Stage name:

Nakamura Senzô

Guild: Yamatoya

Poetry name: Chitô

Existence: ???

Connection:

Father: Nakamura Danzô

Career:

Before 1757: son of Nakamura Danzô, he started his career in kodomo shibai.

11th lunar month of 1757: Senzô performed at the Minamigawa no Shibai in the kaomise drama "Ôyashiro Musubu no Sanban Tsuzuki", which was produced by Sawamura Kunitarô I and Somematsu Matsujirô. He also played the role of the keisei Yukiume in the kiri kyôgen drama "Kitano no Goengi Senbon Ume".

11th lunar month of 1758: Senzô played at the Kitagawa no Shibai the role of the keisei Mitsuyama in the kaomise drama "Inari Yakata Irifune no Arashi", which was produced by Arashi Sangorô II.

11th lunar month of 1760: Senzô became zamoto and produced in Kyôto at the Kitagawa no Shibai in the kaomise drama "Kiku Nagashi Kokka Taiheiki", which celebrated the shûmei of his father Nakamura Manbê.

Fall 1763: Senzô went to Ôsaka.

11th lunar month of 1763: Senzô played at the Kado no Shibai the role of Princess Mitsuki in the kaomise drama "Kachidoki Aun no Ishizue", which was produced by Nakayama Bunshichi I and celebrated the shûmei of Sanogawa Hanazuma III.

1st lunar month of 1764: Senzô's rank in the Ôsaka hyôbanki, wakaonnagata section, was jô-jô-(shiro)hankichi (superior - superior - (white) half excellent) [visual]. He shared the same rank as Arashi Hinasuke I, Sanogawa Hanazuma III and Kirinoya Hidematsu.

11th lunar month of 1765: Senzô performed at the Naka no Shibai in the kaomise drama "Ôzatsuki Shuen no Kachidoki" ^[1], which was produced by Mimasu Daigorô I and Nakamura Utaemon I. He also performed in the kaomise drama "Ôzatsuki Shuen no Kachidoki" ^[1], which was produced by Nakamura Utaemon I.

2nd lunar month of 1770: Senzô went back to Kyôto, where he played the role of the keisei Nanaura in the ni-no-kawari drama "Keisei Sato no Jinmaku", which was produced by Mimasu Tokujirô I.

11th lunar month of 1770: Senzô played in Kyôto at the theater of the nadai Ebisuya Kichirôbê and Kameya Kumenojô the role of Sazanami in the kaomise drama "Sakigake Yashima no Kachidoki", which was produced by Onoe Kumesuke.

1st lunar month of 1771: Senzô played in the same theater the role of the keisei Naniwazu in the ni-no-kawari drama "Keisei Ôe no Kishi". This was his last-recorded appearance on stage.

3rd lunar month of 1771: Senzô's rank in the Kyôto hyôbanki, wakaonnagata section, was jô-jô-(shiro)hankichi (superior - superior - (white) half excellent) [visual]. No record afterwards.

Comments:

Nakamura Senzô was a promising Kamigata wakaonnagata actor, who was active in Kyôto and Ôsaka from the second half of the 1750s to the beginning of the 1770s. He excelled in keisei roles.

[1] There were two zamoto at the Naka no Shibai, Mimasu Daigorô I and Nakamura Utaemon I, and there were two kaomise dramas produced in this theater. Nakamura Utaemon I produced the two dramas and Mimasu Daigorô I produced only the second drama. The two dramas had a different casting but used the same title "Ôzatsuki Shuen no Kachidoki".

Kasaya Matakurô I (right) and Nakamura Senzô (left) performing in the new year drama "Keisei Kamakurayama", which was staged in the 1st lunar month of 1762 in Kyôto at the Minamigawa no Shibai