Career

Nakamura Utaemon was a stage name with significant cultural and historical connotations. Utaemon V was the artistic heir of Nakamura Utaemon IV. He was born in the fifth generation of a line of famous Kabuki actors. 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) In a long career, he played many roles.

But he was best known for his oyama or onnagata roles.

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.

Membership

He was a prominent member of a family of kabuki actors from the Keihanshin region.