Nakamura Utaemon VI.

Nakamura Utaemon 1951.

Utaemon VI in costume for the female kabuki role “ onnagata ”, 1951.

Nakamura Utaemon VI. ( Japanese 六代目中村歌右衛門 , Rokudaime ~ ; born January 20, 1917 as Fujio Kawamura ( 河村藤雄 , Kawamura Fujio ); died March 31, 2001 ) was a Japanese kabuki performer and artistic director of the Kabukiza in Ginza , Tokyo . He was a prominent member of an ancient family of kabuki performers from the Keihanshin (Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe) region.

Surname

"Nakamura Utaemon" was a stage name with strong cultural and historical connotations. "Utaemon" describes the personal status as an actor. This title may only be accepted after the death of the previous sponsor and only under restrictive succession regulations.

Family tree of the Utaemon stage name

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)

Life

Utaemon VI was the son of Nakamura Utaemon V. He came from the sixth generation of a family of well-known kabuki performers. The name "Utaemon VI" was not formally proclaimed until 1951 in a ceremony in the Kabukiza in Tokyo.

In his long career he played in many different roles. However, his most famous performances were female Oyama (Onnagata) roles.

Awards

In 1968 Nakamura was recognized by the Japanese government as a living national treasure (人間国宝, Ningen kokuhō), as a “bearer of important irreplaceable cultural assets”. In 1979, after Nakamura Kichiemon I , he was awarded the Cultural Order as the second kabuki performer .

Honors

Japanese Academy of Arts 1963.
Order of Culture 1979.
Praemium Imperiale 1995.
Order of the Sacred Treasure , 1996
In 1991 he was immortalized on a postage stamp

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Stephanie Strom: Nakamura Utaemon VI, 84, International Star of Kabuki. In: New York Times. April 4, 2001.
↑ ^a ^b ^c Louis Frédéric Nussbaum et al .: Nakamura Utaemon VI In: Japan Encyclopedia : 691. (Googlebooks)
↑ James Kurkup: Nakamura Utaemon VI. In: The Independent , London April 6, 2001.
^ Adolphe C. Scott: The Kabuki Theater of Japan. : 159. (Googlebooks)
^ Samuel L. Leiter: Historical Dictionary of Japanese Traditional Theater. 2006: 263-264. (Googlebooks)
^ Samuel L. Head: A Kabuki Reader: History and Performance. 2002: 78. (Googlebooks)
↑ Utaemon Nakamura , New York Times. September 11, 1940.
^ Robert Trumbull: Kabuki Theater Elevates Actor In Traditional Japanese Rites. In: New York Times. April 12, 1960.
^ Samuel L. Leiter: Historical Dictionary of Japanese Traditional Theater. 2006: 264. (Googlebooks)
^ "Lloyd Webber Wins Prize," New York Times. June 16, 1995.

literature

James R. Brandon: Myth and Reality: A Story of Kabuki during American Censorship, 1945-1949. In: Asian Theater Journal , Volume 23, Number 1, Spring 2006, pp. 1-110.
Samuel L. Leiter: Historical Dictionary of Japanese Traditional Theater. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press 2006. ISBN 978-0-8108-5527-4 ; OCLC 238637010
Samuel L. Leader: A Kabuki Reader: History and Performance. 2002 ISBN 978-0-7656-0704-1 ; ISBN 978-0-7656-0705-8 ; OCLC 182632867
Louis Frédéric Nussbaum, Käthe Roth: Japan Encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press 2005. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5 ; OCLC 48943301
Adolphe Clarence Scott: The Kabuki Theater of Japan. London: Allen & Unwin 1955. OCLC 622644114
Takeshi Kaneko: "A Man with the Brilliance of a Flower; Nakamura Utaemon VI," Yomiuri Shimbun. Spring 2009.

Japanese

2006 伽羅先代萩: 三幕五場 Meiboku sendai hagi: sanmaku goba. ISBN 978-4-8356-1598-1 ; OCLC 70233503
1993 鏡山旧錦絵: 通し狂言四幕六場 Kagamiyama kokyō no nishikie: tōshi kyōgen yonmaku rokuba. OCLC 054923943
1989 番町皿屋敷: 一幕二場 Banchō sarayashiki: hitomaku niba. OCLC 029849646
1984 大経師昔暦: おさん茂兵衛二幕三場 Daikyōji mukashigoyomi: osan mohee nimaku sanba. OCLC 054925804

Web links

Commons : Nakamura Utaemon VI. - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Waseda University, Tsubouchi Memorial Theater Museum; Permanent exhibit, Nakamura Utaemon VI
Photography: "Nakamura Utaemon VI meets Rin-Tin-Tin" - Los Angeles, California, July 2, 1960
Photography: Yukio Mishima with Nakamura Utaemon VI, 1954
World Digital Library: Nakamura Utaemon no Katō Masakiyo, woodblock print c. 1818-1830
Find-A-Grave: Utaemon Nakamura, Aoyama Cemetery, Tokyo
Japan Art Academy

personal data
SURNAME	Nakamura Utaemon VI.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	六代目中村歌右衛門 (Japanese, stage name); Kawamura Fujio (real name); 河村藤雄 (Japanese, real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Japanese kabuki performer
DATE OF BIRTH	January 20, 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH	Tokyo , Japan
DATE OF DEATH	March 31, 2001
Place of death	Tokyo , Japan

[strom-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Stephanie Strom: Nakamura Utaemon VI, 84, International Star of Kabuki. In: New York Times. April 4, 2001.

[nussbaum691-2] Louis Frédéric Nussbaum et al .: Nakamura Utaemon VI In: Japan Encyclopedia : 691. (Googlebooks)

[3] James Kurkup: Nakamura Utaemon VI. In: The Independent , London April 6, 2001.

[scott159-4] Adolphe C. Scott: The Kabuki Theater of Japan. : 159. (Googlebooks)

[5] Samuel L. Leiter: Historical Dictionary of Japanese Traditional Theater. 2006: 263-264. (Googlebooks)

[6] Samuel L. Head: A Kabuki Reader: History and Performance. 2002: 78. (Googlebooks)

[7] Utaemon Nakamura , New York Times. September 11, 1940.

[8] Robert Trumbull: Kabuki Theater Elevates Actor In Traditional Japanese Rites. In: New York Times. April 12, 1960.

[9] Samuel L. Leiter: Historical Dictionary of Japanese Traditional Theater. 2006: 264. (Googlebooks)

[10] "Lloyd Webber Wins Prize," New York Times. June 16, 1995.