Posted by Hans Olof Johansson on September 04, 1998 at 02:05:28:
In Reply to: Re: Actor Bando Minosuke/Mitsugoro posted by Theo de Kreijger on September 03, 1998 at 20:19:50:
: Perhaps the dates are not correct (I based my explanation only on the prints in this collection), but it fits your story.
The correct dates (I assume) are given by Roger S Keyes and Keiko Mizushima in The Theatrical World of Osaka Prints (Philadelphia Museum of Art 1973), p 291.
Bandô Mitsugorô IV (1800-1863) acted as Minosuke II until the 3rd month of 1832, when he changed his stage name to Mitsugorô IV. In the 11th month of 1850 he changed his name once again, to Morita Kanya XI.