Sawamura Sōjūrō V (五代目沢村宗十郎: from 7/1844 to 10/1848) (actor 1802 – 1853)
Kōga (poetry name - 高賀)Tosshi (poetry name - 訥子)
Sawamura Chōjūrō V (五代目沢村長十郎: from 11/1848 to 10/1852)
Sawamura Gennosuke II (二代目沢村源之助: from 11/1817 to 11/1831)
Sawamura Genpei I (初代沢村源平: from 11/1807 to 11/1817)
Suketakaya Takasuke III (三代目助高屋高助: from 10/1852 to 11/1853)
Sawamura Tosshō I (初代沢村訥升: from 11/1831 to 7/1841)
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Kabuki theater termsBiography:
This actor held this name from 7/1844 to 10/1848. He held the name Suketakaya Takasuke III from 10/1852 to 11/1853.
Takasuke III was born in 1802 and died on the 15th day of the 11th lunar month of 1853.
Suketakaya Takasuke III was an outstanding tachiyaku, who covered himself in glory in both Edo and the Kamigata theaters. When he was young, he received the patronage of stars like Onoe Kikugorō III or Matsumoto Kōshirō V, who wanted to make an actor of him. He made a dazzling career, reaching the jō-jō-kichi and dai-jō-jō-kichi ranks in 1830 and 1848. The wajitsu roles were his forte. He was also able to play onnagata roles and had the reputation to be an excellent dancer, a refined poet and a master of tea ceremony.
"The fifth Sawamura Sôjûrô was the son of a servant in a chaya of the Ichimuraza, and his mother was the daughter of a farmer living at Kameido, a district famous for its wisteria garden. He seems to have been a pet of all the actors, and became a pupil of the fourth Sôjûrô, who died at the age of 21. The third Onoe Kikugorô said he would make an actor of him. Matsumoto Kôshirô also lent him his patronage, and took him to Ôsaka where he remained to study. Sôjûrô, the fifth, had four daughters, and two sons, one of whom, the third Tanosuke, became a star of the Meiji period." (Zoë Kincaid in "Kabuki, the Popular Stage of Japan")