Stage names:

Nakamura Shingorô II
Nakamura Shinkichi
Iwai Hanshirô 3.4
Iwai Hannosuke
Nakamura Hatsugorô

Guild: Tennôjiya

Line number: SHODAI (I)

Poetry names: Kunka (?), Tachû

Existence: 1747 ~ 19th day of the 11th lunar month of 1777

Connection:

Adoptive father: Nakamura Tomijûrô I

Brother: Yamashita Kinsaku II

Career:

1747 ~ 1752: born in Kamigata. Adopted by Nakamura Tomijûrô I, he receives the name of Nakamura Hatsugorô.

Fall 1752: Hatsugorô goes to Edo with his adoptive father Nakamura Tomijûrô I.

11th lunar month of 1753: Hatsugorô makes his first official stage apperance, at the Nakamuraza, where he performs as a koyaku in the kaomise drama "Hyakumanki Tsuwamono Taiheiki".

Fall 1759: Hatsugorô and his adoptive father Nakamura Tomijûrô I go back to Kamigata.

11th lunar month of 1759: Hatsugorô plays at the Kado no Shibai in Namiki Shôzô I's kaomise drama "Saiwai Genji Chôkyû no Maki", which is produced by Nakayama Bunshichi I, celebrates the comeback in Kamigata of Nakamura Tomijûrô I and the shûmei of Arashi Koisa II.

11th lunar month of 1763: Nakamura Hatsugorô takes the name of Iwai Hannosuke in Kyôto, playing in the kaomise drama "Shôchikubai Ôshimadai".

11th lunar month of 1764: Iwai Hannosuke takes the name of Iwai Hanshirô in Kyôto at the Kitagawa no Shibai, playing the roles of Honda Jirô and Honda Saburô in Namiki Shôzô I's kaomise drama "Genpei Tsûrikimaru".

11th lunar month of 1765: the disciple of Iwai Hanshirô III's son-in-law takes the name of Iwai Hanshirô IV in Edo. The Hanshirô in Edo is considered as the real heir of the Iwai clan whereas the Hanshirô in Kamigata is not acknowledged as a legitimate holder of the name, even if he is a tachiyaku like Iwai Hanshirô III whereas Iwai Hanshirô IV is an onnagata!

11th lunar month of 1769: Iwai Hanshirô takes the name of Nakamura Shingorô II in Kyôto, playing in the kaomise drama "Asahimaru Genji Kagami", which is produced by Onoe Kumesuke and welcomes in the Imperial City the actor Sawamura Sôjûrô II and his son Sawamura Tanosuke I.

1st lunar month of 1770: Nakamura Shingorô II takes the name of Nakamura Shinkichi in the same theater, playing two roles in the new year drama "Keisei Kayoi Chidori".

Fall 1770: Shinkichi goes to Ôsaka.

11th lunar month of 1770: Nakamura Shinkichi takes back the name of Nakamura Shingorô II at the Naka no Shibai, playing the roles of Suma no Gunta and the yakko Yatahei in the kaomise drama "Ma'ichimonjiya Sakigake Hyôban", which is produced by Ogawa Kichitarô I.

1st lunar month of 1771: Shingorô's rank in the Ôsaka hyôbanki, katakiyaku section, is jô-jô (superior - superior) [visual].

Fall 1774: Shingorô goes to Edo.

11th lunar month of 1774: Shingorô plays at the Moritaza the role of the yakko Imahei in the kaomise drama "Ichi no Tomi Tsuki no Kaomise"; his stage partners are his adoptive father Nakamura Tomijûrô I, Ichikawa Danjûrô V, Matsumoto Kôshirô IV, Bandô Mitsugorô I, Ôtani Hiroemon III, Bandô Matatarô IV, Sawamura Chôjûrô IV, Iwai Hanshirô IV and Nakamura Noshio I.

1st lunar month of 1776: Shingorô plays in the same theater the role of Yamabuki Gozen in the new year program "Sono Kyôdai Fuji no Sugatami". This is his last stage appearance. He falls ill and has to retire from the Kabuki world.

19th day of the 11th lunar month of 1777: Shingorô and Nakamura Noshio I, the other adopted son of Nakamura Tomijûrô I, die in Edo the same day.

Comments:

Nakamura Shingorô II was a promising tachiyaku actor, who made his career from the beginning of the 1750s to the end of the 1770s not only in his native Kamigata but also on the stages of Edo. He was unfortunately too frail and died in his prime.

The actors Sanogawa Hanazuma III, Nakamura Shingorô II, Fujikawa Hachizô I and Nakamura Shirogorô V playing the roles of Tatsuoka's wife Otsuma, the yakko Nikuzô, Kose no Tatsuoka and Wake no Munetsura in the kaomise drama "Temomutsumajiya Ryûgû no Shimadai", which was staged in the 11th lunar month of 1771 at the Naka no Shibai

The Iwai Hanshirô line of actors

The Nakamura Shingorô line of actors