Stage names:
Nakamura Daikichi I
Fujikawa Daikichi
Other name: Naruoya Yatarô
Guilds: Naruoya, Tennôjiya
Line number: SHODAI (I)
Poetry name: Hachô (?)
Existence: 1773 ~ 22 March 1823
Connection:
Masters: Nakamura Noshio II, Fujikawa Tomokichi I
Career:
1773 ~ 1799: born in Kyôto. He starts his career as a disciple of Fujikawa Tomokichi I, who gives him the name of Fujikawa Daikichi. He does his training in hama shibai venues, like the Takeda no Shibai or the Kadomaru no Shibai.
1800: he becomes disciple of Nakamura Noshio II and takes the name of Nakamura Daikichi I.
20 March 1800: his master dies.
December 1800: Daikichi goes to Edo.
January 1801: Daikichi achieves a great success at the Kawarazakiza by playing the roles of Nagi-no-Ha Gozen and the courtesan Kewaizaka no Shôshô in the new year drama "Ataridoshi Hatsutora Soga".
Fall 1803: Daikichi and Bandô Hikosaburô III go together to Ôsaka.
November 1803: Daikichi plays at the Naka no Shibai in the kaomise drama "Sôzoku Ishibashiyama", which celebrates the shûmei of Asao Tamejûrô II. He also performs in duo with Bandô Hikosaburô III in the shosagoto "Saiwai Narukana Iro no Yumitori".
December 1803: Daikichi plays at the Naka no Shibai the role of Tonami in the drama "Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami".
January 1804: Daikichi's rank in the Kamigata hyôbanki, wakaonnagata section, is jô-jô-(shiro)kichi (superior - superior - (white) excellent). He plays at the Kitagawa no Shibai the role of Tonami in the drama "Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami".
June 1804: tour in Nagoya with Bandô Hikosaburô III, Onoe Shinshichi II and Mimasu Daigorô III; Daikichi plays the roles of Okaru and Tonase in the drama "Kanadehon Chûshingura", which is staged at the Miyawaka no Shibai.
December 1806: Daikichi plays at the Kado no Shibai in the kaomise drama "Ôsakazuki Asahi no Hôrai", which is produced by Yoshizawa Minosuke and stars Ichikawa Danzô IV, Nakamura Utaemon III, Kataoka Nizaemon VII, Yoshizawa Iroha I, Nakamura Noshio III and Ogino Izaburô II.
July 1808: premiere at the Kita-Horie Ichi-no-Gawa Shibai of the drama "Kuni Namari Futaba no Oizuru"; Daikichi plays the role of Jûrobei's wife Oyumi [casting].
November 1809: Daikichi plays at the Kado no Shibai in the kaomise drama "Keishoku Yuki-miru Yama", which is produced by Mimasu Kumesaburô and stars Nakayama Hyakka, Yoshizawa Ayame V, Arashi Kichisaburô II, Asao Kuzaemon I, Nakayama Shinkurô III, Kanô Minshi I and Asao Okuyama II.
Fall 1814: Daikichi goes to Edo.
November 1814: Daikichi plays at the Nakamuraza in the kaomise drama "Ninin Muko Mikurai Sadame", which celebrates the shûmei of Onoe Baikô III.
November 1815: Daikichi plays at the Kawarazakiza in the kaomise drama "Yamato Meisho Sembon Zakura", which celebrates the shûmei of Segawa Kikunojô V.
May 1816: Daikichi plays in the same theater the role of Sadaka in the drama "Zôho Imoseyama".
August 1816: Daikichi plays in the same theater the role of Nuregami Chôgorô in the drama "Futatsu Chôchô Kuruwa Nikki"; his stage partner in the role of Hanaregoma Chôkichi is Iwai Hanshirô V.
January 1817: Daikichi's rank in the Edo hyôbanki, wakaonnagata section, is hakudai-jô-jô-kichi (almost grand - superior - superior - excellent). He is the kanjiku for wakaonnagata actors.
August 1820: Daikichi plays at the Tamagawaza the roles of Matsuômaru, Kakuju, Kan Shôjô and Hanazono Gozen in the drama "Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami".
November 1821 (end of the month): premiere at the Kawarazakiza of Tsuruya Namboku IV's drama "Imoseyama Hitome Sembon", which mixes the "Yoshitsune Sembon Zakura" and "Imoseyama Onna Teikin" worlds; Daikichi plays the roles of Medo no Kata, Kawagoe Tarô's wife Nishikigi and Onami [casting].
September 1822: Daikichi makes at the Kawarazakiza his final appearance (isse ichidai peformance), playing the role of Masaoka, the monkey show-woman Otoku and Shiratae in "Gozonji Azuma no Kyara", "Onna Datera Saru no Hitomane" and "Hôjô Jiraiki"; his stage partners are Onoe Kikugorô III, Matsumoto Kôshirô V and Seki Sanjûrô II. Then, Daikichi retires from the Kabuki world.
January 1823: Daikichi's rank in the Edo hyôbanki is shin-jô-jô-kichi (truly - superior - superior - excellent). Due to a shortage of actors, Daikichi has to join up the Kabuki world again, playing at the Moritaza the role of Sakaya Tarobei in the new year drama "Hatsuyume Soga Takara no Irifune". This is his last stage appearance as he dies in Edo the 22 March 1823.
Comments:
Nakamura Daikichi I was a talented and popular actor, who was trained in Kamigata and achieved fame for himself in Edo from the middle of the 1810s to the beginning of the 1820s. He was a wakaonnagata actor, who did not hesitate at the end of his career to perform sometimes as a tachiyaku. He was excellent in sewa nyôbô or onna budô roles. He was also a gifted dancer, mastering the hayagawari technique.
Nakamura Daikichi I playing the role of Suke-no-Tsubone in the drama "Yoshitsune Sembon Zakura", which was staged in July 1818 at the Miyakoza (print made by Utagawa Kunisada I)
Print made by Utagawa Toyokuni in 1820
The Nakamura Daikichi line of actors
