| NAKAYAMA GENJÛRÔ |
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| Nakayama Genjûrô I Nakayama Ichizô  |
Nakayama Genjûrô I |
Nakayama Genji |
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Dates of birth and death unknown. Relationship to the Kamigata Nakayama clan unknown. His first stage names were Nakayama Genji and Nakayama Genjûrô I. He took the name of Nakayama Ichizô in 1850. His yagô was Kawachiya and he was the master of Nakayama Genjûrô II. |
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Nakayama Genjûrô I (top/left) and Iwai Kumesaburô III (bottom/right) playing the roles of Mizuya Gunnai and Kagekiyo's daughter Princess Hitomaru in the drama "Tsuki no Ume Megumi no Kagekiyo", which was staged in the 1st lunar month of 1848 at the Nakamuraza (print made by Utagawa Toyokuni III) |
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| Nakayama Genjûrô II Nakayama Genjûrô II |
Nakayama Genji |
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Dates of birth and death unknown. Disciple of Nakayama Genjûrô I, his first stage name was Nakayama Genji. He took the name of Nakayama Genjûrô II at unknown times and was active in Edo up to the end of the 1860s. His yagô and his haimyô were Kawachiya and Hyôraku. |
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Nakayama Genjûrô II portraying the yakko Udesuke in a print made by Toyohara Kunichika in 1867 as part of a series of prints dedicated to Edo's most famous places Nakayama Genjûrô II played in the 4th lunar month of 1867 at the Moritaza the role of the yakko Udesuke in the drama "Kujira Obi Nishiki no Shingata", which mixed the "Tengajaya" world with "Ichi-no-Tani Futaba Gunki" |
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