Nakamura Utaemon Nakamura Utaemon I

1714 (age 77)

He was the progenitor of a family of kabuki actors from the Keihanshin region. As a youth, he decided to join a troupe of actors. And this was the beginning of a long career. Nakamura Utaemon was a stage name with significant cultural and historical connotations. In 1782, Utaemon presented the name Utaemon II to a favored apprentice. But the name was later retrieved (or abandoned) in 1790. Utaemon III was the natural son of Nakamura Utaemon I. Lineage of Utaemon stage names Nakamura Utaemon I (1714–1791) Nakamura Utaemon II (1752-1798) Nakamura Utaemon III (1778–1838) Nakamura Utaemon IV (1798–1852) Nakamura Utaemon V (1865–1940) Nakamura Utaemon VI (1917–2001).

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中村歌右衛門初代

Background

He was the son of a provincial doctor.

Career

He was the progenitor of a family of kabuki actors from the Keihanshin region. As a youth, he decided to join a troupe of actors. And this was the beginning of a long career.

Nakamura Utaemon was a stage name with significant cultural and historical connotations.

In 1782, Utaemon presented the name Utaemon II to a favored apprentice. But the name was later retrieved (or abandoned) in 1790.

Utaemon III was the natural son of Nakamura Utaemon I.

Lineage of Utaemon stage names

Nakamura Utaemon I (1714–1791)

Nakamura Utaemon II (1752-1798)

Nakamura Utaemon III (1778–1838)

Nakamura Utaemon IV (1798–1852)

Nakamura Utaemon V (1865–1940)

Nakamura Utaemon VI (1917–2001).

Achievements

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.

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