Stage names:

Nakamura Kanzaburô III
Nakamura Chôzaburô I
Nakamura Chôjûrô

Line number: SANDAIME (III)

Existence: 1649 ~ 11th day of the 8th lunar month of 1678

Connections:

Father: Nakamura Kanzaburô I

Brothers: Nakamura Kankurô I, Nakamura Kanzaburô II

Sons: Nakamura Kanzaburô V, Nakamura Denshichi

Adopted son: Nakamura Denkurô I

Career:

1649: born in Edo. Third son of Nakamura Kanzaburô I. His first name is Nakamura Chôjûrô.

9th day of the 6th lunar month of 1658: his father Nakamura Kanzaburô I dies.

12th lunar month of 1668: Chôjûrô and his brother Nakamura Kanzaburô II are invited for the first time to perform a sanbasô dance at the mansion of the daimyô Matsudaira Yamato-no-Kami.

8th lunar month of 1673: the Nakamura brothers are invited for the second time to perform at the mansion of the daimyô Matsudaira Yamato-no-Kami; he takes the name of Nakamura Chôzaburô I for this performance.

16th day of the 8th lunar month of 1674: his brother Nakamura Kanzaburô II dies.

9th lunar month of 1674: Nakamura Chôzaburô I takes the name of Nakamura Kanzaburô III.

26th day of the 12th lunar month of 1676: a fire breaks out in the district of Hama-chô, burning down the Nakamuraza.

11th day of the 8th lunar month of 1678: Kanzaburô dies.

Comments:

Nakamura Kanzaburô III was the third zamoto of the Nakamuraza. He managed his theater for only 4 years. He unfortunately died in his prime.

The mon of Nakamura Kanzaburô III (the ginkgo tree)

Prints & Illustrations

The Nakamura Chôzaburô line of actors

The Nakamura Kanzaburô line of actors and theater managers