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 ^[1]

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 was Nakamura Chôjûrô.

9th day of the 6th lunar month of 1658 ^[2]: his father Nakamura Kanzaburô I died.

12th lunar month of 1668: Chôjûrô and his brother Nakamura Kanzaburô II were 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 were invited for the second time to perform at the mansion of the daimyô Matsudaira Yamato-no-Kami; he took the name of Nakamura Chôzaburô I for this performance.

26th day of the 8th lunar month of 1674 ^[3]: his brother Nakamura Kanzaburô II died.

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

26th day of the 12th lunar month of 1676 ^[4]: a fire broke out in the district of Hama-chô, burning down the Nakamuraza.

11th day of the 8th lunar month of 1678 ^[1]: Kanzaburô died.

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.

[1] The 11th day of the 8th lunar month of the 6th year of the Enpô era was the 26th of September 1678 in the western calendar.

[2] The 9th day of the 6th lunar month of the 4th year of the Meireki era was the 9th of July 1658 in the western calendar.

[3] The 26th day of the 8th lunar month of the 2nd year of the Enpô era was the 25th of September 1674 in the western calendar.

[4] The 26th day of the 12th lunar month of the 4th year of the Enpô era was the 29th of January 1677 in the western calendar.

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