Otowaya

The Kabuki Encyclopedia's entry on the Onoe house places it at the centre of Edo kabuki around the name Onoe Kikugorō, skilled for generations in sewamono. Kikugorō III is known for Oiwa and two other roles in Tōkaidō Yotsuya Kaidan; Kikugorō V for the domestic plays of Mokuami; Kikugorō VI for dance and sewamono. Onoe Baikō VI and VII and Onoe Shōroku II appear in the same entry.

The house art is the Shinko Engeki Jisshu. The Kabuki Encyclopedia calls it a collection of the family's signature roles over the generations; the Kabuki Play Guide explains that Kikugorō V established it from dance-dramas of spirits and apparitions he created and premiered, and that Kikugorō VI added Migawari Zazen. The crest is kasane-ōgi ni daki-gashiwa.

The current Onoe Kikugorō, the eighth, took the name in May 2025, having performed as Onoe Kikunosuke V; Onoe Kikunosuke VI took his name the same year. Onoe Kikugorō VII is listed in the 'current actors' section of the Kabuki Actor Directory.

As for the origin of the house name: the Kabuki Encyclopedia notes that the origins of yagō in general are not clearly known, and this site leaves this house's unstated until a primary source confirms it.