IMAMURA SHICHISABURÔ

THREE GENERATIONS

Imamura Shichisaburô I

The actor Imamura Motojûrô held the name of Imamura Shichisaburô I from Winter 1711 to Fall 1716.

Imamura Shichisaburô I playing the role of Izuminosuke in the new year drama "Keisei Yaeguruma", which was staged in the 1st lunar month of 1713 in Kyôto

Imamura Shichisaburô II

The actor Imamura Shichisaburô II held this name from the middle of the 1730s (?) to the 3rd lunar month of 1762.

Imamura Shichisaburô II playing the role of Sanjô Sagoemon in the kaomise drama "Tokitsukazeyasu Keizu", which was staged in the 11th lunar month of 1749 at Ebisuya Kichirôbê's theater in Kyôto

Imamura Shichisaburô III
Imamura Shichisaburô III

| Imamura Shichizô

Dates of birth and death unknown. He was most likely a disciple of Imamura Shichisaburô II and his first stage name was Imamura Shichizô. He took the name of Imamura Shichisaburô III in the 1st lunar month of 1775 in Kyôto, performing in the new year drama "Koi Suchô Itoshi Nurebumi", which was produced by Nakamura Mankatsu. He was active in Kyôto and Ôsaka, performing as a tachiyaku or a katakiyaku, up to the middle or the end of the 1780s.

Haimyô	Yagô
Riko	Iseya, Imamuraya

Imamura Shichisaburô III in an illustration from the book "Yakusha Mono Iwai" (1784)
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