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Nakamura Ganjirō
is the stage name of a line of kabuki actors in Japan. Lineage * Nakamura Ganjirō I (March 1878 – February 1935): Son of Nakamura Kanjaku III *Nakamura Ganjirō II (January 1947 – April 1983): Son of Ganjirō I. He was active during the golden age of Japanese cinema. * Nakamura Ganjirō III (November 1990 – November 2005): Son of Ganjirō II. He finally took the name of Sakata Tōjūrō IV was a Japanese kabuki actor in the Kamigata style and was officially designated a Living National Treasure (Japan), Living National Treasure. Unlike most kabuki actors, he performed both male and female roles, and was renowned as both a skilled .... * Nakamura Ganjirō IV (January 2015 –): Son of Ganjirō III. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Nakamura, Ganjiro Kabuki actors ...
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Kabuki
is a classical form of Theatre of Japan, Japanese theatre, mixing dramatic performance with Japanese traditional dance, traditional dance. Kabuki theatre is known for its heavily stylised performances, its glamorous, highly decorated costumes, and for the elaborate make-up worn by some of its performers. Kabuki is thought to have originated in the early Edo period, when the art's founder, Izumo no Okuni, formed a female dance troupe that performed dances and light sketches in Kyoto. The art form later developed into its present all-male theatrical form after women were banned from performing in kabuki theatre in 1629. Kabuki developed throughout the late 17th century and reached its zenith in the mid-18th century. In 2005, kabuki theatre was proclaimed by UNESCO as an intangible heritage possessing outstanding universal value. In 2008, it was inscribed in the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists, UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity ...
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Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea in the south. The Japanese archipelago consists of four major islands—Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu—and List of islands of Japan, thousands of smaller islands, covering . Japan has a population of over 123 million as of 2025, making it the List of countries and dependencies by population, eleventh-most populous country. The capital of Japan and List of cities in Japan, its largest city is Tokyo; the Greater Tokyo Area is the List of largest cities, largest metropolitan area in the world, with more than 37 million inhabitants as of 2024. Japan is divided into 47 Prefectures of Japan, administrative prefectures and List of regions of Japan, eight traditional regions. About three-quarters of Geography of Japan, the countr ...
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Nakamura Ganjirō I
Nakamura may refer to: *Nakamura (surname), a list of people with the surname *Nakamura, Kōchi, a former city in Kōchi Prefecture, Japan *Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, a ward in Nagoya city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan * Nakamura stable, a stable of sumo wrestlers *Nakamura Station is a passenger railway station located in the city of Shimanto, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the third-sector Tosa Kuroshio Railway, whose headquarters is located in the station building. The station is numbered "TK-40". Lines a ..., a railway station in Shimanto, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan See also * Namakura language, an Oceanic language of Vanuatu {{disambiguation, geo ...
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Nakamura Ganjirō II
was a Japanese kabuki and film actor. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1941 and 1980, directed by notable filmmakers such as Yasujirō Ozu, Kenji Mizoguchi, Akira Kurosawa, and Mikio Naruse. Lineage Born into a renowned Kabuki acting family from Kansai, Ganjirō II was the youngest son of Nakamura Ganjirō I, one of the most celebrated Kabuki actors from the 1870s to the 1930s and grandson of Nakamura Kanjaku III, one of the most outstanding ''kaneru yakusha'' in the history of Kabuki theater. His older brother, Hayashi Mataichirō II was a Kabuki actor like him and was known for his spectacular and outstanding skills as a Kabuki dancer. Ganjirō II was the second in the line of actors to inherit the prestigious name Nakamura Ganjirō (the first being his father, Nakamura Ganjirō I) and his son and his eldest grandson would also inherit the name, being known respectively as Nakamura Ganjirō III (currently Sakata Tōjūrō IV) and Nakamura Ganjirō IV. Before being ...
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Sakata Tōjūrō IV
was a Japanese kabuki actor in the Kamigata style and was officially designated a Living National Treasure (Japan), Living National Treasure. Unlike most kabuki actors, he performed both male and female roles, and was renowned as both a skilled (actor of male roles in the tradition) and (actor of female roles). He was the fourth in the line of Sakata Tōjūrō, having revived the name after a lapse of over 230 years. Lineage Though he bears no direct hereditary connection to the previous lineage of Sakata Tōjūrō which he has revived, Tōjūrō traced his line back several generations within the kabuki world. He is the eldest son of Nakamura Ganjirō II, the grandson of Nakamura Ganjirō I, and the great-grandson of Nakamura Kanjaku III, who was adopted into the kabuki families by Nakamura Utaemon IV. Tōjūrō's sons Nakamura Ganjirō IV and Nakamura Senjaku III perform as kabuki actors, as do his grandsons Nakamura Kazutarō and Nakamura Toranosuke. Early life and career ...
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Nakamura Ganjirō IV
Nakamura may refer to: *Nakamura (surname), a list of people with the surname *Nakamura, Kōchi, a former city in Kōchi Prefecture, Japan *Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, a ward in Nagoya city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan * Nakamura stable, a stable of sumo wrestlers *Nakamura Station is a passenger railway station located in the city of Shimanto, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the third-sector Tosa Kuroshio Railway, whose headquarters is located in the station building. The station is numbered "TK-40". Lines a ..., a railway station in Shimanto, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan See also * Namakura language, an Oceanic language of Vanuatu {{disambiguation, geo ...
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