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*''Birth: [[1673]]''
*''Death: [[1745]]/9/23''<ref name=Kotobank>"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%B0%B4%E6%9C%A8%E8%BE%B0%E4%B9%8B%E5%8A%A9%28%E5%88%9D%E4%BB%A3%29 Mizuki Tatsunosuke (shodai)]." Asahi Nihon Rekishi Jinbutsu Jiten. Accessed via Kotobank.jp, 15 May 2010.</ref>
*''Other Names: Yamatoya Uzaemon, Tsurukawa Tatsunosuke II, Tsuyugawa Ryûnosuke, Yamatoya Ushimatsu, Jinkurô, Seijûrô, Yamatoya (''[[yago|yagô]]'')''
*''Japanese'': 初代水木辰之助<ref>He originally wrote Mizuki with the character 椹, but changed it to 水木 in 1690.</ref> ''(Shodai Mizuki Tatsunosuke)''
Mizuki Tatsunosuke I was an ''[[onnagata]]'' [[kabuki]] actor based primarily in [[Kamigata]]. Along with [[Yoshizawa Ayame I]], [[Ogino Sawanojo|Ogino Sawanojô]], and [[Sodesaki Karyu|Sodesaki Karyû]], he was considered one of the "Wakaonnagata no [[Shitenno|Shitennô]]", and was particularly celebrated for his spear dances (''[[yari odori]]'') and quick-change dances (''[[hengemono]]''). The Mizuki school of ''[[Nihon odori]]'' (dance) which bears his name is still active today.
Tatsunosuke was the nephew and son-in-law of actor [[Yamatoya Jinbei I]]<ref>Asahi Nihon Rekishi Jinbutsu Jiten. Though, according to Kabuki21.com, the uncle was [[Yamatoya Jinbei II]].</ref>; his father was the actor Saitô Shinpachi, who specialized in comic villain roles.<ref name=kabuki21/>"[http://kabuki21.com/mtatsunosuke1.php Mizuki Tatsunosuke I]." Kabuki21.com. Accessed 15 May 2010.</ref>
He was born in Osaka, and spent his early years as a ''[[wakashu]]'' child actor, playing young male roles, there, under the names Yamatoya Ushimatsu, Tsuyugawa Ryûnosuke, and Tsurugawa Tatsunosuke II.<ref name=kabuki21/>
In [[1688]] or 1689<ref>the Asahi encyclopedia indicates 1688, though Kabuki21 says 1689.</ref>, he traveled to Kyoto with his uncle, became a ''waka-onnagata'', and began playing female roles. He made his Edo debut in [[1691]]/8, playing the role of Ofuji of [[Arima clan|Arima]] in an ''[[O-ie Sodo|O-ie Sôdô]]'' play written especially for him by [[Chikamatsu Monzaemon]]; he had played the same role in another play earlier that year, in Kamigata.<ref name=kotobank/><ref>Kabuki21.com indicates, in another disagreement with the Kotobank source, that it was not until some years later - and in Kyoto - that he performed in this Chikamatsu piece.</ref>
Over the course of his career, Tatsunosuke traveled to Edo several times, though he mostly performed in Kyoto. He performed alongside [[Ichikawa Danjuro I|Ichikawa Danjûrô I]] on a number of occasions, as well as alongside his uncle, and the famous ''onnagata'' Yoshizawa Ayame.
Like [[Uemura Kichiya I]], Tatsunosuke also had a style of tying the ''obi'' (belt) of a kimono named after him. The ''Mizuki-musubi'' was quite similar to the ''Kichiya-musubi'', in which the ends of the bow were weighed down, and drooped like puppies' ears; in the ''Mizuki-musubi'' knot, the drooping bits were longer.<ref>*Waterhouse, David. "The Hishikawa Mode." ''Impressions'' 31 (2010). p48.</ref> At times in his career, purple hats he wore onstage (all ''onnagata'' were forced by law to wear [[murasaki boshi|these kerchiefs]] rather than full wigs onstage) became popular fashion items in both Kyoto and Edo; a shop in Edo also sold jewel caskets for a time, marketed as "souveniers of Mizuki."<ref name=kabuki21/>
Tatsunosuke's dance talents are said to have been an excellent contrast to the acting skills of Yoshizawa Ayame, and diary entries from the 1698 diaries of [[Kaneko Kichizaemon]] indicate that Tatsunosuke also supervised choreography.<ref name=kotobank/>
Following his uncle's death in [[1704]], he retired. He was followed by a Tatsunosuke II and Tatsunosuke III, but remains the most famous member of the lineage.<ref name=kotobank/> His disciples included Mizuki Somenosuke I, Mizuki Somenosuke II, Miogi Naniwa, Yamatoya Jin'emon, Mizuki Tominosuke, and Mizuki Sawanosuke.<ref name=kabuki21/>
==References==
<references/>
[[Category:Artists and Artisans]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]
*''Death: [[1745]]/9/23''<ref name=Kotobank>"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%B0%B4%E6%9C%A8%E8%BE%B0%E4%B9%8B%E5%8A%A9%28%E5%88%9D%E4%BB%A3%29 Mizuki Tatsunosuke (shodai)]." Asahi Nihon Rekishi Jinbutsu Jiten. Accessed via Kotobank.jp, 15 May 2010.</ref>
*''Other Names: Yamatoya Uzaemon, Tsurukawa Tatsunosuke II, Tsuyugawa Ryûnosuke, Yamatoya Ushimatsu, Jinkurô, Seijûrô, Yamatoya (''[[yago|yagô]]'')''
*''Japanese'': 初代水木辰之助<ref>He originally wrote Mizuki with the character 椹, but changed it to 水木 in 1690.</ref> ''(Shodai Mizuki Tatsunosuke)''
Mizuki Tatsunosuke I was an ''[[onnagata]]'' [[kabuki]] actor based primarily in [[Kamigata]]. Along with [[Yoshizawa Ayame I]], [[Ogino Sawanojo|Ogino Sawanojô]], and [[Sodesaki Karyu|Sodesaki Karyû]], he was considered one of the "Wakaonnagata no [[Shitenno|Shitennô]]", and was particularly celebrated for his spear dances (''[[yari odori]]'') and quick-change dances (''[[hengemono]]''). The Mizuki school of ''[[Nihon odori]]'' (dance) which bears his name is still active today.
Tatsunosuke was the nephew and son-in-law of actor [[Yamatoya Jinbei I]]<ref>Asahi Nihon Rekishi Jinbutsu Jiten. Though, according to Kabuki21.com, the uncle was [[Yamatoya Jinbei II]].</ref>; his father was the actor Saitô Shinpachi, who specialized in comic villain roles.<ref name=kabuki21/>"[http://kabuki21.com/mtatsunosuke1.php Mizuki Tatsunosuke I]." Kabuki21.com. Accessed 15 May 2010.</ref>
He was born in Osaka, and spent his early years as a ''[[wakashu]]'' child actor, playing young male roles, there, under the names Yamatoya Ushimatsu, Tsuyugawa Ryûnosuke, and Tsurugawa Tatsunosuke II.<ref name=kabuki21/>
In [[1688]] or 1689<ref>the Asahi encyclopedia indicates 1688, though Kabuki21 says 1689.</ref>, he traveled to Kyoto with his uncle, became a ''waka-onnagata'', and began playing female roles. He made his Edo debut in [[1691]]/8, playing the role of Ofuji of [[Arima clan|Arima]] in an ''[[O-ie Sodo|O-ie Sôdô]]'' play written especially for him by [[Chikamatsu Monzaemon]]; he had played the same role in another play earlier that year, in Kamigata.<ref name=kotobank/><ref>Kabuki21.com indicates, in another disagreement with the Kotobank source, that it was not until some years later - and in Kyoto - that he performed in this Chikamatsu piece.</ref>
Over the course of his career, Tatsunosuke traveled to Edo several times, though he mostly performed in Kyoto. He performed alongside [[Ichikawa Danjuro I|Ichikawa Danjûrô I]] on a number of occasions, as well as alongside his uncle, and the famous ''onnagata'' Yoshizawa Ayame.
Like [[Uemura Kichiya I]], Tatsunosuke also had a style of tying the ''obi'' (belt) of a kimono named after him. The ''Mizuki-musubi'' was quite similar to the ''Kichiya-musubi'', in which the ends of the bow were weighed down, and drooped like puppies' ears; in the ''Mizuki-musubi'' knot, the drooping bits were longer.<ref>*Waterhouse, David. "The Hishikawa Mode." ''Impressions'' 31 (2010). p48.</ref> At times in his career, purple hats he wore onstage (all ''onnagata'' were forced by law to wear [[murasaki boshi|these kerchiefs]] rather than full wigs onstage) became popular fashion items in both Kyoto and Edo; a shop in Edo also sold jewel caskets for a time, marketed as "souveniers of Mizuki."<ref name=kabuki21/>
Tatsunosuke's dance talents are said to have been an excellent contrast to the acting skills of Yoshizawa Ayame, and diary entries from the 1698 diaries of [[Kaneko Kichizaemon]] indicate that Tatsunosuke also supervised choreography.<ref name=kotobank/>
Following his uncle's death in [[1704]], he retired. He was followed by a Tatsunosuke II and Tatsunosuke III, but remains the most famous member of the lineage.<ref name=kotobank/> His disciples included Mizuki Somenosuke I, Mizuki Somenosuke II, Miogi Naniwa, Yamatoya Jin'emon, Mizuki Tominosuke, and Mizuki Sawanosuke.<ref name=kabuki21/>
==References==
<references/>
[[Category:Artists and Artisans]]
[[Category:Edo Period]]