1841; Echizenya Heizaburō in 1841; Tsuruya Kiemon in 1841; Jōshūya Jūzō/Jūbei in 1841; Ebisuya Jinbei in ca. 1848; Kobayashi Taijirō in 1847; Ibaya Senzaburō in 1847 and ca. 1848; Tsujioka Bunsuke in 1849; Tsutaya Kichizōin in ca. 1842 and 1857; Uemura Yohei in 1850; Kawaoto in 1850; Kitakagawa in 1850; Iseya Kanekichi in 1852; Edoya Shōbei in 1858; Kinkodō in 1859; Ebisuya Shōshichi in ca. 1847-48 and in 1862; Awaya Bunzō in 1874; Ishikawaya Wasuke in 1857-58, ca. 1862, 1864 and 1874; Yaozen in 1874; Kogaya Katsugorō in 1875;
Collections: The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston;