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was a Japanese kabuki performer. He was a prominent member of a family of kabuki actors from the
was a Japanese kabuki performer. He was a prominent member of a family of kabuki actors from the Keihanshin
is a metropolitan region in the Kansai region of Japan encompassing the metropolitan areas of the cities of Kyoto in Kyoto Prefecture, Osaka in Osaka Prefecture and Kobe in Hyōgo Prefecture. The entire region has a population () of 19,302,746 o ...
region.Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric et al. (2005).
Nakamura Utaemon was a stage name with significant cultural and historical connotations.
Life and career
Utaemon III was the natural son of Nakamura Utaemon I.Leiter, Samuel L. (2006). In 1782, his father presented the name Utaemon II to a favored apprentice; but the name was later retrieved (or abandoned) in 1790. Then the name was bestowed on his son, who kept it and later passed it on to his son who became Utaemon IV.Leiter, Samuel L. (2002). 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. ; Lineage of Utaemon stage names *Nakamura Utaemon I
was a Japanese kabuki performer. He was the progenitor of a family of kabuki actors from the Keihanshin region.Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric ''et al.'' (2005). He was the son of a provincial doctor. As a youth, he decided to join a troupe of acto ...
(1714–1791)
* Nakamura Utaemon II (1752-1798)
* Nakamura Utaemon III (1778–1838)
* Nakamura Utaemon IV
was a Japanese kabuki performer. He was a prominent member of a family of kabuki actors from the Keihanshin region.Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric ''et al.'' (2005).
Nakamura Utaemon was a stage name with significant cultural and historical connot ...
(1798–1852)
* Nakamura Utaemon V
was a Japanese kabuki performer and "dean of kabuki actors at the Kabuki-za in Tokyo".
* Nakamura Utaemon VI (1917–2001)
In a long career, he acted in many kabuki plays, including the role of Seno-o no Tarō in the September 1824 production of ''Heike Nyōgo-ga-shima'' at Osaka Sumi-za.
WorldCat Identities 中村歌右衛門 1777 or 8-1838 中村歌右衞門 1777 or 8-1838 中村歌友衛門 3世 1778-1838
* 1936 —
OCLC 037048749
''Historical Dictionary of Japanese Traditional Theatre.''
Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press.
OCLC 238637010
* __________. ( 2002)
''A Kabuki Reader: History and Performance.''
;
OCLC 182632867
* Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005)
''Japan Encyclopedia.''
Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
OCLC 48943301
* Scott, Adolphe Clarence. (1955)
''The Kabuki Theatre of Japan.''
London: Allen & Unwin
OCLC 622644114
OCLC 047907807
* Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Nakamura Utaemon III as Ohatsu
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nakamura, Utaemon III Kabuki actors 1778 births 1838 deaths People from Osaka Male actors from Osaka
Selected works
In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about Nakamura Utaemon VI,OCLC
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/ WorldCat encompasses roughly 10+ works in 10+ publications in 1 language and 30+ library holdings.* 1936 —
OCLC 037048749
See also
* ShūmeiReferences
Bibliography
* Leiter, Samuel L. (2006)''Historical Dictionary of Japanese Traditional Theatre.''
Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press.
OCLC 238637010
* __________. ( 2002)
''A Kabuki Reader: History and Performance.''
;
OCLC 182632867
* Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005)
''Japan Encyclopedia.''
Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
OCLC 48943301
* Scott, Adolphe Clarence. (1955)
''The Kabuki Theatre of Japan.''
London: Allen & Unwin
OCLC 622644114
Further reading
* Akatsuki, Kanenari and Ashikuni Asayama. (1819).OCLC 047907807
External links
*Waseda University* Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Nakamura Utaemon III as Ohatsu
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nakamura, Utaemon III Kabuki actors 1778 births 1838 deaths People from Osaka Male actors from Osaka