Yamashita Kinsaku II (二代目山下金作) (actor 1733 – 1799)

Alternate names: Nakamura Handayū (中村半太夫)
Riko (poetry name - 里好 or 里虹)
Tennōji Riko (天王子里虹?)

Links

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston - Kinsaku II in a Shunshō print
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston - Kinsaku II in a Shunkō print from 1776
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston - Kinsaku II in a Sharaku print from 1794
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston - Kinsaku II in a Bunchō print from 1770
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston - Kinsaku II in a Shun'ei triptych from 1795
Honolulu Museum of Art - Kiyohiro prints from mid to late 1750s
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston - Kinsaku II in a Kiyotsune print from 1774
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston - Kinsaku II in a Shunjō print from 1779
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston - Kinsaku II in an Utamaro print from 1795
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston - Kinsaku II in a Kiyonaga print from 1776

Biography:

This actor held this name from 1749 until his death on the 12th day of the 9th month of 1799. Born in Osaka, he was the adopted son of Yamashita Kinsaku I (died 1750). His brother was Nakamura Shingorō II (1747-77). His sons were Yamashita Mangiku I and Yamashita Masajirō. His adopted sons were Yamashita Mansaku and Yamashita Kinsaku III (dates unknown).

Kinsaku II was a famous onnagata trained by a famous onnagata, Nakamura Tomijūrō I (1719-86). Tomijūrō was the actor who gave Kinsaku his first stage name, Nakamura Handayū.