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- Yoshioka Motome II 吉岡求馬(2代) -
(1658 - ?)
He was a Kabuki actor from Osaka, Kamigata. In 1696 he performed at the theater 早雲座 Soun-Za in Kyoto as a young star in the play 福寿丸 Fukuju-Maru.
In 1706 he came to Edo to the Nakamura Theater 中村座. Later he spent 5 years at the theater Hotei-ya 都の布袋屋 in Kyoto.
His later activities are not well known.
His name was 吉岡求女 Yoshioka Motome.
Yoshioka Motome I the First
was a Kabuki actor in the Edo period, but not much is known about him.
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Fujimura Handayu
Fall 1706: Handayû and Yoshioka Motome II go to Edo.
Tsutsui Kichijuro
11th lunar month of 1706: Kichijûrô plays at the Nakamuraza the role of Ayame-no-Mae in the kaomise drama "Uji Genji Yumihari-zuki", which welcomes in Edo the Kamigata actors Fujimura Handayû II and
Yoshioka Motome II.
Murayama Heiemon
11th lunar month of 1706: Heiemon moves to the Nakamuraza and plays the role of Takiguchi in the kaomise drama "Uji Genji Yumihari-zuki", which welcomes in Edo the Kamigata actors Fujimura Handayû II and Yoshioka Motome II.
source : www.kabuki21.com
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The actors Yoshioka Motome and Uemura Kichisaburô holding hand puppets
source : www.artnet.fr
by Kiyonobu Torii, about 1700-1710
- Reference -
. WKD : Kabuki Theater ... 歌舞伎 .
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花あやめ一夜に枯れし求馬哉
hana ayame ichiya ni kareshi Motome kana
this Ayame iris
has withered over night
like actor Motome . . .
「俗士にさそはれて、五月四日、吉岡求馬を見る。
五日はや死す。よつて追善」
Written on the 5th day of the 5th month in 1688, in Osaka. Basho age 45.
Basho saw a performance with this young actor on the 4th day of the 5th lunar month.
Probably at Yamatoya Jinbei za 大和屋甚兵衛座
But by next morning, the actor had died. It is not quite clear what happened.
Basho was quite perplexed by this news and wrote this requiem for him.
The hokku has the cut marker KANA at the end of line 3.
. WKD : ayame あやめ Ayame iris .
A favorite flower for the Boy's Festival of the 5/5 day.
from the poem collection 蕉翁句集.
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Yamatoya Jinbei I 大和屋甚兵衛 (初代) First Generation
(? - 1704)
Kabuki Actor and Theater Group Leader in Kamigata (Osaka and Kyoto).
Yamatoya Jinbei II 大和屋甚兵衛 (2代)
Second son of I. Acted first on the Soun-Za 早雲座 in Kyoto in 1701.
His name was 大和屋藤吉.
Yamatoya Jinbei III 大和屋甚兵衛 (3代)
He is famous for playing female roles at the Soun-Za. In 1747 he also performed other roles.
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. WKD : Kabuki Theater ... 歌舞伎 .
. Cultural Keywords used by Basho .
. - Persons introduced by Matsuo Basho 松尾芭蕉 - .
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