NAKAMURA KICHIEMON

FOUR GENERATIONS (2 LINES)

The Old Line

Nakamura Kichiemon I

The actor Nakamura Kichiemon I held this name from the 11th lunar month of 1759 to the 1st lunar month of 1760, then from the 11th lunar month of 1761 to the 6th lunar month of 1770.

Nakamura Kichiemon I playing the role of Nan Yohê in the drama "Futatsu Chôchô Kuruwa Nikki", which was staged in the 12th lunar month of 1762 at the Naka no Shibai

Nakamura Kichiemon II
Nakamura Kichizô V^[1]

| Nakamura Kichiemon II

| Nakamura Kichizô V^[1]

Dates of birth and death unknown. Disciple of Nakamura Kichinosuke, an actor related to Nakamura Kichiemon I, he started his career as a wakaonnagata named Nakamura Kichizô V^[1]. He spent most of his acting years in hama shibai and occasionally performed at the Ônishi no Shibai. He took the name of Nakamura Kichiemon II in 1811. He settled in Edo in Fall 1816 and took back the name of Nakamura Kichizô V in the 11th lunar month of 1816^[3]. He was active up to 1821.

Haimyô	Yagô
Shûkô	Kagaya

The name of Nakamura Kichiemon II in a 1815 yakuwari banzuke (the zone within the red box, between Mimasu Mitsugorô and Kataoka Ayame) for Kabuki performances at the Kita-Horie Ichi-no-Gawa Shibai (Ôsaka)

The New Line

Nakamura Kichiemon I

The actor Nakamura Kichiemon I held this name from 1897 to September 1954.

Nakamura Kichiemon I in a print made by Natori Shunsen

Nakamura Kichiemon II

The actor Nakamura Kichiemon II held this name from May 1965 to November 2021.

Notes

[1] Nakamura Kichizô III in Nojima Jusaburô's book "Kabuki Jinmei Jiten". Nakamura Kichizô V in the latest edition (2012) of "Kabuki Haiyû Meiseki Benran".

[2] 1813 in Nojima Jusaburô's book "Kabuki Jinmei Jiten". 1811 in the latest edition (2012) of "Kabuki Haiyû Meiseki Benran".

[3] It was reported in Nojima Jusaburô's book "Kabuki Jinmei Jiten" that he appeared on stage for the last time in the 4th lunar month of 1815, in Ôsaka at the Kita-Horie Ichi-no-Gawa Shibai, performing in "Imoseyama Onna Teikin" and "Sumidagawa Gonichi no Omokage". No record afterwards.