was a Japanese
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 ...
performer, known both for his own work and for his place in the lineage of a family of kabuki actors in Edo during the
Edo period
The , also known as the , is the period between 1600 or 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when the country was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and some 300 regional ''daimyo'', or feudal lords. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengok ...
. He was the son of Iwai Hanshirō IV.
[Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric ''et al.'' (2005). ]
Iwai Hanshirō was a stage name with significant cultural and historical connotations.
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. This actor assumed the mantle of his father's stage name in 1804.
[Leiter, Samuel L. (2006). ]
; Lineage of Iwai stage names
*
Iwai Hanshirō I was a Japanese kabuki performer, known both for his own work and for his role as the progenitor of a family of kabuki actorsNussbaum, Louis Frédéric ''et al.'' (2005). from Osaka.Leiter, Samuel L. (2006).
Iwai Hanshirō was a stage name with ...
(1652–1699)
[Leiter, ]
* Iwai Hanshirō II (d. 1710)
* Iwai Hanshirō III (1698–1760)
* Iwai Hanshirō IV (1747–1800)
* Iwai Hanshirō V (1776–1847)
* Iwai Hanshirō VI (1799–1836)
* Iwai Hanshirō VII (1804–1845)
*
Iwai Hanshirō VIII
was a Japanese kabuki performer, known both for his own work and for his place in the lineage of a family of kabuki actors.Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric ''et al.'' (2005).
He was the son of Iwai Hanshirō VII.Leiter, Samuel L. (2006).
Iwai ...
(1829–1882)
* Iwai Hanshirō IX (1882–1945)
* Iwai Hanshirō X (1927-2011)
*
Iwai Hanshiro (2021 - )
岩井半四郎、襲名披露に「感無量です」 コロナ禍で2度延期、その間に夫を亡くすも
- Sport Houchi(06/26/2022)
See also
* Shūmei
''Shūmei'' (, "name succession") are grand naming ceremonies held in kabuki theatre. Most often, a number of actors will participate in a single ceremony, taking on new stage names.
These stage names, most often those of the actor's father, gr ...
Notes
References
* Leiter, Samuel L. (2006)
''Historical Dictionary of Japanese Traditional Theatre.''
Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press.
OCLC 238637010
* Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005)
''Japan Encyclopedia.''
Cambridge: Harvard University Press
Harvard University Press (HUP) is an academic publishing house established on January 13, 1913, as a division of Harvard University. It is a member of the Association of University Presses. Its director since 2017 is George Andreou.
The pres ...
.
OCLC 48943301
* Scott, Adolphe Clarence. (1955)
''The Kabuki Theatre of Japan.''
London: Allen & Unwin
OCLC 622644114
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1776 births
1847 deaths
Male actors from Tokyo
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