Nakamura KanzaburÅ
In this Japanese name, the family name is Nakamura.
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. KanzaburÅ, like other actors' names, is bestowed (or given up) at grand naming ceremonies called shÅ«mei 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
- Nakamura KanzaburŠI (1598 – June 1658) – founder of the Nakamura-za, and among the earliest generation of kabuki actors.
- Nakamura KanzaburŠII (1662 – August 1674)[1] – actor, zamoto and son of KanzaburŠI.
- Nakamura KanzaburŠIII (September 1674 – August 1678) – actor, zamoto and son of KanzaburŠI.
- Nakamura KanzaburŠIV (August 1678 – December 1683) – actor, zamoto and son of Nakamura KankurŠI
- Nakamura KanzaburŠV (October 1684 – September 1701) – actor, zamoto, and son of KanzaburŠIII.
- Nakamura KanzaburŠVI (October 1701 – July 1750) – zamoto and son of KankurŠI. Rarely appeared on stage.
- Nakamura KanzaburŠVII (August 1750 – February 1775) – zamoto and son of KankurŠI. Rarely appeared on stage.
- Nakamura KanzaburŠVIII (September 1775 – November 1777) – actor, zamoto, son of KanzaburŠVI.
- Nakamura KanzaburŠIX (January 1778 – 29 July 1785) – actor, zamoto, grandson of Nakamura ShichisaburŠII, adopted by KanzaburŠVIII.
- Nakamura KanzaburŠX (June 1786 – April 1787) – zamoto, merchant son-in-law of KanzaburŠVIII. Never appeared on stage.
- Nakamura KanzaburŠXI (April 1787 – August 1829) – zamoto son-in-law of KanzaburŠVIII. Rarely appeared on stage.
- Nakamura KanzaburŠXII (November 1829 – March 1850) – actor and zamoto, son of KanzaburŠXI. Arrested for falsification of documents.
- Nakamura KanzaburŠXIII (April 1850 – 1875) – last zamoto of the Nakamura-za. Rarely appeared on stage. Son of KanzaburŠXII.
- Nakamura NakazÅ III never formally held the name, but is counted as 14th in the lineage. Actor son-in-law of KanzaburÅ XII, managed the Nakamura-za briefly from 1875 to its destruction in 1876.
- Nakamura Akashi V never formally held the name, but is counted as 15th in the lineage. Actor son of KanzaburÅ XIII and zamoto of the Saruwaka-za.
- Nakamura Fujiko – likewise never formally held the name, but is counted as 16th in the lineage. Daughter of Akashi V, granddaughter of KanzaburŠXIII.
- Nakamura KanzaburŠXVII (b. 1909; held the name January 1950 – April 1988) – Actor son of Nakamura Karoku III. Took part of first kabuki tour in Western Europe, and in the opening ceremony of the National Theater.
- Nakamura KanzaburŠXVIII (30 May 1955 – 5 December 2012; held the name March 2005 – December 2012[2]) – Actor son of KanzaburŠXVII. 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
- ↑ Note: with the exception of KanzaburÅ 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 KanzaburÅ.
- ↑ kabuki21.com
- ↑ Hiroko Tabuchi – Kanzaburo Nakamura, Stalwart of Kabuki, Dies at 57 – New York Times, December 6, 2012
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