Baiko Onoe - Let's go

Japanese: 尾上梅幸 - おのえばいこう

Kabuki actor. The name Baiko was the pen name of the successive Onoe Kikugorou, and the third Kikugorou was the first to use it as a stage name. The fourth Kikugorou also used it as his stage name. There are currently seven generations. His stage name is Otowaya.

[Hideo Furuido]

VI

(1870-1934). His real name was Terashima Einosuke. He was the adopted son of Kikugorou V. He was the brother-in-law of Kikugorou VI. He was trained by his foster father and played opposite him, and in 1903 (Meiji 36) he took on the name. In 1918 he became the head of the arts committee (zagashira) at the newly built and opened Imperial Theater. He was a tall and slender man who excelled in plays such as "Tsuchigumo," "Yotsuya Kaidan," and "Kasane," and he co-starred with Ichimura Uzaemon XV in "Genjidana" and "Nao Samurai," which were hailed as a great pairing. He also contributed greatly to the revival of the Nanboku-mono style by Ichikawa Sadanji II. He left behind "Shitakaze under the Plum Blossoms" (1930), a talk about the art of female actors.

[Hideo Furuido]

7th

(1915-95). His real name was Terashima Seizo. He was adopted by the 6th Kikugoro. He took his stage name in 1947 (Showa 22). After the death of his adoptive father, he formed the Kikugoro Theatre Company, and while he held the position of a leading female actor, he also demonstrated his talent in leading roles inherited from his adoptive father, such as Yoshitsune in "Kanjincho" and Enya Hangan in "Chushingura." He was designated a holder of an Important Intangible Cultural Property in 1968, a member of the Japan Art Academy in 1976, and a Person of Cultural Merit in 1994 (Heisei 6).

[Hideo Furuido]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

歌舞伎(かぶき)俳優。梅幸の名は代々の尾上菊五郎の俳名で、芸名に用いたのは3世菊五郎が最初。4世菊五郎も前名として名のった。現在7世まである。屋号音羽屋(おとわや)。

［古井戸秀夫］

6世

（1870―1934）本名寺島栄之助。5世菊五郎の養子。6世菊五郎の義兄。養父の薫陶(くんとう)を受けつつ相手役を勤め、養父の没した直後の1903年（明治36）に襲名。11年新築開場した帝国劇場の技芸委員長（座頭(ざがしら)）となった。長身痩躯(そうく)を生かした『土蜘(つちぐも)』『四谷怪談』『累(かさね)』などを得意にしたほか、15世市村羽左衛門(うざえもん)と共演した『源氏店(げんじだな)』『直侍(なおざむらい)』などは名コンビとうたわれ、また2世市川左団次の南北物復活に寄与するところも大きい。女方(おんながた)の芸談として『梅の下風(したかぜ)』（1930）を残す。

［古井戸秀夫］

7世

（1915―95）本名寺島誠三。6世菊五郎の養子。1947年（昭和22）襲名。養父の没後菊五郎劇団を結成、立女方(たておやま)の地位を占める一方で、養父譲りの『勧進帳』の義経(よしつね)や『忠臣蔵』の塩冶判官(えんやはんがん)などの立役(たちやく)にも力量を発揮する。68年に重要無形文化財保持者、76年に芸術院会員、94年（平成6）に文化功労者となる。

［古井戸秀夫］

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