Stage names:

Nakamura Kanzaburô V
Nakamura Takematsu

Other name: Saruwaka Kanzaburô

Line number: GODAIME (V)

Existence: 1666 ~ 19 September 1701

Connections:

Grandfather: Nakamura Kanzaburô I

Father: Nakamura Kanzaburô III

Brother: Nakamura Denshichi

Son-in-law: Nakamura Kanzaburô VI

Career:

1666: born in Edo. Son of Nakamura Kanzaburô III. His first name is Nakamura Takematsu.

16 August 1674: his uncle Nakamura Kanzaburô II dies.

September 1674: his father takes the name of Nakamura Kanzaburô III.

11 August 1678: his father Nakamura Kanzaburô III dies. As he is too young to become zamoto, both the name and the position are given to his adopted brother Nakamura Kantarô I.

January 1684: Nakamura Kanzaburô IV takes the name of Nakamura Denkurô I at the Nakamuraza.

October 1684: Nakamura Takematsu takes the name of Nakamura Kanzaburô V.

January 1697: premiere of the bombastic "Shibaraku" scene (kabuki jûhachiban), at the Nakamuraza, performed within the drama "Daifukuchô Sankai Nagoya". Ichikawa Danjûrô I plays the superhero role; his stage partners are the onnagata Ogino Sawanojô and the katakiyaku Yamanaka Heikurô I.

10 December 1698: a fire breaks out in the district of Nihombashi Hongoku-chô, burning down the Nakamuraza.

January 1701: premiere at the Nakamuraza of the bombastic play "Zôhiki" (kabuki jûhachiban), included in the drama "Keisei Ôshôkun". The hero and the villain are played by Ichikawa Danjûrô I and Yamanaka Heikurô I.

19 September 1701: Kanzaburô dies.

Comments:

Nakamura Kanzaburô V was the fifth zamoto of the Nakamuraza. He managed his theater for 17 years. He was an outstanding dancer.

The mon of Nakamura Kanzaburô V (the ginkgo tree)

The Nakamura Kanzaburô line of actors and theater managers