Kataoka Nizaemon (片岡 仁左衛門) is a stage name used by
Kabuki actors, beginning with Fujikawa Isaburo (younger brother of the actor Toyoshima Harunojo), who adopted the name.
Lineage
*Kataoka Nizaemon I (1656-1715): student of Yamashita Hanzaemon.
*Kataoka Nizaemon II: son of Kataoka Nizaemon I. Initially performed as Kataoka Chōtayū I.
*Kataoka Nizaemon III: husband of Kataoka Nizaemon I's sister. Student of Fujikawa Buzaemon I.
*Kataoka Nizaemon IV (-1758): adopted son of Kataoka Nizaemon III. Previously performed as a representative of the Fujikawa lineage.
*Kataoka Nizaemon V: adopted son of Kataoka Nizaemon IV. Also performed as Fujikawa Hanzaburō III.
*Kataoka Nizaemon VI (1731-1789): relation to his predecessors unknown.
*Kataoka Nizaemon VII (1755-1837): younger brother of Asao Kunigorō I. A student firstly of Nakamura Jūzō II, then of Asao Tamejūrō I.
*Kataoka Nizaemon VIII (1810-1863): adopted son of Kataoka Nizaemon VII. Firstly the adopted son and student of
Ichikawa Danjūrō VII
was a Japanese kabuki actor who specialized in male hero (''tachiyaku'') roles, said to be the greatest of the 19th century. He was responsible for the establishment of the ''Kabuki Jūhachiban'', a collection of the eighteen greatest plays in ...
; this adoption was dissolved. He then became the student of
Arashi Rikan II. Performed as Kataoka Gadō I before becoming Kataoka Nizaemon VIII.
*Kataoka Nizaemon IX (1839-1872): adopted son of Kataoka Nizaemon VIII; initially student of Mimasu Daigorō IV, then student of Kataoka Gadō II.
*Kataoka Nizaemon X (1851-1895): third son of Kataoka Nizaemon VIII (Real Name: ''Tsuchinosuke Kataoka'').
*Kataoka Nizaemon XI (1858-1934): fourth son of Kataoka Nizaemon VIII (Real Name: ''Hidetarō Kataoka'').
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Kataoka Nizaemon XII
was a Japanese kabuki actor of the Kamigata tradition; also known as Jinzaemon.Dower, John W. ''Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II''. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1999. p109. His violent death at the hands of a starving write ...
(1882-1946): grandson of Kataoka Nizaemon VIII through a daughter, and adopted son of Kataoka Nizaemon X; performed also as Kataoka Tsuchinosuke II and Kataoka Gadou IV (Real Name: ''Tōkichi Kataoka'').
*Kataoka Nizaemon XIII (1903-1994): officially recorded as the eldest son, but actually the adopted son of Kataoka Nizaemon XI. His true father was Yasuda Zenzaburō, of the
Yasuda zaibatsu (Real Name: ''Chiyonosuke Kataoka'').
*Kataoka Nizaemon XIV (1910-1993): eldest son of Kataoka Nizaemon XII (Real Name: ''Hajime Kataoka'').
*Kataoka Nizaemon XV (1944-): third son of Kataoka Nizaemon XIII (Real Name: ''Takao Kataoka'').
[The Man Who Saved Kabuki: Faubion Bowers and theatre censorship in occupied Japan, Shiro Okamoto, University of Hawaii Press, 2001, pp. 134, 145, int. al.]
References
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Kabuki actors