Nakamura Utaemon V

Nakamura Utaemon V^[a] (中村歌右衛門 (5代目); 1865 — September 11, 1940) was a Japanese kabuki performer and "dean of kabuki actors at the Kabuki-za in Tokyo".^[1] He was a prominent member of a family of kabuki actors from the Keihanshin region.^[2]

Nakamura Utaemon V
Born	1865 (1865) Tokyo, Japan
Died	September 11, 1940(1940-09-11) (aged 74–75)
Spouse	Tama Kawamura
Children	Nakamura Fukusuke V (son) Nakamura Utaemon VI (son)
Parent	Nakamura Shikan IV (adoptive father)
Relatives	Nakamura Shikan VII (grandson) Nakamura Fukusuke IX (great-grandson) Nakamura Shikan VIII (great-grandson) Nakamura Kankurō VI (great-great-grandson) Nakamura Shichinosuke II (great-great-grandson) Nakamura Kōtarō VI (great-great-grandson) Nakamura Hashinosuke IV (great-great-grandson) Nakamura Fukunosuke III (great-great-grandson) Nakamura Utanosuke IV (great-great-grandson) Nakamura Kantarō III (great-great-great-grandson) Nakamura Chōzaburō II (great-great-great-grandson)

Nakamura Utaemon was a stage name with significant cultural and historical connotations.^[3]

Life and career

Utaemon V was the artistic heir of Nakamura Utaemon IV. He was born in the fifth generation of a line of famous Kabuki actors. In the conservative Kabuki world, stage names are passed from father to son in formal system which converts the kabuki stage name into a mark of accomplishment.^[4]

Lineage of Utaemon stage names

• Nakamura Utaemon I (1714–1791) ^[5]
• Nakamura Utaemon II (1752-1798) ^[6]
• Nakamura Utaemon III (1778-1838) ^[2]
• Nakamura Utaemon IV (1798-1852) ^[2]
• Nakamura Utaemon V (1865-1940) ^[2]
• Nakamura Utaemon VI (1917-2001) ^[7]

In a long career, he played many roles; but he was best known for his oyama or onnagata roles.^[1]

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  Utaemon V as Yodo-gimi in the kabuki play Hototogisu Kojō no Rakugetsu
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  Sanguine and charcoal drawing by Alexander Yakovlev of Utaemon V dressed as a young bride for the marriage ceremony

Selected works

In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about Nakamura Utaemon VI, OCLC/WorldCat encompasses roughly 7 works in 7 publications in 2 languages and 20+ library holdings.^[8]

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• 1950 — Styles of Acting in Kabuki (歌舞伎の型, kabuki no kata) OCLC 033711674
• 1935 — Autobiography of Nakamura Utaemon Gosei (歌右衛門自傅, utaemon jiten). OCLC 44435876

Notes

1. Real Name: Hidetaro Nakamura (Japanese: 中村榮太郎, Hepburn: Nakamura Hidetaro).

See also

• Shūmei