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Nakamura Utaemon III (中村歌右衛門 (3代目), 1778–1838) was a Japanese kabuki performer. He was a prominent member of a family of kabuki actors from the Keihanshin region.
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. 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. 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 (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)
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.




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.

1936 — - (會色さくら, Eshiki sakura) OCLC 037048749




See also


Shūmei




References






Bibliography


Leiter, Samuel L. (2006). Historical Dictionary of Japanese Traditional Theatre. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-5527-4; OCLC 238637010
__________. ( 2002). A Kabuki Reader: History and Performance. ISBN 9780765607041; ISBN 9780765607058; OCLC 182632867
Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan Encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 48943301
Scott, Adolphe Clarence. (1955). The Kabuki Theatre of Japan. London: Allen & Unwin. OCLC 622644114




Further reading


Akatsuki, Kanenari and Ashikuni Asayama. (1819). 芝翫節用百戯通: 當藝評林圖解・戲文類字両點 (Shikansetsuyō hyakketsū: atarigei hyōrin zukai, gibun ruiji ryōten) OCLC 047907807




External links


Waseda University, Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: Nakamura Utaemon III as Ohatsu

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• Nakamura Utaemon II
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• Bandō Mitsugorō III
• Nakamura Utaemon V