Nakamura Utaemon V Explained

Nakamura Utaemon V
Birth Place:Tokyo, Japan
Parents:Nakamura Shikan IV (adoptive father)
Spouse:Tama Kawamura
Children:Nakamura Fukusuke V (son)
Nakamura Utaemon VI (son)
Relatives:Nakamura Shikan VII (grandson)
Nakamura Fukusuke IX (great-grandson)
Nakamura Shikan VIII (great-grandson)
Nakamura Kankurō VI (great-great-grandson)
Nakamura Shichinosuke II (great-great-grandson)
Nakamura Kōtarō VI (great-great-grandson)
Nakamura Hashinosuke IV (great-great-grandson)
Nakamura Fukunosuke III (great-great-grandson)
Nakamura Utanosuke IV (great-great-grandson)
Nakamura Kantarō III (great-great-great-grandson)
Nakamura Chōzaburō II (great-great-great-grandson)

was a Japanese kabuki performer and "dean of kabuki actors at the Kabuki-za in Tokyo".[1] He was a prominent member of a family of kabuki actors from the Keihanshin region.[2]

Nakamura Utaemon was a stage name with significant cultural and historical connotations.[3]

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.[4]

Lineage of Utaemon stage names

In a long career, he played many roles; but he was best known for his oyama or onnagata roles.[1]

Selected works

In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about Nakamura Utaemon VI, OCLC/WorldCat encompasses roughly 7 works in 7 publications in 2 languages and 20+ library holdings.[8]

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Notes and References

  1. https://select.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=FA0A16FD3454107A93C0A Utaemon Nakamura
  2. Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric et al. (2005).
  3. Kurkup, James. "Nakamura Utaemon VI," The Independent (London). April 6, 2001.
  4. Scott, Adolphe C. (1999).
  5. Leiter, Samuel L. (2006).
  6. Leiter, Samuel L. (2002).
  7. Strom, Stephanie. Nakamura Utaemon VI, 84, International Star of Kabuki, New York Times. April 4, 2001.
  8. http://www.oclc.org/research/activities/identities/default.htm WorldCat Identities