BANDÔ MITSUEMON
   
FIVE GENERATIONS
Bandô Mitsuemon I
 

The actor Bandô Mitsuemon I held this name from the 11th lunar month of 1817 to the 4th lunar month of 1846.

Bandô Mitsuemon I portraying Asagao Senpei ("Sukeroku") in a print made by Utagawa Kunisada I

Bandô Mitsuemon II
Bandô Matasaburô II  In Japanese | Bandô Wakô  In Japanese | Bandô Mitsuemon II  In Japanese | Bandô Tamae  In Japanese
 

The actor Bandô Matasaburô II held the name of Bandô Mitsuemon II from 1881 to April 1895.

Bandô Mitsuemon III
Bandô Mitsuemon III  In Japanese
 

Dates of birth and death unknown. Unknown relationship to the Bandô clan. Unknown previous stage name(s). This minor actor held the name of Bandô Mitsuemon III from 1896 to 1915.

Bandô Mitsuemon IV
Bandô Mitsuemon IV  In Japanese | Bandô Sanpei I  In Japanese
 

Born in 1902. He was the brother of Bandô Mitsusaburô and a disciple of Bandô Mitsugorô VII. He held the names of Bandô Sanpei I and Bandô Mitsuemon IV. He most likely died at the end of the 1950s.

Yagô Honmyô
Yamatoya Irogawa Seizô
Bandô Mitsuemon V
Bandô Mitsuemon V  In Japanese | Bandô Sanpei II  In Japanese
 

Born in Tôkyô the 8th of November 1960. He became disciple of Bandô Minosuke VII in April 1977 and received the name of Bandô Sanpei II in May 1977, making his debut on stage at the Kabukiza, where he performed minor roles in "Suzu-ga-Mori" and "Sukeroku". He took the name of Bandô Mitsuemon V in January 2001 at the Kabukiza, playing the role of Samezu Goheiji in the drama "Gosho no Gorozô". He appeared on a major stage for the last time in July 2010 at the Shinbashi Enbujô, where he played the roles of the tedai Jûsuke and Tagata Umpachi in "Meigetsu Hachiman Matsuri" and "Shibaraku". He left the Japan Actors Association and became a free-lance actor afterwards, performing nowadays under the name of Kikuzuki Kichiju.

Yagô Honmyô
Yamatoya Adachi Masao
 
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