Stage names:

Nakamura Kamenojô I
Ogino Izaburô IV
Nakamura Kamenojô I

Guilds: Yoshidaya, Daikokuya

Line number: SHODAI (I)

Poetry names: Kajaku, Kajaku, Jujaku

Existence: 17th day of the 8th lunar month of 1828 ^[1] ~ 25 March 1881

Connection:

Disciple: Nakamura Kamenojô II (?)

Career:

9th lunar month of 1852: the play "Sesshû Gappô-ga-Tsuji" was staged for the first time in Edo, at the Ichimuraza; Kamenojô played the role of Princess Asaka [casting].

1st lunar month of 1854: Nakamura Kamenojô I took the name of Ogino Izaburô IV.

7th lunar month of 1854: he took back the name of Nakamura Kamenojô I.

1st lunar month of 1857: premiere at the Ichimuraza of Kawatake Shinshichi II's drama "Nezumi Komon Haru no Shingata" (commonly called "Nezumi Kozô"); Kamenojô played the role of the geisha Omoto [casting].

3rd lunar month of 1858: premiere at the Ichimuraza of Kawatake Shinshichi II's drama "Edo Zakura Kiyomizu Seigen"; the nibanme of this drama is now entitled "Kurotegumi Kuruwa no Tatehiki" in the Kabuki repertoire (commonly called "Kurotegumi Sukeroku"); Kamenojô played the role of the shinzô Shiratama [more details].

1st lunar month of 1860: premiere at the Ichimuraza of Kawatake Shinshichi II's drama "Sannin Kichisa Kuruwa no Hatsugai"; Kamenojô played the roles of Otose, Chôjiya Yoshino and Osugi [casting].

3rd lunar month of 1860: premiere at the Ichimuraza of Kawatake Shinshichi II's drama "Kagamiyama Gonichi no Iwafuji"; Kamenojô played the role of Matasuke's sister [casting].

5th lunar month of 1861: premiere at the Moritaza of Kawatake Shinshichi II's drama "Ryû to Mimasu Takane no Kumokiri"; Kamenojô played the roles of Bunzô's nyôbô Oteru and Tatsuta-no-Mae [casting].

1st lunar month of 1863: Kamenojô's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, wakaonnagata section, was jô-jô-(hanshiro)kichi (superior - superior - (half-white) excellent) [visual].

4th lunar month of 1864: premiere at the Moritaza of Kawatake Shinshichi II's drama "Wakaba no Ume Ukina no Yokogushi" (commonly called "Kirare Otomi"); Kamenojô played the role of Genzaemon's wife Otaki [casting].

25 March 1881: Kamenojô died.

Comments:

Nakamura Kamenojô I was an Edo onnagata actor, who achieved some fame for himself during the 1850s and 1860s.

[1] The 17th day of the 8th lunar month of the 11th year of the Bunsei era was the 25th of September 1828 in the western calendar.

Nakamura Kamenojô I playing the role of Okimi in the drama "Sandai Banashi Kôza no Shinsaku", which was staged in the 2nd lunar month of 1863 at the Ichimuraza (print made by Utagawa Kunisada II)

Prints & Illustrations

The Ogino Izaburô line of actors

The Nakamura Kamenojô line of actors