was a Japanese
kabuki
is a classical form of Theatre of Japan, Japanese theatre, mixing dramatic performance with Japanese traditional dance, traditional dance. Kabuki theatre is known for its heavily stylised performances, its glamorous, highly decorated costumes ...
performer and "dean of kabuki actors at the
Kabuki-za
in Ginza is the principal theater in Tokyo for the traditional ''kabuki'' drama form.
History
The Kabuki-za was originally opened by a Meiji era journalist, Fukuchi Gen'ichirō. Fukuchi wrote kabuki dramas in which Ichikawa Danjūrō IX and o ...
in Tokyo".
[''Utaemon Nakamura''](_blank)
''New York Times.'' September 11, 1940. He was a prominent member of a family of kabuki actors from the
Keihanshin
is a metropolitan region in the Kansai region of Japan encompassing the metropolitan areas of the cities of Kyoto in Kyoto Prefecture, Osaka in Osaka Prefecture and Kobe in Hyōgo Prefecture. The entire region has a population () of 19,302,746 ov ...
region.
[Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric ''et al.'' (2005). ]
Nakamura Utaemon was a stage name with significant cultural and historical connotations.
Life and career
Utaemon V was the artistic heir of Nakamura Utaemon IV. He was born in the fifth generation of a line of famous Kabuki actors. In the conservative Kabuki world, stage names are passed from father to son in formal system which converts the kabuki stage name into a mark of accomplishment.
; Lineage of Utaemon stage names
*
Nakamura Utaemon I (1714–1791)
*
Nakamura Utaemon II (1752-1798)
*
Nakamura Utaemon III (1778-1838)
*
Nakamura Utaemon IV (1798-1852)
* Nakamura Utaemon V (1865-1940)
*
Nakamura Utaemon VI
was a Japanese kabuki performer and an artistic director of the Kabuki-za in Tokyo.Strom, Stephanie."Nakamura Utaemon VI, 84, International Star of Kabuki" ''New York Times.'' April 4, 2001''The Dallas Morning News'' He was a prominent member ...
(1917-2001)
In a long career, he played many roles; but he was best known for his
''oyama'' or ''
onnagata
, also , are male actors who play female roles in kabuki theatre. It originated in 1629 after women were banned from performing in kabuki performances. There are many specific techniques that actors must learn to master the role of ''onnagata'' ...
'' roles.
Yodo-gimi
or (1569 – June 4, 1615), also known as Lady Chacha (茶々), was a Japanese historical figure in the late Sengoku period. She was the concubine and the second wife of Japanese ruler Toyotomi Hideyoshi. As the mother of his son and successor ...
in the kabuki play ''Hototogisu Kojō no Rakugetsu''
File:Nakamura Utaemon V (1865-1940) by Alexander Evgenievich Yakovlev (1887-1938).jpg, Sanguine and charcoal drawing by Alexander Yakovlev
Alexander Nikolayevich Yakovlev (; 2 December 1923 – 18 October 2005) was a Soviet and Russian politician, diplomat, and historian. A member of the Politburo and Secretariat of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union throughout the 1980s ...
of Utaemon V dressed as a young bride for the marriage ceremony
Selected works
In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about Nakamura Utaemon VI,
OCLC
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WorldCat
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encompasses roughly 7 works in 7 publications in 2 languages and 20+ library holdings.
WorldCat Identities 中村歌右衛門 1865-1940
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* 1950 —
OCLC 033711674
* 1935 — .
OCLC 44435876
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Notes
See also
* Shūmei
''Shūmei'' (, "name succession") are grand naming ceremonies held in kabuki theatre. Most often, a number of actors will participate in a single ceremony, taking on new stage names.
These stage names, most often those of the actor's father, gr ...
References
Bibliography
* Leiter, Samuel L. (2006)
''Historical Dictionary of Japanese Traditional Theatre.''
Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press.
OCLC 238637010
* __________. ( 2002)
''A Kabuki Reader: History and Performance.''
;
OCLC 182632867
* Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005)
''Japan Encyclopedia.''
Cambridge: Harvard University Press
Harvard University Press (HUP) is an academic publishing house established on January 13, 1913, as a division of Harvard University. It is a member of the Association of University Presses. Its director since 2017 is George Andreou.
The pres ...
.
OCLC 48943301
* Scott, Adolphe Clarence. (1955)
''The Kabuki Theatre of Japan.''
London: Allen & Unwin
OCLC 622644114
Further reading
* 中村歌右衛門. (1935). . Tokyo: .
External links
*Waseda University
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