Nakamura Utaemon V
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Nakamura Utaemon VI (son)
Nakamura Utaemon V | |
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| Born | 1865 |
| Died | September 11, 1940 (aged 74–75) |
| Spouse | Tama Kawamura |
| Children | Nakamura Fukusuke V (son) Nakamura Utaemon VI (son) |
| Parent | Nakamura Shikan IV (adoptive father) |
| 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) |
Nakamura Utaemon V[a] (中村歌右衛門 (5代目); 1865 — September 11, 1940) 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]
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 a formal system which converts the kabuki stage name into a mark of accomplishment.[4]
- Lineage of Utaemon stage names
- Nakamura Utaemon I (1714–1791) [5]
- Nakamura Utaemon II (1752-1798) [6]
- Nakamura Utaemon III (1778-1838) [2]
- Nakamura Utaemon IV (1798-1852) [2]
- Nakamura Utaemon V (1865-1940) [2]
- Nakamura Utaemon VI (1917-2001) [7]
In a long career, he played many roles; but he was best known for his oyama or onnagata roles.[1]
Utaemon V as Yodo-gimi in the kabuki play Hototogisu Kojō no Rakugetsu
Sanguine and charcoal drawing by Alexander Yakovlev of Utaemon V dressed as a young bride for the marriage ceremony
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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]
- 1950 — Styles of Acting in Kabuki (歌舞伎の型, kabuki no kata) OCLC 033711674
- 1935 — Autobiography of Nakamura Utaemon Gosei (歌右衛門自傅, utaemon jiten). OCLC 44435876
