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Matsumoto Hakuo II
Don Quixote in Man of La Mancha, Benkei in Kanjincho, and the King in The King and I. Matsumoto Kintaro II, Ichikawa Somegoro VI, Matsumoto Koshiro IX and Matsumoto Hakuo II: he has stood on the stage under four names as head of the Koraiya kabuki house. He first appeared at three, left Shochiku for Toho, and played leading roles in English on Broadway and in London's West End. In 1981 he became Koshiro IX, and in 2018 Hakuo II, each time in a succession of three generations at once. His eldest son is Matsumoto Koshiro X; his younger daughter is Takako Matsu. What overlapped in each of the two periods in which a man who made his name across the sea took up a great name? We read it against the phases of destiny and time.
At a Glance
The case
- Subject
- Matsumoto Hakuo II — Kabuki actor, formerly Matsumoto Koshiro IX, father of Matsumoto Koshiro X and Takako Matsu
- Period analysed
- 1942–2026
- Three pillars
- Day 甲辰 / Month 戊申 / Year 壬午
- Void branches
- 寅卯 (Tiger–Rabbit)
- Destiny area
- 0.372 The area of the triangle formed by the three pillars on the sixty-cycle circle (maximum 1.30)
- Format
- PDF, 14 pages — written in Japanese
- Price
- ¥50,000 including tax
Research Brief
What the case shows
- His destiny opens its way on the main stage, and turns for the better each time he leaps into an unknown world.
- Each time he left the frame of an institution and crossed the sea, his standing on the stage rose.
- The period in which he became Koshiro IX lay inside a phase in which the numbers of his fortune fell.
- The day he became Hakuo II was placed inside a time in which his bond with that name is thin.
- Sharing the same day pillar with his eldest son divides the course of father and son.
Questions
The questions the report answers
- Why did his standing rise each time he crossed the sea?
- What overlapped in 1981, when he became Koshiro IX?
- What overlapped on 2 January 2018, when he became Hakuo II?
- What relationship binds a father and son who share the same day pillar?
Public Record
The record, year by year
Selected events from the public record. Analysis and judgement are given in the report itself.
| 1946 | 丙戌 | First appears on stage at the Tokyo Gekijo and takes the name Matsumoto Kintaro II |
| 1949 | 己丑 | Takes the name Ichikawa Somegoro VI |
| 1961 | 辛丑 | Moves from Shochiku to Toho |
| 1969 | 己酉 | Opens Man of La Mancha at the Imperial Theatre |
| 1970 | 庚戌 | Plays the lead in Man of La Mancha on Broadway, in English |
| 1981 | 辛酉 | Takes the name Matsumoto Koshiro IX at the Kabukiza, in a three-generation succession |
| 2018 | 丁酉 (天) | 2 Jan — takes the name Matsumoto Hakuo II, in a three-generation succession |
| 2022 | 壬寅 (天) | Receives the Order of Culture |
| 2023 | 癸卯 (天) | Final run of Man of La Mancha |
Year pillars change at Risshun, in early February. (天) = void year or void decade.
Contents
14 pages
- Destiny profile and chart
- Yin and yang charts
- Axis and type of destiny
- Ten-year phases
- Composite numerical table
- The Tiger–Rabbit void and the six kin
- Taking names, crossing the sea
- Father and son of the same pillar
- Seals and voids
- The present ten-year phase, which must be digested
- The four layers of October 1981
- Timeline chart
- Public record
- Conclusion
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Analysis supervised by FAITH (Makoto Tokunaga) — MSc Economics, University of Warwick · CICP · Shugakuin Saii