Suketakaya Takasuke IV (四代目助高屋高助) (actor 1838 – 1886)

Sawamura Tosshō II (二代目沢村訥升)
Sawamura Genpei II (二代目沢村源平)
Koga (poetry name)
Tosshi (poetry name)

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Biography:

This actor held this name from May 1879 until he fell ill on stage in January of 1886 and died the next month.

Suketakaya Takasuke IV was the worthy heir of his father Sawamura Sōjūrō V, excelling in wagotoshi, wajitsu or onnagata roles. He shared the stage with the Meiji giants Ichikawa Danjūrō IX and Onoe Kikugorō V. He posthumously received the name of Sawamura Sōjūrō VI.

Ichikawa Danjūrō IX (市川團十郎) as Mongaku Shōnin (文覚上人) with Suketakaya Takasuke IV as Kongara dōji, Ichikawa Danjūrō IX as Fudō no Reizō and Nakamura Shikan IV (中村芝翫) as Seitaka dōjiin in 'The Austerities of Mongaku' (<i>Hashikuyō Bonji no Mongaku</i> - 橋供養梵字紋覚)
Related Object: Ichikawa Danjūrō IX (市川團十郎) as Mongaku Shōnin (文覚上人) with Suketakaya Takasuke IV as Kongara dōji, Ichikawa Danjūrō IX as Fudō no Reizō and Nakamura Shikan IV (中村芝翫) as Seitaka dōjiin in 'The Austerities of Mongaku' (Hashikuyō Bonji no Mongaku - 橋供養梵字紋覚)