NAKAMURA KAN'EMON (original) (raw)

| | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | THREE GENERATIONS | | | | Nakamura Kan'emon I Nakamura Kan'emon I In Japanese | Arashi Okakur� In Japanese | | | | | Dates of birth and death unknown. He was recorded for the first time in 1824 in a Kamigata hy�banki. His first stage name was Arashi Okakur� (unknown relationship to any Arashi clan). He became disciple of Nakamura Utaemon III and took the name of Nakamura Kan'emon I in the 11th lunar month of 1837. This katakiyaku/jitsuaku minor actor was active in Kamigata, Nagoya or Edo up to the middle of the Ansei era. | | | | | | | | Nakamura Kan'emon I (left) and Band� Daijir� playing the role of the send� Kanroku and the send� Bunroku in the drama "Sakaro", which was staged in 5th lunar month of 1849 at the Ichimuraza (print made by Utagawa Kuniyoshi) | | | | Nakamura Kan'emon 1.2 Nakamura Kan'emon In Japanese | | | | | Dates of birth and death unknown. This minor actor was active from the end of the Ansei era to 1871. | | | | Nakamura Kan'emon II Nakamura Kan'emon II [1] In Japanese | Nakamura Baijaku I In Japanese | Nakamura Umenosuke I In Japanese | Ichikawa Momiji [2] In Japanese | | | Born in 1851. Disciple of Ichikawa Monnosuke IV from 1854, his first stage name was Ichikawa Momiji. He became a disciple of Nakamura Shikan IV at the beginning of the Meiji era and received the name of Nakamura Umenosuke I. He switched to Nakamura Baijaku I in 1878. He became nadai and celebrated it in April 1913 at the Kabukiza, where he took the name of Nakamura Kan'emon II. He was active in T�ky�, mainly in koshibai [3] and occasionally in �shibai (in his latter year). He died the 27th of April 1919. He was the father of Nakamura Nakasuke III and the Zenshinza star Nakamura Kan'emon III. | | | | | | | | Nakamura Kan'emon II | | | | Nakamura Kan'emon III | | | | | The actor Nakamura Kan'emon III held this name from April 1920 to September 1989. | | | | | | | | Nakamura Kan'emon III playing the role of Togashi Saemon in the dance-drama "Kanjinch�", which was staged in March 1939 at the Shinbashi Enbuj� | | | | Notes | | | | [1] Recorded as Nakamura Kan'emon I in Nojima Jusabur�'s book "Kabuki Jinmei Jiten". [2] Not recorded in Nojima Jusabur�'s book "Kabuki Jinmei Jiten". [3] He was for many years zagashira at the Ry�seiza in Asakusa. | | |