Stage names:

Nakamura Tsuruzô II
Nakamura Ganpachi
Anegawa Kikuzô

Guilds: Maizuruya, Nabeya

Line number: NIDAIME (II)

Poetry name: Sankô

Existence: 1831 ~ 11 April 1890

Connection:

Masters: Nakamura Nakazô III, Anegawa Nakazô

Career:

1831: born in Edo in the district of Moto-Yoshiwara. He starts his career in Ôsaka as a disciple of Anegawa Nakazô, who gives him the name of Anegawa Kikuzô.

1856: he goes back to Edo and becomes a disciple of the actor Nakamura Tsuruzô I, who gives him the name of Nakamura Ganpachi.

5th lunar month of 1861: premiere at the Moritaza of Kawatake Shinshichi II's drama "Ryu to Mimasu Takane no Kumokiri"; Ganpachi plays the roles of Daruma no Chôji and the misemonoshi Rokubu no Kane [casting].

5th lunar month of 1862: premiere at the Moritaza of the drama "Shinpan Ukina no Yomiuri"; Ganpachi plays the role of the Aburaya gejo Otori [more details].

9th lunar month of 1865: his master takes the name of Nakamura Nakazô III at the Nakamuraza.

2nd lunar month of 1867: Nakamura Ganpachi takes the name of Nakamura Tsuruzô II at the Moritaza, playing in the drama "Atarikuji Manzei Soga".

October 1878: premiere at the Shintomiza of Kawatake Shinshichi II's drama "Jitsugetsusei Kyôwa Seidan"; Tsuruzô plays the roles of the travelling actor Miyagawa Ushizô, the hinin Shichibê and the hikite jaya kôshitsu Okise [casting].

February 1879: premiere at the Shintomiza of Kawatake Shinshichi II's drama "Ningen Banji Kane no Yo no Naka"; Tsuruzô plays the role of Seizaemon's wife Oran [casting].

February 1885: Tsuruzô takes part in the opening ceremony of the Chitoseza [info].

24 December 1886: his master Nakamura Nakazô III dies.

March 1890: Tsuruzô appears on stage for the last time, playing at the Kabukiza in the drama "Sôma Heishi Nidai Monogatari".

11th of April 1890: Tsuruzô dies in Tôkyô.

Comments:

Nakamura Tsuruzô II was a Meiji era supporting tachiyaku actor.

The actors Nakamura Tsuruzô II (left/bottom) and Iwai Hanshirô VIII (right) playing the roles of Chôji and Oryû in the drama "Ura Omote Yanagi no Uchiwae", which was staged in August 1875 at the Shinboriza (print made by Toyohara Kunichika)

The Nakamura Tsuruzô line of actors