BAND� TAMASABUR� (original) (raw)

| | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | FIVE GENERATIONS | | Band� Tamasabur� I | | | The actor Band� Sh�ka I held the name of Band� Tamasabur� I from the 11th lunar month of 1824 to the 10th lunar month of 1839. | | | | The actor Band� Tamasabur� I playing the role of Katsugor�'s wife Hatsuhana in the drama "Hakone Reigen Izari no Adauchi", which was staged in the 6th lunar month of 1833 at the Ichimuraza (print made by Utagawa Kunisada I) | | Band� Tamasabur� II | | | The actor Band� Minosuke IV held the name of Band� Tamasabur� II from the 11th lunar month of 1844 to the 1st lunar month of 1869. | | | | The actor Band� Tamasabur� II playing the role of Sembaya in Sakurada Jisuke III's new year drama "Kinpeibai Soga no Tamamono", which was staged in the 1st lunar month of 1860 at the Nakamuraza (print made by Utagawa Toyokuni III) | | Band� Tamasabur� III | | | Born in T�ky� en 1883. Fifth child and daughter of the zamoto Morita Kan'ya XII, she started to learn many arts from an early age: Nagauta, Tokiwazu, koto, ikebana, tea ceremony and Buy�. She joined in March 1888 a Kabuki women troupe and took the name of Band� Kimie at the Shintomiza. She took the name of Band� Tamasabur� III in March 1889 but the Kabuki women experience was a failure and the troupe had to disband. She went to New York in 1904, with a troupe of Japanese artists. Her performances were successful and she decided to settle in the USA to teach Buy�. She died in New York in February 1905. | | Band� Tamasabur� IV | | | The actor Morita Kan'ya XIV held the name of Band� Tamasabur� IV from July 1914 to December 1925. | | | | The actor Band� Tamasabur� IV playing the role of Kan Sh�sai in the drama "Terakoya", which was staged in November 1915 at the Ichimuraza | | Band� Tamasabur� V | | | The amazing onnagata Band� Tamasabur� V is the current holder of the name since June 1964. | | | | The actor Band� Tamasabur� V playing the role of Princess Yuki in the drama "Kinkakuji" (print made by Yamamoto Hisashi) |