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 connotations.Kurkup, James. "Nakamura Utaemon VI," The Independent (London). April 6, 2001.
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, however 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 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) Nakamura Utaemon II (1752-1798) 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 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.Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum, Utaemon III, ukiyo-e style woodblock print by Shunkōsai Hokushū.
Selected works In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about Nakamura Utaemon VI, OCLC/WorldCat encompasses roughly 10+ works in 10+ publications in 1 language and 30+ library holdings. 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
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 Akatsuki, Kanenari and Ashikuni Asayama. (1819). OCLC 047907807
External links Waseda University, Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: Nakamura Utaemon III as Ohatsu