| ASAO TOMOZÔ |
| FIVE GENERATIONS | |
| Asao Tomozô I | |
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The actor Asao Tamejûrô III held the name of Asao Tomozô I from the end of the 18th century to 1807. |
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| Asao Tomozô II | |
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The actor Asao Yoroku I held the name of Asao Tomozô II from the 1st lunar month of 1814 to 1828. |
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Asao Tomozô II (bottom/left) and Seki Sanjûrô II (top/right) playing the roles of a monk and Oniô Shinzaemon in the new year sogamono drama "Satsuki no Fuji Soga Hatsuyume", which was staged in the 1st lunar month of 1825 at the Ichimuraza (print made by Utagawa Kunisada I) |
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| Asao Tomozô III | |
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The actor Asao Okuyama IV held the name of Asao Tomozô III from the 11th lunar month of 1828 to 1846. |
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| Asao Tomozô IV | |
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The actor Asao Tamejûrô IV held the name of Asao Tomozô IV at unknown times (he most likely held it while his elder brother was still called Asao Tomozô III). |
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A Kamigata actor held the name of Asao Tomozô V at the beginning of the Meiji era. We don't know much about him. |
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Nakamura Jakuemon I (bottom/left) and Asao Tomozô V (top/right) playing the roles of Yomosaku and Iihara Hyôe in the drama "Kishi no Himematsu Kutsuwa Kagami", which was staged in the 11th lunar month of 1870 at the Naka no Shibai (print made by Nakai Yoshitaki) |
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