YAMAMURA TOMOEMON
   
TWO GENERATIONS
Yamamura Tomoemon I
 

The actor Yamamura Tomoemon I held this name from 1787 to the 6th lunar month of 1804.

Yamamura Tomoemon I playing the role of Takuma Genba in the drama "Hira-ga-Dake Yukimi no Jindate", which was staged in the 3rd lunar month of 1795 at the Kado no Shibai

Yamamura Tomoemon II
Yamamura Tomoemon II  In Japanese | Yamamura Gizaemon  In Japanese | In Japanese | Yamamura Tomoemon II  In Japanese | Bandô Kunigorô III  In Japanese | Bandô Kunizô  In Japanese | Yamamura Kunizô  In Japanese
 

Dates of birth and death unknown. Disciple of Yamamura Tomoemon I, his first stage name was Yamamura Kunizô and he was trained in Kamigata as a katakiyaku. He became a disciple of Bandô Jûtarô and changed his name to Bandô Kunizô in the 11th lunar month of 1799. He took the name of Bandô Kunigorô III during the summer of 1804 and held it for a few years. He had a a quarrel with his master and took the name of Yamamura Tomoemon II [1] during the summer of 1806. He most likely used the name of Yamamura Gizaemon for a while. He finally took back the name of Yamamura Tomoemon II in the 5th lunar month of 1830 [2]. He most likely died during the middle of the Tenpô era.

Yagô Haimyô
Himukaya, Narutaya, Awaya Tôyû, Ondô

Yamamura Tomoemon II (top) performing in the drama "Katakiuchi An'eiroku", which was staged in the 11th lunar month of 1830 at the Kita-Horie Ichi-no-Gawa Shibai (Ôsaka)

 

Notes

[1] In Nojima Jusaburô's book "Kabuki Jinmei Jiten", it was recorded that he took back the name of Yamamura Kunizô.

[2] 1815 according to the Ritsumeikan University Actors Database. 1830 in Nojima Jusaburô's book "Kabuki Jinmei Jiten" but for the first time. 1830 for the second time in the latest edition (2012) of "Kabuki Haiyû Meiseki Benran".

 
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