| KATAOKA GADÔ |
| FIVE GENERATIONS | |
| Kataoka Gadô I | |
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The actor Kataoka Nizaemon VII's haimyô was Gadô and, although he never officially held the name of Kataoka Gadô I, he was considered as the founder of the line. |
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Kataoka Gadô I portraying the evil tsubone Masao ("Okuni Meibutsu") in a Kyôto hyôbanki (1801) |
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| Kataoka Gadô II | |
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The actor Kataoka Nizaemon VIII held the name of Kataoka Gadô II from the 1st lunar month of 1839 to the 12th lunar month of 1856, then from the 10th lunar month of 1862 to the 2nd lunar month of 1863. |
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Kataoka Gadô II playing the role of Mashiba Hisatsugu in the drama "Keisei Hama no Masago", which was staged in the 1st lunar month of 1839 in Ôsaka at the Kado no Shibai (print made by Hasegawa Nobuhiro) |
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| Kataoka Gadô 2.3 | |
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The actor Kataoka Gatô II held the name of Kataoka Gadô in Spring 1866 but he was never acknowledged as an official holder of the name. |
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| Kataoka Gadô III | |
| The actor Kataoka Nizaemon X held the name of Kataoka Gadô III from the 1st lunar month of 1872 to December 1894. | |
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Kataoka Gadô III playing the role of the daimyô Ashikaga Yorikane in the drama "Mukashi Hinagata Date no Utsushie", which was staged in March 1882 at the Hisamatsuza (print made by Yôshû Chikanobu) |
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| Kataoka Gadô IV | |
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The actor Kataoka Nizaemon XII held the name of Kataoka Gadô IV from March 1901 to December 1935. |
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Kataoka Gadô IV playing the role of Miyuki in the drama "Asagao Nikki" in a print made by Yoshikawa Kanpô in 1924 |
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| Kataoka Gadô V | |
| The actor Kataoka Gadô V held this name from July 1955 to December 1993. | |
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Kataoka Gadô V playing the role of Oen in the drama "Fûin Giri" in a print made by Tsuruya Kôkei in May 1986 |
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