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Existence: 1686 ~ 5th day of the 12th lunar month of 1725 [2] Connection: Master: Nakamura Denkurô I Career: 1st lunar month of 1703: first-recorded performance; Denpachi played at the Yamamuraza the role of a yakko in the new year drama "Keisei Asama Soga". 7th lunar month of 1704: Denpachi played at the Yamamuraza the role of Mikasayama Jôtarô in the drama "Heianjô Miyako Sadame", which celebrated the shûmei of Ichikawa Danjûrô II. 4th lunar month of 1705: Denpachi's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, was naka (middle class). 11th lunar month of 1709: Denpachi became dôkegata and played at the Yamamuraza the role of Gyôbu Saemon in the kaomise drama "Taihei Okuni Kabuki", which celebrated the arrival in Edo of the Kamigata actors Asao Jûjirô I, Arashi Sanjûrô I and Fujikawa Buzaemon I. 11th lunar month of 1710: Denpachi moved to the Nakamuraza, where he performed in the kaomise drama "Shinsen Kazanin". 3rd lunar month of 1711: Denpachi's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, dôkegata section, was jô-(shiro)jô (superior - (white) superior) [visual]. 4th lunar month of 1713: Denpachi's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, dôkegata section, was jô-jô (superior - superior) [visual]. 25th day of the 10th lunar month of 1713 [3]: his master Nakamura Denkurô I died. 11th lunar month of 1713: Denpachi played at the Nakamuraza the role of Hata Rokurôzaemon in the kaomise drama "Onna Kusunoki Taiheiki". 3rd lunar month of 1714: Denpachi's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, dôkegata section, was jô-jô-(shiro)kichi (superior - superior - (white) excellent) [visual]. He shared the same rank with Takamura Matashirô. 11th lunar month of 1714: Denpachi played at the Nakamuraza the role of Torinoumi Yasaburô in the kaomise drama "Banmin Daifukuchô". 11th lunar month of 1715: Denpachi played at the Nakamuraza the role of Nobutsura in the kaomise drama "Kogane no Kaburi Konrei Yorimasa". 1st lunar month of 1716: Denpachi's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, dôkegata section, was jô-jô-(shiro)kichi (superior - superior - (white) excellent) [visual] in one hyôbanki and jô-jô-(shiro)hankichi (superior - superior - (white) half excellent) [visual] in another hyôbanki. 2nd lunar month of 1716: Denpachi played in the same theater the role of Oniô Shinzaemon in the new year sogamono drama "Shikirei Yawaragi Soga". 4th lunar month of 1716: Denpachi's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, dôkegata section, was jô-jô-(shiro)kichi (superior - superior - (white) excellent) [visual]. 11th lunar month of 1716: Denpachi played at the Nakamuraza the role of Nekoma no Chûjô in the kaomise drama "Mitsudomoe Katoku Biraki", which celebrated the shûmei of Arashi Kiyosaburô II and Sodesaki Miwano I. 1st lunar month of 1717: Denpachi's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, dôkegata section, was jô-jô-(shiro)kichi (superior - superior - (white) excellent) [visual] in one hyôbanki and two black strokes above jô-jô-(shiro)kichi [visual] in another hyôbanki. 2nd lunar month of 1717: Denpachi performed in the same theater in the new year sogamono drama "Kaidô Ichi Muneage Soga". 4th lunar month of 1717: Denpachi's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, dôkegata section, was jô-jô-(shiro)kichi (superior - superior - (white) excellent) [visual]. 11th lunar month of 1717: Denpachi played at the Nakamuraza the role of Nikaidô in the kaomise drama "Hachinoki Hônen Mitsugimono". 1st lunar month of 1718: Denpachi's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, dôkegata section, was jô-jô-(shiro)kichi (superior - superior - (white) excellent) [visual] in one hyôbanki and two black strokes above jô-jô-(shiro)kichi [visual] in another hyôbanki. 11th lunar month of 1718: Denpachi played at the Nakamuraza the role of the Itoya inkyo (the thread shop retired old man) in the kaomise drama "Hirakana Yomeiri Izu Nikki", which welcomed in Edo the Kamigata actor Sanogawa Mangiku. 1st lunar month of 1719: Denpachi's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, dôkegata section, was jô-jô-(hanshiro)kichi (superior - superior - (half-white) excellent) [visual]. Denpachi played in the same theater the role of Oniô Shinzaemon in the new year sogamono drama "Kaibyaku Sakayaki Soga", commonly called "Ninin Kudô" ("The Two Kudô"). The two Kudô Saemon Suketsune were played by Yamanaka Heikurô I and Hayakawa Dengorô. 3rd lunar month of 1719: Denpachi's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, dôkegata section, was jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]. 11th lunar month of 1719: Denpachi performed at the Nakamuraza in the kaomise drama "Nyohitsu Taiheiki", which commemorated the 6th anniversary (7th memorial service) of the passing away of Nakamura Denkurô I. 1st lunar month of 1720: Denpachi's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, dôkegata section, was jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual] in one hyôbanki and jô-jô-(hanshiro)kichi (superior - superior - (half-white) excellent) [visual] in another hyôbanki. He played in the same theater the role of Oniô Shinzaemon in the new year sogamono drama "Ichi Fuji Raihai Soga". 2nd lunar month of 1720: Denpachi's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, dôkegata section, was jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]. 11th lunar month of 1720: Denpachi played at the Nakamuraza the role of Mitachi Gontarô in the kaomise drama "Michinoku Taiheiki". 1st lunar month of 1721 Denpachi's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, dôkegata section, was jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]. He played in the same theater the role of Oniô Shinzaemon in the new year sogamono drama "Kichijô Ôtaka Soga", which celebrated the shûmei of Kamakura Chôkurô II. 3rd lunar month of 1721: Denpachi's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, dôkegata section, was jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]. 11th lunar month of 1721: Denpachi played at the Nakamuraza the role of Minamoto no Yoriie in the kaomise drama "Torisaka no Jô Tsuru no Sugomori". 1st lunar month of 1722 Denpachi's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, dôkegata section, fell to jô-jô-(hanshiro)kichi (superior - superior - (half-white) excellent) [visual]. 11th lunar month of 1722: Denpachi moved to the Ichimuraza, where he played the role of Ecchû no Jirobê in the kaomise drama "Hinazuru Katoku Soga". 1st lunar month of 1723 Denpachi's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, dôkegata section, was back to jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]. He played in the same theater the role of Ômi no Kotôta in the new year sogamono drama "Manazuru Kazô Soga". 3rd lunar month of 1723: Denpachi's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, dôkegata section, was jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]. 11th lunar month of 1723: Denpachi played at the Ichimuraza the role of Kaidômaru in the kaomise drama "Hinagata Shuten Dôji", which celebrated the arrival in Edo of the Kamigata actor Ogino Izaburô I. 1st lunar month of 1724: Denpachi's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, dôkegata section, was jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]. He shared the same rank with Sengoku Hikosuke I. 11th lunar month of 1724: Denpachi appeared on stage for the last time, in Edo at the Nakamuraza, playing the role of Yamanaka Shiganosuke in the kaomise drama "Taiheiki Okuni Kabuki"; his stage partners were Ichikawa Danjûrô II, Sawamura Sôjûrô I, Matsumoto Kôshirô I, Yamashita Kinsaku I and Ichikawa Monnosuke I. 1st lunar month of 1725 Denpachi's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, dôkegata section, was jô-jô-kichi (superior - superior - excellent) [visual]. 5th day of the 12th lunar month of 1725 [2]: Denpachi died in Edo [4]. Comments: Nakamura Denpachi was a popular and talented Edo dôkegata, who was active from the beginning of the 1700s to the middle of the 1720s. He reached the prestigious jô-jô-kichi rank in 1719. He was said to be an outstanding dancer. He performed at the Yamamuraza at the beginning of his career then he settled at the Nakamuraza, the family theater of his master, where he spent most of his career from the 11th lunar month of 1710, with the exception of 2 seasons at the Ichimuraza (from the 11th lunar month of 1722 to Fall 1724). He never performed at the Moritaza.
Nakamura Denpachi (top/left), Ôtani Hiroemon I (top/center), Yamanaka Heikurô I (top/right), Nakajima Saburoshirô (middle/left), Ichikawa Danjûrô II (middle/center) and Ichikawa Kodayû I (bottom/left) playing the roles of Torinoumi Yasaburô, Kiyohara no Takehira, Matsura Munetô (Abe no Munetô), Kiyohara no Munehira, Kamakura Gongorô Kagemasa and Kamo no Jirô in the kaomise drama "Banmin Daifukuchô", which was staged in the 11th lunar month of 1714 at the Nakamuraza [1] He was recorded between 1703 and 1712 as either Nakamura Denpachi or Nakamura Denpachirô. The first name Denpachirô was recorded for the last time in the Edo hyôbanki which was published in the 3rd lunar month of 1712. [2] The 5th day of the 12th lunar month of the 10th year of the Kyôhô era was the 7th of January 1726 in the western calendar. [3] The 25th day of the 10th lunar month of the 3rd year of the Shôtoku era was the 12th of December 1713 in the western calendar. [4] His tombstone was located in the cemetery of the Jôtaiji Temple in Asakusa. |
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