Segawa Kikunojō II (二代目瀬川菊之丞: 11/1756 to 2/1872) (actor 1741 – 1773)
Gonjirō (his name at birth)Segawa Kichiji II (二代目瀬川吉次: from 9/1750 to 11/1756)
Tokuji (a youthful name)
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Kabuki21Biography:
"1741: born in the village of Ôji (close to Edo). He was the son of a rich farmer named Shimizu Hanroku. He was likely to be the illegitimate son of Segawa Kikunojô I. His first name was Gonjirô."
"Segawa Kikunojō II made a dazzling career in Edo, becoming tateonnagata in 1758 at the age of seventeen, reaching the jō-jō-kichi and dai-jō-jō-kichi ranks respectively in 1764 and in 1771. From the beginning of the sixties, his popularity was so great that many features he used on stage became the latest fashion in the city of Edo, all of them named from his haimyō Rokō: a brown color (rokō cha, Rokō's brown), a hairstyle (rokō mage, Rokō's bun), a comb (rokō kushi) and a kimono belt (rokō obi)."
Quoted directly from Kabuki21.
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Ellis Tinios noted "A butterfly served as Íhe mon of actors bearing the name Kikunojō..."
