NAKAMURA JŪSUKE
   
FOUR GENERATIONS
Nakamura Jūsuke I
Nakamura Jūsuke I  In Japanese
 

Born in 1698 in Edo. He was the third son of Nakamura Denkurō I and the brother of Nakamura Niemon. He worked in Edo as a sakusha from 1725 to 1755. He died the 30th day of the 8th lunar month of 1755 [1]. He was the father of Morita Kan'ya VI and the adoptive father of Nakamura Jūsuke II. He was also called Nakamura Koichi I.

Nakamura Jūsuke II
 

The sakusha Nakamura Jūsuke II held this name from the 11th lunar month of 1764 to 9th lunar month of 1803.

The name of Nakamura Jūsuke II in the 1786 Edo hyōbanki (the zone within the red box)

Nakamura Jūsuke III
Nakamura Jūsuke III  In Japanese
 

He was said to be the son of Nakamura Shichisaburō III. He was not a sakusha but the chōmoto of the Nakamuraza. He died the 12th day of the 12th lunar month of 1805 [2].

Nakamura Jūsuke IV
 

The sakusha Nakamura Jūsuke IV held this name from the 11th lunar month of 1822 to the 7th lunar month of 1841.

The name of Nakamura Jūsuke IV in the 1835 Edo hyōbanki (the zone within the red box)

 

Notes

[1] The 30th day of the 8th lunar month of the 5th year of the Hōreki era was the 5th of October 1755 in the western calendar.

[2] The 12th day of the 12th lunar month of the 2nd year of the Bunka era was the 31st of January 1806 in the western calendar.

 
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