Nakamura Kanzaburō

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In this Japanese name, the surname is Nakamura.
The ginkgo tree mon of the Nakamura family.

Nakamura Kanzabura is a stage name taken on by a series of Kabuki actors of the Nakamura family. Most of these were blood relatives, though some were adopted into the family. Kanzaburō, like other actors' names, is bestowed (or given up) at grand naming ceremonies called shūmei in which a number of actors formally change their names. The bearer of the name was often also the zamoto, the head of the troupe and theatre manager, of the Nakamura-za theatre in Edo (now Tokyo).

Lineage[]

  • (1598 – June 1658) – founder of the Nakamura-za, and among the earliest generation of kabuki actors.
  • (1662 – August 1674)[1] – actor, zamoto and son of Kanzaburō I.
  • (September 1674 – August 1678) – actor, zamoto and son of Kanzaburō I.
  • (August 1678 – December 1683) – actor, zamoto and son of
  • (October 1684 – September 1701) – actor, zamoto, and son of Kanzaburō III.
  • (October 1701 – July 1750) – zamoto and son of Kankurō I. Rarely appeared on stage.
  • (August 1750 – February 1775) – zamoto and son of Kankurō I. Rarely appeared on stage.
  • (September 1775 – November 1777) – actor, zamoto, son of Kanzaburō VI.
  • (January 1778 – 29 July 1785) – actor, zamoto, grandson of , adopted by Kanzaburō VIII.
  • (June 1786 – April 1787) – zamoto, merchant son-in-law of Kanzaburō VIII. Never appeared on stage.
  • (April 1787 – August 1829) – zamoto son-in-law of Kanzaburō VIII. Rarely appeared on stage.
  • (November 1829 – March 1850) – actor and zamoto, son of Kanzaburō XI. Arrested for falsification of documents.
  • (April 1850 – 1875) – last zamoto of the Nakamura-za. Rarely appeared on stage. Son of Kanzaburō XII.
  • never formally held the name, but is counted as 14th in the lineage. Actor son-in-law of Kanzaburō XII, managed the Nakamura-za briefly from 1875 to its destruction in 1876.
  • never formally held the name, but is counted as 15th in the lineage. Actor son of Kanzaburō XIII and zamoto of the .
  • Nakamura Fujiko – likewise never formally held the name, but is counted as 16th in the lineage. Daughter of Akashi V, granddaughter of Kanzaburō XIII.
  • (b. 1909; held the name January 1950 – April 1988) – Actor son of . Took part of first kabuki tour in Western Europe, and in the opening ceremony of the National Theater.
  • Nakamura Kanzaburō XVIII (30 May 1955 – 5 December 2012; held the name March 2005 – December 2012[2]) – Actor son of Kanzaburō XVII. Most recent holder of the name. Appeared also in TV commercials and stage musicals and comedies outside of kabuki. Died from esophageal cancer[3] on 5 December 2012.

Notes[]

  1. ^ Note: with the exception of Kanzaburō I, who kept the same stage name throughout his life, the dates given here for the remainder of the lineage do not represent the birth/death dates of the actor; rather, they indicate the period during which the actor held the name Kanzaburō.
  2. ^ kabuki21.com
  3. ^ Hiroko Tabuchi – Kanzaburo Nakamura, Stalwart of Kabuki, Dies at 57 – New York Times, December 6, 2012

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