was a Japanese kabuki performer and "dean of kabuki actors at the Kabuki-za in Tokyo".Utaemon Nakamura, New York Times. September 11, 1940. 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 connotations.Kurkup, James. "Nakamura Utaemon VI," The Independent (London). April 6, 2001.

Life and career

Utaemon V was the artistic heir of Nakamura Utaemon IV. He was born in the fifth generation of a line of famous Kabuki actors. In the conservative Kabuki world, stage names are passed from father to son in a formal system which converts the kabuki stage name into a mark of accomplishment.Scott, Adolphe C. (1999).

Lineage of Utaemon stage names Nakamura Utaemon I (1714–1791) Leiter, Samuel L. (2006). Nakamura Utaemon II (1752-1798) Leiter, Samuel L. (2002). Nakamura Utaemon III (1778-1838) Nakamura Utaemon IV (1798-1852) Nakamura Utaemon V (1865-1940) Nakamura Utaemon VI (1917-2001) Strom, Stephanie. Nakamura Utaemon VI, 84, International Star of Kabuki, New York Times. April 4, 2001.

In a long career, he played many roles; but he was best known for his oyama or onnagata roles.

Selected works In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about Nakamura Utaemon VI, OCLC/WorldCat encompasses roughly 7 works in 7 publications in 2 languages and 20+ library holdings. WorldCat Identities: 中村歌右衛門 1865-1940

1950 — OCLC 033711674 1935 — . OCLC 44435876 Notes

See also Shūmei

References

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 中村歌右衛門. (1935). . Tokyo: .

External links Waseda University, Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum